Way Too Early 2023 NBA Mock Draft

Now that the 2022 NBA Draft is over, it's time to start thinking about the top prospects in the 2023 class.

The 2022 NBA Draft took place just two days ago, with 58 players of the best players in the world hearing their name be called and their dreams coming true. With that in mind, many teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder are projected to be a team in contention for the top pick in the 2023 NBA Draft to go along with their other three first rounders from this week's draft.

The 2023 class is absolutely loaded with talent and will likely be one of the best we've seen in some time. While the 2023 NBA Draft won't take place for another year, the SI Thunder team put together a way too early mock draft.

The projected 2023 draft order is based on 2022-23 Fanduel Odds with all ties being broken by 2021-22 NBA standings. 

Team	Player
1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama
2. ORL	Scoot Henderson
3. OKC	Nick Smith
4. DET	Dariq Whitehead
5. SAC	Keyontae George
6. IND	Dillon Mitchell
7. WAS	Ausar Thompson
8. SAS	Dereck Lively
9. NYK	Cason Wallace
10. POR	Cameron Whitmore
11. CLE	Amen Thompson
12.  ATL (via CHA)	Emoni Bates
13. ATL	Amari Bailey
14. MIN	Jerace Walker
15. ORL (via CHI)	Kel'el Ware
16. TOR	Gradey Dick
17, UTA	Jerace Walker
18. NOP	Julian Phillips
19. LAL	Nolan Hickman
20. NYK (via DAL)	Anthony Black
21. MEM	Jett Howard
22. CHA (via DEN)	James Nnaji
23. PHI	Jordan Walsh
24. MIA	Ryan Rupert
25. PHX	Chris Livingston
26. LAC	Kyle Filipowski
27. HOU (via MIL)	J.J. Starling
28. BKN	Ousmane Ndiaye
29. BOS	Nikola Djurisic
30. GSW	Sidy Cissoko

The 2023 NBA Draft will take place next year around this time, with the Thunder having at least one pick as of now. 

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