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Winners and losers from the 2023 NBA Draft ... as Spurs set the bar

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Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs were the clear winners in the wake of Thursday’s NBA Draft, but there were some other high grades handed out.

There was only one real winner to come out of Thursday’s NBA Draft, while every other team that was feeling good about itself was simply a runner-up.

And the San Antonio Spurs could have actually declared themselves the 2023 draft champions back in May, when they strutted out of the lottery holding the keys for the No. 1 overall pick.

That’s the Victor Wembanyama Effect.