Leonard Miller is the Most Bizarre Rookie of the 2023 NBA Draft

The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Leonard Miller with the 33rd pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Leonard Miller, who played alongside Scoot Henderson with the G-League Ignite, is a 19-year-old power forward who was initially projected to be picked anywhere from the late first round of the draft, all the way up to the lottery, but Miller instead fell to the second round.
But after a promising showing with the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA Summer League, Leonard Miller looks like he could be a contributor sooner rather than later. He could be one of the biggest steals in terms of 2023 NBA draft picks.
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[@AlexHoops]

Leonard Miller will end up as a top ___ player from his draft class 👇

[@sideactivist]

15

[@clixzy1645]

10

[@kgtd2160]

Probably top 10 if he doesn't get his defense cleaned up. If he does manage to do that, then oh boy maybe top 5.

[@Dilemina]

I am going to enjoy watching his development. Seems promising so far. Hopefully better than Bol Bol and Tacko Fall who were also promising yet bizarre prospects

[@Dilemina]

​@@JaeTresI'll be clicking my heals for good luck.

[@kylecodling9796]

Lefty’s got their own shooting rules

[@coryrobert.lvkh25_8]

As I lefty myself I can attest to this, I am curious tho, what are your rules?

[@jehem2239]

This pickup shows how deep the draft pool is. Miller is a lottery talent in the 2nd rd.

[@alwayslookingatself]

It's all media hype, to sell tickets. No one knows if a draft is good or not, until at least five years later.

[@vanish69420]

he going to pop off this year just watch.

[@THCBOT]

Idk how much playing time he’ll get but I hope he does

[@peamut547]

Man, this draft is so deep sounding it’s insane. Could end up being a top 10-15 draft all-time

[@dallaswinkelman8945]

It’s funny everyone before the draft was saying it was the least talented in a while. The jury is out until they play a whole season.

[@geno8852]

@@dallaswinkelman8945bro what this draft class was hyped up like crazy with how much talent it had

[@gabes4656]

@@dallaswinkelman8945 literally nobody was saying that.

[@dallaswinkelman8945]

@@gabes4656 local sports media was saying it was and a couple other big name venues. I’m not making stuff up lol, you can literally look it up.

[@dallaswinkelman8945]

@@geno8852 I’m agreeing with you it’s talented, local sports media for the pistons was saying it was an off year for talent and that we should’ve traded out of getting ausar which I disagreed. It wasn’t just local media saying that though, I am always against people knocking the draft before they even play. Ausar Thompson and Marcus sasser are beats.

[@pathfinderjan]

He’s a 2K legend 😂 Love playing Miller in 2K. Picked him in the late 20s though, not 2nd round

[@behindthearcyt]

the fact he fell to the timberwolves at 33 was really surprising me coming into the draft i had him going nets at 22 the timberwolves really got a steal like his unique skillset if he can become a average 3 point shooter he can become a good player that can affect the game in multiple ways

[@lukepiecuch]

Had him going nets too, felt like a perfect pick off the bench for them

[@crapjuice470]

He fell to the Spurs at 33. lol not the TWolves

[@trey4234]

@@crapjuice470twolves have him

[@WembysCastle]

​@@trey4234twolves traded for him. He fell to the Spurs.

[@rylanwarner8164]

@@WembysCastle twolves traded for the pick and got to choose the pick it’s just the rules that he has to technically get drafted to the spurs but it was the wolves pick

[@nanagotham1590]

I see the Vando/Odom in him. Not as quick as Vando on the perimeter but has some creation with the handle, jumper and is a little ambidextrous.

[@donlitt]

Yeah Odom is a good comparison, I was thinking he’s like a skinnier bam adebayo

[@gabes4656]

Thad Young

[@nanagotham1590]

@@gabes4656 alright that’s the best comp I’ve seen. That’s pretty spot on

[@patrickhanlon2325]

Love hearing good news for my Wolves

[@TruthJX]

Pretty pleased with the rookies Minnesota was able to get despite their total lack of draft capital.

[@jandrashriker5861]

One day, folks will learn that Tim Connelly is an amazing drafting dude.

[@jamie4561]

This young core is so exciting

[@bignoob24]

Summer League was so fun this year. I couldn't travel to Vegas but the games were so entertaining 😊.

[@kunai2140]

Let's go a Leonard Miller video

[@fashionmfsworstnightmare]

these canadians have some weird shooting forms, Shai too💀

[@j.rjunior5584]

​@@JaeTresBrooks is Canadian?

[@TheSilversonGR]

You said what I, and probably a lot of other TWolves fans, was thinking. I can't wait for him and McDaniels to share the floor. They can become a really scary duo next to Edwards

[@LilGarbaggio]

Something about him reminds me of Chris Bosh. The jumper especially.

