2025 NBA Mock Draft: Cooper Flagg Remains Atop The Board

Let’s hit on another 2025 NBA Mock Draft.

While the echoes of the 2024 NBA draft are still reverberating, the basketball world’s attention is swiftly turning to the next wave of rising stars. Although the previous draft might not have immediately yielded a plethora of superstars, early assessments of the 2025 class indicate a more promising pool of potential impact players.

As a preliminary exploration of this upcoming talent pool, we will conduct a mock draft exercise. It is essential to acknowledg💯e the inherent uncertainty surrounding the final draft order, as the upcoming regular season will significantly influence team standings and, consequently, lottery probabilities.

To establish a provisional framework for our mock draft, we have utilized the current NBA C💝hampionship odds provided by as a proxy for relative team strength. It is important to emphasize that this methodology represents an imperfect approximation, and the NBA Draft Lottery, with its inherent element of randomness, has the potential to alter these projections dramatically. Even the most underperforming teams retain the possibility of securing the coveted top overalౠl selection.

With a comprehensive understanding of these complexities, we shall proceed with our mock draft, mindful of its speculative nature and the likelihood of necessary a❀djustments as the 2023-2024 season unfolds.

2025 NBA Mock Draft
Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

How Does the NBA Draft Lottery Work

Following the conclusion of the season, the NBA uses a lottery system to decide the🎉 first 14 picks in the draft o🎐rder.

Before we look at the draft order, here’s how the NBA Draft Lottery system works:

  • Eligible Teams: The 14 teams that do not qualify for the NBA playoffs are eligible to participate in the draft lottery. This includes teams that make the Play-In Tournament but don’t advance past the Play-In Tournament.
  • NBA Draft Lottery Odds: The teams with the worst records have higher chances of winning a top pick. The teams with the three worst records have the highest chance – a 14% chance – while the odds incrementally decrease for teams with better records among the non-playoff teams.
  • Ping Pong Balls: Fourteen ping-pong balls numbered 1 through 14 will be placed in a lottery machine. There are 1,001 possible combinations when four balls are drawn out of 14. Before the lottery, 1,000 of those 1,001 combinations are assigned to the 14 participating lottery teams. Those three with the highest odds will be given 140 combinations each – aka the most combinations.
  • Lottery Drawing: Finally, drawings are conducted for the first four picks of the NBA Draft. The remaining non-playoff teams are then ordered based on their regular-season records, with the team with the worst record picking fifth, followed by the team with the next worst record, and so on.
  • Also, the NBA shares the footage of the lottery drawing after each draft. You can watch the 2023 procedure .

    Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports

    2025 NBA Mock Draft

    1. Detroit Pistons: Cooper Flagg – F – Duke – 17 Years Old
    2. Washington Wizards: Dylan Harper – G – Rutgers – 17 Years Old
    3. Charlotte Hornets: Ace Bailey – G/F – Rutgers – 17 Years Old
    4. Portland Trail Blazers: VJ Edgecombe – G – Baylor – 18 Years Old
    5. Brooklyn Nets: Nolan Traore – G – France – 18 Years Old
    6. Toronto Raptors: Liam McNeeley – G/F – UConn – 18 Years Old
    7. Utah Jazz: Kwame Evans – F – Oregon – 19 Years Old
    8. Chicago Bulls: Hugo Gonzalez – F – Spain – 18 Years Old
    9. San Antonio Spurs: Tre Johnson – G – Texas – 18 Years old
    10. San Antonio Spurs (via ATL): Noa Essengue – F – Germany – 17 Years Old
    11. Houston Rockets: Alex Karaban – F – UConn – 21 Years Old
    12. Orlando Magic: Michael Ruzic – F – Spain – 17 Years Old
    13. Atlanta Hawks (via SAC): Derrion Reid – F – Alabama – 18 Years Old
    14. New Orleans Pelicans: Khaman Maluach – C – Duke – 17 Years Old
    15. Indiana Pacers: Jalil Bethea – G – Miami – 18 Years Old
    16. Memphis Grizzlies: Drake Powell – G/F – North Carolina – 18 Years old
    17. Oklahoma City Thunder (via MIA): Kasparas Jakucionis – G – Illinois – 18 Years Old
    18. Utah Jazz (via CLE): Carter Bryant – F – Arizona – 18 Years Old
    19. Oklahoma City Thunder (via LAC): Donovan Freeman – F – Syracuse – 18 Years Old
    20. Houston Rockets (via PHX): Elliott Cadeau – G – North Carolina – 19 Years Old
    21. Golden State Warriors: Kanaan Carlyle – G – Indiana – 19 Years Old
    22. New Orleans Pelicans (via LAL): Hunter Sallis – G – Wake Forest – 21 Years Old
    23. Philadelphia 76ers: Egor Demin – G – BYU – 18 Years Old
    24. Dallas Mavericks: Ian Jackson – G – North Carolina – 19 Years Old
    25. Brooklyn Nets (via MIL): Tyrese Proctor – G – Duke – 20 Years Old
    26. Utah Jazz (via MIN): Collin Murray-Boyles – F/C – South Carolina – 19 Years Old
    27. Brooklyn Nets (via NYK): KJ Lewis – G – Arizona – 19 Years Old
    28. Oklahoma City Thunder: Adou Thiero – F – Arkansas – 20 Years Old
    29. Orlando Magic (via DEN): Rocco Zikarsky – C – Australia – 17 Years Old
    30. Boston Celtics: Kon Knueppel – G/F – Duke – 18 Years Old

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    Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

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