The Athletic

As we head into Final Four Week, with only three games left on the men’s college basketball docket, it’s worth an update to The Athletic’s 2023 NBA Mock Draft. As the college basketball season closes, draft season begins in earnest. And this is a draft season NBA evaluators are eagerly awaiting, because this draft class remains in flux. I don’t remember a pre-draft process that promises to bring as much movement and excitement as this one. For instance, in last season’s Final Four mock draft, the six players I had in the top six ended up being selected in the top six, the 14 guys I had in the lottery were taken in the top 17 and all but two of the players I had as first-round picks ended up going in the top 41. This year, I can almost guarantee that type of accuracy will not occur.