[@RANDOMPLANET]

Ant (21), Jaden (22), Miller (19), Naz (23), NAW (24), Minot (20), Moore (21), Clark (21), Brown Jr (23), Garza (24)... 10 players all 24 and under lol. And then you add in KAT (27), Shake Milton (26), Anderson (29), JMac (27) all under 30. Gobert (31) and Conley (35) are only players above 30.. But 'ThEy GaVe AwAy ThEiR fUtUrE' I think its funny people focus on the Gobert trade.. yet the Wolves are still one of most talented young teams in the league. And a VERY deep team in a league full of very top heavy no depth teams.

[@chexcollects]

Gobert trade is as bad as it gets. For more reasons than we can count on our fingers.

[@Alex-rs6cu]

Honestly I think this is one of the best draft classes ever and not bc the lottery but because almost everyone in the second round could have been drafted in the first round and been good options

[@jahummus]

i was upset when the blazers took kris murray when they could’ve had both scoot and miller on the team together again

[@carsonhugill2176]

Kris Murray is nice though. Reminds me of Keegan Murray but left handed 🤔

[@sinxay5707]

Bro I love that you pay attention to the Timberwolves bro🫶🏽

[@frostok]

I’m so stoked to have gotten him in round 2

[@Daveyjdigital]

Raised by wolves he a steal

[@donlitt]

I agree I’m not sure how the scouts missed this one. 6’10 with passing good defensive awareness good shooting, averaged a double double at 19 with 64% ts, yeah the nba slept on this one 😂😂😂

[@gracej4306]

I'd rather keep Anderson and trade Kat... buuut who knows with Minn.

[@TCt0k3n]

Please 🙏 get rid of Kat

[@Lola23339]

I believe Miller's shot will be totally scrapped and rebuilt. (Lonzo Ball-style) His shot won't work and won't be allowed to work in the NBA. Even if Miller's shot has decent efficiency in the Summer League, it'll still be corrected because, when he goes into a slump, it'll be a black hole. (Ben Simmons-style) Thanks for the video.

[@SilverbackTheKing]

Run him at SF and his size and athleticism including shot will definitely be valuable but as a PF it’s way too many great NBA players at that position where he wouldn’t have any advantage but as a tall SF with his skill set it would give him a great advantage seeing as he would be able to shoot over/ out size most SF’s in the league so teams would either have to switch the big leaving the post weak or they would have to sacrifice the mismatch and hope they player defense holds up. So in conclusion run him as SF especially when a smaller SF is in on the opposing team and you have the advantage. By him mostly playing as guard until his growth spurt I think the SF position will feel more natural to him

[@MNPhantom]

dudes averaging like 2 blocks and 2 steals in the summer league. he’s had some really efficient nights too

[@larryrosete3907]

Reminds me a lot of Jarren Jackson Jr.

[@dray6016]

We all are here bc we know he’s one of the biggest steals we’re going to look back and wonder how he went in the second round

[@TheDeadlyTikka]

I drafted him in my kings mygm. He's a really fun player, elite shooting and cutting off sabonis. Replaced Barnes in season 2

[@Spenc205]

Feels like Giannis before he bulked up.

[@imhotepnixon]

I wanted him for my mavs gonna be a good role player right from the jump

[@imhotepnixon]

Would’ve been a great Maxi Kleber replacement

[@iamchaunceman]

Same here, glad we got Omax but damn, imagine if Nico could have figured out a way to get back in late like he did with Hardy last year.

[@BoolatGuzairov]

That particular case when elite burst differ a versatile role player from offensive unicorn. Will be curious to see how he develops.

[@kadinseeman8067]

Only if Minnesota played their rookies

[@RANDOMPLANET]

Um... Last year Minot and Moore got some time, but not a ton because they weren't near ready compared to what they have. Naz, Jmac, Jaden, Ant have all gotten very good playing time in their Rookie year. So no clue what you are talking about. Wolves are actually know recently for being VERY good developers of talent.

[@TCt0k3n]

Minot,Moore, Garza all got basically no time wtf you talking about. Moore can kicks rocks in my opinion as well.

[@RANDOMPLANET]

​@@TCt0k3n ' Last year Minot and Moore got some time, but not a ton because they weren't near ready compared to what they have.' Apparently your reading comprehension got less minutes then the rookies. The Wolves have given mins to rookies in the past.. but they were simply too deep to give a ton this year.. Deep enough to finish above .500 even with KAT missing 53 and over 200 games missed by the team. Minott got least with only 96 mins. Moore got 154 mins. Garza wasn't even mentioned in either of our posts... because he was NOT a rookie LOL. He was a rookie in 2021 with the Pistons when he played in 390 mins over 32 games. (244 mins over 28 this year) And if you learned to read full posts, instead of badly cherry picking a month old post... 'Naz, Jmac, Jaden, Ant have all gotten very good playing time in their Rookie year.' ANT - 2311 mins in rookie year Naz - 1344 mins in rookie year Jmac - 938 mins in rookie year Jaden - 1512 min in rookie year They all got very good rookie playing time, and were all in the group of good talent development by the Wolves. Learn to read, man.

[@runtelthat_tv2639]

He selected that 25 jumpshot release

[@Chris10110]

Should’ve been a Spur

[@knighthonor44]

Can you do a video on the Wizard's 1st round pick Bilal?

