What if the 2023 NBA Draft happened again? Redraft the Victor Wembanyama class — and see how far Amen Thompson, Brandon Miller and a wave of second-round steals climb.
How the 2023 draft really went, pick by pick through the first round.
The first round of the actual 2023 NBA draft: pick number, player and the team that drafted him.
The same picks, re-made with hindsight — and how far each player moves from where he actually went.
The first round of a 2023 NBA redraft: pick number, player, the team holding that pick, and where he actually went.
No changeUp 2 placesUp 13 placesDown 2 placesNo change
Up 46 placesUp 5 placesDown 5 placesDown 3 placesNo changeUp 8 placesDown 5 placesUp 5 placesDown 1 placeUp 5 placesDown 8 placesUp 10 placesUp 10 placesUp 2 placesUp 5 places
Up 17 placesDown 13 placesNo changeDown 10 places
Up 20 placesNo change
Undrafted
Up 29 places
Up 13 places
Up 18 places
The most certain first pick in twenty years, and nothing since has argued with it. Unanimous Rookie of the Year, then Defensive Player of the Year in 2026 — and he led the league in blocks in each of his first three seasons.
Houston took him fourth and got the class's best perimeter defender. No All-Star selection yet, but an All-Defensive First Team at 22 and a $208m extension say what the Rockets think he becomes.
The guard the lottery let slide. Fifteen teams passed and Utah took him at 16; he has been their lead creator almost from the start. The thinnest trophy case of this five — the case for him is the production, not the honours.
Charlotte took him second, ahead of both Thompsons, and he made the All-Rookie First Team and finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. Two injury-shortened seasons since are why he holds at fourth here rather than second.
Taken one pick after his twin, and on the same defensive track. He led the NBA in steals in 2025-26 and made the All-Defensive First Team the same season. The lowest scorer of this five and still comfortably worth a top-five pick.
The Hornets used the second pick on Brandon Miller. Amen went two picks later to Houston and made an All-Defensive First Team before Miller had played a full healthy season. The redraft swaps them — and it is the only pick in the top five this redraft actually moves.
Portland took Scoot Henderson third; George went 16th to Utah. Thirteen picks separate them in reality and thirteen places separate them here, in the other direction. Every lottery team had a look and all of them said no.
The Spurs had a 14.0% chance at the first pick and got Wembanyama. He took them to a Conference Finals by his third season. No player in this class is close, which means the 2023 draft was decided by ping-pong balls before anyone scouted anybody.
Amen went fourth to Houston, Ausar fifth to Detroit. Both became All-Defensive First Team players on completely different teams. It is the rare draft-night sequence where two teams picked back to back, took brothers, and both got it right.
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