NBA2K23 2022 NBA Draft Class Ratings (Lottery Edition)
NBA2K23 2022 NBA Draft Class Ratings (Lottery Edition)
On my Twitter page (@CourtSideHeat) and on the website (CourtSideHeat.com), I have been covering NBA2K23 extensively – especially for the final hours leading up to the game’s release. CourtSideHeat has covered top players on All-Time lists, NBA 75 Players, top players in the game, and so much more. I even got into teams.
This is going to be a short, but comprehensible, list of the lottery edition featuring rookies. Nothing too fancy, but still to the point of everything you need to know about this game. This is just for everyone to know what the rookies rank at and the best ones to use.
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Paolo Banchero – 78 overall
Potential: 89
Outside Scoring: 73
Inside Scoring: 75
Defending: 63
Athleticism: 82
Playmaking: 70
Rebounding: 70
Jabari Smith Jr. – 78 overall
Attributes unknown
Chet Holmgren – 77 overall
Attributes unknown
Keegan Murray – 76 overall
Potential: 85
Outside Scoring: 75
Inside Scoring: 71
Defending: 69
Athleticism: 77
Playmaking: 64
Rebounding: 72
Jaden Ivey – 76 overall
Attributes unknown
Johnny Davis – 74 overall
Potential: 83
Outside Scoring: 73
Inside Scoring: 60
Defending: 61
Athleticism: 74
Playmaking: 71
Rebounding: 37
Bennedict Mathurin – 73 overall
Attributes unknown
Dyson Daniels – 73 overall
Attributes unknown
Jeremy Sochan – 73 overall
Attributes unknown
Jalen Duren – 73 overall
Attributes unknown
Ochai Agbaji – 73 overall
Potential: 81
Outside Scoring: 71
Inside Scoring: 64
Defending: 62
Athleticism: 84
Playmaking: 64
Rebounding: 45
Shaedon Sharpe – 72 overall
Attributes unknown
Ousmane Dieng – 72 overall
Attributes unknown
Jalen Williams – 72 overall
Attributes unknown
NOTE: We will update this article soon
CourtSideHeat will update this article as soon as attributes are known for the remaining players on this list to have been marked as “unknown”. Also check out our Twitter for more updates as it will first appear there and then on the site.
According to Houston Rockets’ head coach Ime Udoka, with Dorian Finney-Smith still recovering from offseason ankle surgery, he is set to miss the season opener on October 21st. They will be facing the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Udoka said he has no timetable of when the 32-year-old will be back, as they will be cautious and not rushing him back into the swing of things.
“No, probably not,” Ime Udoka said when asked if Finney-Smith would be ready for the opener.
Finney-Smith recently signed a four-year, $53 million contract with Houston earlier in the summer.
According to the Dallas Mavericks, center Daniel Gafford has suffered a sprained ankle and will be out for the next two-to-three weeks.
He suffered the injury during the opening practice of training camp on Tuesday. Dallas’ regular season begins on October 22nd, where they take on the San Antonio Spurs.
Last season, fans saw the 27-year-old miss the final two months due to a Grade 3 sprain of the MCL.
In 57 games, Gafford averaged 12.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.4 assists.
According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, like the Al Horford scenario, two players have verbally committed to playing for the Golden State Warriors.
Golden State got confirmation from Gary Payton II and De’Anthony Melton that they both will be on the Warriors’ roster for the upcoming season. This is shortly after Horford committed to a multi-year deal.
Payton will be returning to the Warriors for his sixth-straight season, with Melton returning for his second season. His first run didn’t go so well due to him tearing his ACL mid-November.
These signings will be official once the Jonathan Kuminga situation is resolved. The deadline for Kuminga to sign his qualifying offer is October 1st.
