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2023 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks

The 2023 NBA Draft is finally here.

Live coverage from Barclays Center in Brooklyn will tip off at 8 p.m. ET as the San Antonio Spurs strut in with the No. 1 overall pick for the third time in franchise history. 

The Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets were also in the mix for the top pick entering the NBA Draft Lottery, ending the 2023 season at the depths of the NBA standings, but lost out on the chance to pick Victor Wembanyama.

The 19-year-old, 7-foot-4 center has been billed as a generational talent and will be the centerpiece of San Antonio’s rebuild.

Prospects Scoot Henderson, Brandon Miller and Amen Thompson are all at the top of the heap behind Wembanyama. 

There are only 58 picks in the draft because the Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers violated free agency discussion rules, each forfeiting a second-round pick. 

Victor Wembanyama is expected to go No. 1 overall to the San Antonio Spurs in the 2023 NBA Draft.
Victor Wembanyama is expected to go No. 1 overall to the San Antonio Spurs in the 2023 NBA Draft. AP
San Antonio Spurs managing partner Peter J. Holt, left, stands with NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum after Tatum announced that the Spurs had won the first pick in the NBA draft. AP

Here is the full order of picks for the 2023 NBA Draft: 

NBA Draft order for first round

1. San Antonio Spurs

2. Charlotte Hornets

3. Portland Trail Blazers

4. Houston Rockets

5. Detroit Pistons

6. Orlando Magic

7. Indiana Pacers

8. Washington Wizards

9. Utah Jazz

10. Dallas Mavericks

11. Orlando Magic (from Chicago Bulls)

12. Oklahoma City Thunder

13. Toronto Raptors

14. New Orleans Pelicans

15. Atlanta Hawks

16. Utah Jazz (from Minnesota Timberwolves)

17. Los Angeles Lakers

18. Miami Heat

19. Golden State Warriors

20. Houston Rockets (from Los Angeles Clippers)

21. Brooklyn Nets (from Phoenix Suns)

22. Brooklyn Nets

23. Portland Trail Blazers (from New York Knicks)

24. Sacramento Kings

25. Boston Celtics (from the Memphis Grizzlies)

26. Indiana Pacers (from Cleveland Cavaliers)

27. Charlotte Hornets (from Denver Nuggets via New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder)

28. Utah Jazz (from Philadelphia 76ers via Brooklyn Nets)

29. Indiana Pacers (from Boston Celtics)

30. Los Angeles Clippers (from Milwaukee Bucks via Houston Rockets)


Read the New York Post’s coverage for the 2023 NBA Draft:


Second round

31. Detroit Pistons

32. Indiana Pacers (from Houston Rockets)

33. San Antonio Spurs

34. Charlotte Hornets (originally from Charlotte Hornets via Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks)

35. Washington Wizards (from Boston Celtics via Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers)

36. Orlando Magic

37. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Washington Wizards via New Orleans Pelicans)

38. Sacramento Kings (from Indiana Pacers)

39. Charlotte Hornets (from Utah Jazz via New York Knicks)

40. Denver Nuggets (from Dallas Mavericks via Oklahoma City Thunder)

41. Charlotte Hornets (from Oklahoma City Thunder via New York Knicks and Boston Celtics)

42. Washington Wizards (from Chicago Bulls via Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards)

43. Portland Trail Blazers (from Atlanta Hawks)

44. San Antonio Spurs (from Toronto Raptors)

45. Memphis Grizzlies (from Minnesota Timberwolves)

46. Atlanta Hawks (from New Orleans Pelicans)

47. Los Angeles Lakers

48. Los Angeles Clippers

49. Cleveland Cavaliers (from Golden State Warriors via Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans)

50. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Miami Heat via Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks)

51. Brooklyn Nets

52. Phoenix Suns

53. Minnesota Timberwolves (from New York Knicks via Charlotte Hornets)

54. Sacramento Kings

55. Indiana Pacers (from Cleveland Cavaliers via Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons)

56. Memphis Grizzlies

57. Washington Wizards (from Boston Celtics via Charlotte Hornets)

58. Milwaukee Bucks