[@DrawQuick2014]

Another Tim Connelly masterclass

[@Jack-jx6ln]

Wonder if he Weill struggle to get playing time with KAT, Gobert and Naz Reid on the roster

[@Anthonydu01630]

I remember when Wembanyama posterized him lol

[@part6133]

Pippen also had a great growth spurt.

[@TCt0k3n]

Also wore 33 ❤ it

[@corndogpopsicle]

reminds me of a michael beasley typa jumper just looks a little funkier down low🤣

[@sukhwindergrewal1262]

Best NBA KZbinr on the platform right now! You mentioned you thought Leonard Miller should have gone in the lottery? Would love to see your big board in the comments!

[@eldon1011]

From the waist up I don’t hate that stroke

[@iamchaunceman]

This guy could save Minn from that horrible Gobert trade. His numbers at the GL Ignite are no joke, infact, he should have been a top ten-15 based on his stats alone. It’s much harder than college, and sets you up for the NBA. Just look at last years version, Jaden Hardy, he is so much better than everyone thought. If your a top athlete and you go to G league instead of college you get a nice head start.

[@brandonmatthews4223]

Another guy Miami should’ve drafted over Jaquez

[@user-tu7ro6fp6v]

Chris Bosh X Jarred Vanderbilt

[@TerranovaBasketballStudy]

Hi Alex

[@AlexHoops]

Hi Noah

[@sawyerf15]

He shoots exactly like me 😂

[@JuanRodriguez-fb7me]

Excelente jugador para Minnesota 😊😊🎉🎉

[@TheKingbigb22]

Kat getting traded if this kid flourishes

[@YodaSmokes]

Sounds like Anthony Davis tbh

[@jandrashriker5861]

Tim MF-ing Connelly DOES IT AGAIN! He is an underrated draft genius.

[@kirikiti5425]

Minnesota actually drafted a better player than previous draft minus Ant man.

[@hupao17]

Poor man's Chris Bosh maybe😮

[@carlosaterorey]

I dont think Kyle Anderson and Leonard Miller are the same player, Miller could potencially play as a pseudo Vando and Anderson can play also as a spread out wing, which would open up space and ease up lineups with KAT at the 5. Also, the front court depth is not an issue for next season cause Miller is probably gonna spend a lot of time in the G League.

[@leonard_14]

Nice glue guy.

[@Celabeat]

picking his jersey number to be 33 is so petty i love it

[@mcsorleyladd]

Why?

[@quiescenttttt]

​​@@mcsorleyladdhe got drafted #33 he said its motivation

[@TCt0k3n]

He'll be the next scottie pippen so it makes sense.

[@jgrangervikings1]

He won’t get much playing time this season, but look out in season 2 or 3

[@autograph415]

lowkey wish portlad got him to pair with scoot

[@chrisjett313]

If it aint broken, dont fix it

[@STREETJESSUS]

NBA MAGNETICS can make anyone a star

[@thehighvibe5528]

that shot looks rough though

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Note to Alex: McDaniels is now a Raptor. Otherwise, great analysis of someone I feel is going to surprise people in the NBA. And he’s Canadian!

[@AlexHoops]

Not sure how to tell you this, but McDaniels is not a Raptor.

[@williamturnquist2808]

@@AlexHoopshe’s mixing up Jaden and Jaylen McDaniels

[@Shmooveski]

Clippers should have drafted him

[@donjohn7709]

McDaniels + Miller = McMiller TIME

[@fcottoncdy]

He feels like a chris bosh

[@RealisticTimberwolvesFan]

Dark horse. Great pick by Connelly possibly. He’s really showing better since the Gobert trade.

[@ridge9052]

He’s more like a sf than a pf

[@MrEueu89]

What's sad is that he won't be seeing a lot of minutes in the NBA

[@Jaime-II]

His ceiling is Lamar Odom… wolves got a steal. (Unsure why spurs traded this pick away)

[@edgarmtl4775]

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[@DrillWick_Dj]

He remind me of Terrence Jones a lot

[@roberthaas585]

If you are a Sports Card Collector, here is a tip. Buy now

[@Lowkeylit69]

His form is similar to shais

[@jackkhor814]

If you have the balls to attempt 3 with ugly mechanics, you’re already better than Simmons and that he made it to the league, surviving few years so….. that says a lot

[@joanisluinstra996]

I don’t understand why the Heat didn’t pick him at 18

[@jeremiahcruz5064]

Ben Simmons 2.0

[@ankletaker2729]

Jaren Jackson + Lamar Odom

[@RainingPoptarts]

reminds me of bosh

[@YuSayinFuqery]

I’m confused.. can u hoop??

[@LeeLee-bo3dr]

He nice Darius Miles vibes.

[@chaike9001]

Smaller Al Jefferson?

[@GrantRossow]

Leonard Miller propaganda I love it

[@horvaton]

Steal of this draft!!! Blazers shoulda grab him..sigh 🔥🔥🔥

[@eggroll1255]

Wish my nuggies got him :(

[@milesbrown1235]

Jesus saves!