Onto another 2025 NBA Mock Draft!
The 2024 NBA draft is fading into memory, and the basketball world is already eagerly anticipating the next crop of rising stars. While the previous draft may not have immediately produced a wave o꧅f superstars, early evaluations of the 2025 class suggest a more promising pool of potential i🍎mpact players.
As a preliminary exploration of this upcoming talent pool, we will conduct a mock draft exercise. It is crucial to remember that the final draft order remains uncertain, as the upcoming reg🅘ular season will significantly influence team standings and, consequently, lottery probabilities.
To establish a provisional framework for our mock draft, we have employed the current NBA Championship odds provided by DraftKings as a proxy for relative team strength. It is important to emphasize that this methodology represents an imperfe𒁃ct approximation, and the NBA Draft Lottery, with its inherent element of randomness, has the potential to dramatically alter these projections. Even the most underperforming teams retain the possibility of securing the coveted top overall 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 adjustments as the 2023💖-2024 season unfolds.
How Does the NBA Draft Lottery Work
Following the conclusion of the season, the NBA uses a lottery syste🀅m to decide the first 14 picks in the draft order.
Before we look at the draft order, here’s how the NBA Draft Lottery system works:
Also, the NBA shares the footage of the lottery drawing after each draft. You can watch the 2023 procedure .
2025 NBA Mock Draft
- Detroit Pistons: Cooper Flagg – F – Duke – 17 Years Old
- Washington Wizards: Dylan Harper – G – Rutgers – 17 Years Old
- Charlotte Hornets: Ace Bailey – G/F – Rutgers – 17 Years Old
- Portland Trail Blazers: VJ Edgecombe – G – Baylor – 18 Years Old
- Brooklyn Nets: Nolan Traore – G – France – 18 Years Old
- Toronto Raptors: Hugo Gonzalez – F – Spain – 18 Years Old
- Utah Jazz: Kwame Evans – F – Oregon – 19 Years Old
- Chicago Bulls: Khaman Maluach – C – Duke – 17 Years Old
- San Antonio Spurs: Tre Johnson – G – Texas – 18 Years old
- San Antonio Spurs (via ATL): Drake Powell – G/F – North Carolina – 18 Years Old
- Houston Rockets: Egor Demin – G – BYU – 18 Years Old
- Orlando Magic: Rocco Zikarsky – C – Australia – 17 Years Old
- Atlanta Hawks (via SAC): Collin Murray-Boyles – F/C – South Carolina – 19 Years Old
- New Orleans Pelicans: Liam McNeeley – G/F – UConn – 18 Years Old
- Indiana Pacers: Jalil Bethea – G – Miami – 18 Years Old
- Memphis Grizzlies: Michael Ruzic – F – Spain – 17 Years Old
- Oklahoma City Thunder (via MIA): Isaiah Evans – F – Duke – 19 Years Old
- Utah Jazz (via CLE): Asa Newell – F – Georgia – 19 Years Old
- Oklahoma City Thunder (via LAC): Donovan Freeman – F – Syracuse – 18 Years Old
- Houston Rockets (via PHX): KJ Lewis – G – Arizona – 19 Years Old
- Golden State Warriors: Karter Knox – F – Arkansas – 20 Years Old
- New Orleans Pelicans (via LAL): Hunter Sallis – G – Wake Forest – 21 Years Old
- Philadelphia 76ers: Alex Karaban – F – UConn – 21 Years Old
- Dallas Mavericks: Ian Jackson – G – North Carolina – 19 Years Old
- Brooklyn Nets (via MIL): Noa Essengue – F – Germany – 17 Years Old
- Utah Jazz (via MIN): Derrion Reid – F – Alabama – 18 Years Old
- Brooklyn Nets (via NYK): Bookie Fland – G – Arkansas – 18 Years Old
- Oklahoma City Thunder: JT Toppin – F – Texas Tech – 20 Years Old
- Orlando Magic (via DEN): Kasparas Jakucionis – G – Illinois – 18 Years Old
- Boston Celtics: Kon Knueppel – G/F – Duke – 18 Years Old
