The 2023 NBA Draft came and went, and despite the Brooklyn Nets making three selections on three unique young talents, their night was, overall, pretty pedestrian. Not because their selections - Noah Clowney, Dariq Whitehead, and Jalen Wilson, respectively - were underwhelming or anything. In fact, the post-draft consensus on Brooklyn’s night is starkly positive, with most draft experts, if such a thing exists, assigning the Nets ‘A’ or ‘B’ grades.
Which seems fair. Noah Clowney, at just 18 years of age, has tools that you “can’t teach”, according to Sean Marks, namely a 7’3” wingspan.