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The Toronto Raptors are starting to turn away from making a win-now trade due to their recent poor record and are positioning themselves to earn a top-10 NBA Draft pick for the second time in three years. They aren’t alone in their pursuit of a game-changer. The 2023 NBA mock draft machine is starting to get fired back up, as this class features two different players that are regarded as elite prospects that will come into town and instantly assert themselves as stars that can be franchise cornerstones right off the jump. At the same time, perennial tanking teams will be looking to finally strike gold and land a player that can pull them out of the dreg heap that is the lottery. This is certainly a good year for that, given how top-heavy this draft class appears to be. Which teams will bring home a star in the 2023 NBA Draft? While the draft is still a few months away, any executive that is worth a damn is already hard at work scouting potential picks.