AP News

With two weeks until the NBA draft, Victor Wembanyama keeps showing why the San Antonio Spurs should so badly want him. The expected No. 1 pick has led his team into the French league finals, with a teammate’s strong play alongside him sending his own stock soaring. The 7-foot-3 French phenom is still the prohibitive favorite to be the first player off the board when the draft begins on June 22. He might have only a brief rest before arriving, after his 15-point, five-block performance sent his Boulogne-Levallois into the finals against Monaco. And while Brandon Miller and Scoot Henderson are projected to go second and third, in this second edition of the AP’s 2023 mock draft there was movement among the lottery picks. Wembanyama’s teammate Bilal Coulibaly has risen into contention for a spot there with his good postseason.