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    NBA mock draft: Hornets and Blazers have big decisions

    by Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times Jun 21, 2023 6 minutes
    NBA G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson gets inside of Metropolitans 92 center Victor Wembanyama for a shot at Dollar Loan Center on Oct. 4, 2022, in Henderson, Nevada.

    LOS ANGELES — They're in the gym, at the games, studying film and speaking to league insiders. The writers who cover these NBA teams, the ones picking in the first round, know what teams need. They know who could be available. They know what types of players these executives like best.

    Yet similar to everyone else talking about the draft, what you know and what actually happens can shift in a blink, one team going off script changing every pick that follows.

    For this exercise, our second mock draft, we went to the experts around the NBA to see what they think will happen Thursday night.

    We think the first pick is a safe bet. After that? Buckle up.

    1. San Antonio Spurs: Victor Wembanyama, C, France

    The Spurs' research for this no-brainer pick ended the second they won the draft lottery in May. Pairing Wembanyama with coach Gregg Popovich in San Antonio provides the ballyhooed Frenchman with a stable launching pad from which to lift off his NBA career.

    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News

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