NBA Draft 2023 order: List of picks by team
The NBA draft is on Thursday, June 22, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The draft will air on ESPN and ABC on Thursday. Both rounds will air live and the coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET.
Victor Wembanyama is expected to go first overall to the San Antonio Spurs. He has been the talk of this draft for months and will be the headline.
2023 NBA Draft: First-round order
- 1. San Antonio
- 2. Charlotte
- 3. Portland
- 4. Houston
- 5. Detroit
- 6. Orlando
- 7. Indiana
- 8. Washington
- 9. Utah
- 10. Dallas
- 11. Orlando (from Chicago)
- 12. Oklahoma City
- 13. Toronto
- 14. New Orleans
- 15. Atlanta
- 16. Utah (from Minnesota)
- 17. Los Angeles Lakers
- 18. Miami
- 19. Golden State
- 20. Houston (from LA Clippers)
- 21. Brooklyn (from Phoenix)
- 22. Brooklyn
- 23. Portland (from New York)
- 24. Sacramento
- 25. Memphis
- 26. Indiana (from Cleveland)
- 27. Charlotte (from Denver via New York and Oklahoma City)
- 28. Utah (from Philadelphia via Brooklyn)
- 29. Indiana (from Boston)
- 30. LA Clippers (from Milwaukee via Houston)
2023 NBA Draft: Second-round order
- 31. Detroit
- 32. Indiana (from Houston)
- 33. San Antonio
- 34. Charlotte (from Charlotte via Philadelphia and Atlanta)
- 35. Boston (from Portland via Atlanta, LA Clippers, Detroit, and Cleveland)
- 36. Orlando
- 37. Oklahoma City (from Washington via New Orleans)
- 38. Sacramento (from Indiana)
- 39. Charlotte (from Utah via New York)
- 40. Denver (from Dallas via Oklahoma City)
- 41. Charlotte (from Oklahoma City via New York and Boston)
- 42. Washington (from Chicago via Los Angeles Lakers and Washington)
- 43. Portland (from Atlanta)
- 44. San Antonio (from Toronto)
- 45. Memphis (from Minnesota)
- 46. Atlanta (from New Orleans)
- 47. Los Angeles Lakers
- 48. LA Clippers
- 49. Cleveland (from Golden State via Utah and New Orleans)
- 50. Oklahoma City (from Miami via Boston, Memphis, and Dallas)
- 51. Brooklyn
- 52. Phoenix
- 53. Minnesota (from New York via Charlotte)
- 54. Sacramento
- 55. Indiana (from Cleveland via Milwaukee and Detroit)
- 56. Memphis
- - Chicago (from Denver via Cleveland; forfeited by Chicago)
- - Philadelphia (forfeited)
- 57. Washington (from Boston via Charlotte)
- 58. Milwaukee
The Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers forfeited their second-round draft picks after violating tampering rules during free agency. The order is as above unless a team decides to exercise a right to swap picks.
Players are often traded on NBA draft night, as teams look to go higher to pick players they particularly desire.