LAS VEGAS — The 2023 NBA draft is shaping up to be a very memorable draft with a very deep, talented class. At the top is a generational-type talent who will take the NBA by storm in less than a year, Victor Wembanyama. Some of the best players in the NBA had high praise for the 7-foot-3, 18-year-old out of France. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was more than impressed after watching him play earlier this week.
There has never been a prospect like Wembanyama, and after playing in two exhibition games in Las Vegas this last week in front of several NBA scouts,He averaged 36.5 points and 4.5 blocks in two games against tough competition and former pros on the G League Ignite team. Wembanyama is the most highly anticipated player to hit the NBA since James in 2003 and is more than living up to expectations as to what kind of player he can become.
"Whoever gets the No. 1 pick probably won't trade it for anything," one NBA scout told Yahoo Sports."[Wembanyama] is the most sought-after prospect in a really long time, and he does things on the court that no other player can do."already been compared to Ja Morant, Derrick Rose and Damian Lillard at such a young age.
He rose to the occasion when facing Wembanyama this past week and held his own posting 28 points and nine assists in the first outing against Wembanyama. Henderson, 18, found ways to score at the rim around Wembanyama, drain 3-pointers off the pick-and-roll and played above the rim in transition. In any other draft class, he would be the clear favorite to go No. 1. This draft class is special as Wembanyama and Henderson will be tied to one another for many years.
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