Uproxx

In a dead period of the NBA calendar between All-Star weekend and the resumption of on-court action, many look to dive into the NBA Draft world, perhaps for the first time during a given cycle. That period has arrived for 2023, with the Draft looming in just four months and a handful of teams firmly playing out the string with an eye toward lottery positioning. This is a class with a clear No. 1 prospect in the form of Victor Wembanyama, who many believe is a generational talent on a potential trajectory toward superstardom. From there, Scoot Henderson grabs plenty of headlines as a potential star initiator at the point of attack but, at the same time, neither Wembanyama nor Henderson is operating in the traditional collegiate structure. This also applies to top-tier prospects like Amen Thompson and Ausar Thompson, who suit up for Overtime Elite. As such, many will be catching up on the prospects with a crash course over the next four months and, without further delay, it is time for the first DIME mock draft of the 2023 cycle.