The 2023 NBA draft likely feels as if it were a century away at this stage of the 2022-23 season for most fans of the Boston Celtics, which makes sense seeing as the 2023 calendar year has yet to even arrive.
But the Celtics’ front office (and that of the other 29 teams in the league) have been hard at work keeping tabs on prospective draft targets for this season’s annual offseason capstone event. The Celtics do not have a first-round draft pick to use this season after having dealt it away to build the roster they have for this season, but they do have three second-round picks they have the option of drafting with if they don’t use them as sweeteners for trades.
