Newsday

There is no mystery at the top. and no local teams in the lottery this time around. But the 2023 NBA Draft is still expected to provide a bit of history, welcoming Victor Wembanyama into the NBA as one of the most hyped and heralded prospects to ever enter the league. After a season spent in France with the NBA and ESPN showing more of his overseas games than teams in the league, the formality of naming him the No. 1 overall pick is here. That pick is the easy one, but we venture at Newsday to try to fill out the rest of the first round.