Is it too early to think about the 2023 NBA draft? Not if you happen to be Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman, who thinks about every draft for a living as that outlet’s resident draft expert.
To such an end, Wasserman has already released his first full mock draft for the 2023 class, which has the Boston Celtics going all in with their sole pick in that draft on an Iowa power forward who has family already in the league. That would be one Kris Murray, whose brother Keegan was picked up by the Sacramento Kings in the 2022 draft.
The B/R draft expert has Boston taking Kris at a projected No. 42 pick, writing that with “scouts locked into Keegan Murray last season, Kris made some watch lists for his 6’8″ size, shooting efficiency, defensive activity, and flashes of attacking closeouts.”
With the Celtics in need of some flexible depth on the upper end of the wing spectrum, Kris would make a lot of sense for the Celtics.
It also wouldn’t shock us if Boston dealt away this pick in order to fortify their roster in the present, but if they did hold onto the pick, the Iowa junior gets our stamp of approval at the Celtics Wire.
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