2023 NBA Draft lottery outcomes: Spurs win first total choice

Just hours after enjoying his ultimate recreation in French basketball, Victor Wembanyama now is aware of the place his NBA future lies.

Wembanyama is all however sure to be drafted by the San Antonio Spurs, who gained the NBA draft lottery on Tuesday evening and can choose first total on June 22.

How the draft lottery unfolded

The Spurs had a 14 p.c probability to choose first total and had been finally awarded the choose. The Houston Rockets and Detroit Pistons had the identical odds to obtain the #1 total choice, however these two groups will choose fourth and fifth respectively after falling on lottery evening.

The Charlotte Hornets and Portland Path Blazers loved shock bumps up the draft oder Tuesday, as these two groups spherical out the highest three behind San Antonio. The Orlando Magic will choose twice within the prime 11 as they search one other younger star to pair with Rookie of the YrPaolo Banchero.

Who can be taken after Wemby is off the board

Whereas Wembanyama is the consensus greatest prospect obtainable, the 2023 NBA Draft has no scarcity of younger gamers with elite potential.

Alabama small ahead Brandon Miller averaged 20 factors per recreation for the Crimson Tide and can be a excessive choose regardless of police allegations that he was concerned in a capturing earlier this 12 months.

G League Ignite level guard Scoot Henderson is anticipated to be chosen within the prime 5, if not earlier. Twins Amen and AusarThompson, who’ve been enjoying within the Atlanta-based Time beyond regulation Elite league, are additionally thought to be high-level prospects who may very well be taken early.