The 2023 NBA draft, the 77th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft, was held on June 22, 2023, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The draft consisted of 58 picks instead of the typical 60 due to the loss of a second-round pick for both the Chicago Bulls and the Philadelphia 76ers for violating the NBA's tampering rules during free agency.[1] This was the second straight season in which the NBA draft had only 58 picks instead of the typical 60 due to tampering violations. The first overall selection was made by the San Antonio Spurs, who selected the 7'4" French center Victor Wembanyama.
^Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
Houston acquired D. J. Augustin, D. J. Wilson, the right to swap their 2021 second-round pick for Milwaukee's 2021 first-round pick (Top 9 protected), and Milwaukee's 2023 first-round pick
Milwaukee acquired P. J. Tucker, Rodions Kurucs, and Milwaukee's 2022 first-round pick which Houston had obtained in a previous trade
Brooklyn acquired Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, the draft rights to Juan Pablo Vaulet, Phoenix's first-round picks in 2023, 2025, 2027, and 2029, the right to swap first-round picks with Phoenix in 2028, and two future second-round picks from Milwaukee
Philadelphia acquired Jalen McDaniels, New York's 2024 second-round pick, and Portland's 2029 second-round pick
Charlotte acquired Svi Mykhailiuk, the most favorable of Atlanta's, Charlotte's, and Brooklyn's 2023 second-round picks, and Portland's 2027 second-round pick
Indiana acquired Ricky Rubio, a lottery-protected 2022 first-round pick (which did not convey in 2022 and instead became a lottery-protected 2023 first-round pick), Houston's 2022 second-round pick, and Utah's 2027 second-round pick
Cleveland acquired Caris LeVert and Miami's 2022 second-round pick
New Orleans acquired Steven Adams, Eric Bledsoe, two future first-round picks from Milwaukee, and the right to swap two additional first-round picks with Milwaukee
Brooklyn acquired Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, a 2022 first-round pick with the right to defer to 2023 (which was exercised), and a protected 2027 first-round pick
Indiana acquired Caris LeVert and Houston's 2023 second-round pick
Houston acquired Milwaukee's 2022 first-round pick, Brooklyn's first-found picks in 2022, 2024, and 2026, and the rights to swap first-round picks with Brooklyn in 2021, 2023, 2025, and 2027
Brooklyn acquired James Harden and Cleveland's 2024 second-round pick
Philadelphia acquired Jordan Bone, a protected 2020 second-round pick, and the most favorable of Atlanta's, Charlotte's, and Brooklyn's 2023 second-round picks
Oklahoma City acquired Justin Jackson, Trevor Ariza, the most favorable of Dallas's and Miami's 2023 second-round picks, and Dallas's 2026 second-round pick
Washington acquired the draft rights to Bilal Coulibaly, Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, six future second-round picks, four future pick swaps, and cash considerations
Indiana acquired the draft rights to Jarace Walker and two future second-round picks
LA Lakers acquired the draft rights to Maxwell Lewis
Denver acquired the draft rights to Julian Strawther, the draft rights to Jalen Pickett, the draft rights to Hunter Tyson, and a 2024 second round pick
Indiana acquired the draft rights to Mojave King, a 2024 first round pick (from Oklahoma City via Denver), and cash consideration
The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2017 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players' union, with special modifications agreed to by both parties due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft, but it called for a committee of owners and players to discuss further charges.
All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates, players who were eligible for the 2023 NBA draft must have been born on or before December 31, 2004.
Since the 2016 draft, the following rules are, as implemented by the NCAA Division I council for that division:[72]
Declaration for the draft no longer results in automatic loss of college eligibility. As long as a player does not sign a contract with a professional team outside the NBA or sign with an agent, he retains college eligibility as long as he makes a timely withdrawal from the draft.
NCAA players now have 10 days after the end of the NBA Draft Combine to withdraw from the draft. Since the combine is normally held in mid-May, the current deadline is about five weeks after the previous mid-April deadline.
NCAA players may participate in the draft combine and are allowed to attend one tryout per year with each NBA team without losing college eligibility.
NCAA players may now enter and withdraw from the draft up to two times without loss of eligibility. Previously, the NCAA treated a second declaration of draft eligibility as a permanent loss of college eligibility.
Early entrants
Players who were not automatically eligible had to declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than at least 60 days before the event. For the 2023 draft, the date fell on April 23. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration deadline, which usually falls 10 days before the draft at 5:00 pm EDT (2100 UTC). Under current NCAA rules, players usually have until 10 days after the draft combine to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility. They must have withdrawn on or before May 31, 22 days prior to this draft.[70]
A player who has hired an agent retains his remaining college eligibility regardless of whether he is drafted after an evaluation from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee. Players who declare for the NBA draft and are not selected have the opportunity to return to their school for at least another year only after terminating all agreements with their agents, who must have been certified.[73]
Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
They have no remaining college eligibility.
If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under the contract.
Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates players born on or before December 31, 2001, are automatically eligible for the 2023 draft.
They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.
The NBA annually invites players to sit in the so-called "green room", a special room set aside at the draft site for the invited players plus their families and agents. This season, the following 25 players were invited (listed alphabetically).[78]
^New York will receive the pick if it's No. 11–30, otherwise Dallas will retain it.
^Orlando will receive the pick if it's No. 5–30, otherwise Chicago will retain it.
^Haber never played organized basketball and had no intention to play professionally, but entered the draft via a loophole he discovered to win a bet with his friends.
^"Lakers Acquire Maxwell Lewis". NBA.com. June 23, 2023. Los Angeles received Lewis from the Denver Nuggets and traded Mojave King (47th overall pick) and cash considerations to the Indiana Pacers.
^"Thunder Acquires Cason Wallace and Keyontae Johnson". NBA.com. June 23, 2023. Separately, as part of a four-team trade, the Thunder acquired a protected 2029 first-round pick from the Denver Nuggets in exchange for the draft rights to Hunter Tyson (37th overall) and the least favorable 2024 second-round pick of Minnesota and Charlotte. As part of this transaction, the Thunder sends the Indiana Pacers the least favorable of its four 2024 first-round draft picks.
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