2025 NBA Draft: Touchdown Spots For All 59 Picks

Thirty gamers heard their names referred to as and had their lifelong goals realized through the first spherical of the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday on the Barclays Heart in New York. 

Now, on Thursday, 29 extra gamers will earn the chance to get onto an NBA roster through the second spherical of the NBA Draft, which is about to start out at 8 p.m.

Listed here are all 30 picks within the first-round of the 2025 NBA Draft:

FIRST ROUND

1. Dallas Mavericks: Cooper Flagg, Ahead, Duke

Flagg will slot in seamlessly with the Mavericks’ lineup and roster-building philosophy. When Dallas traded Luka Doncic, president of basketball operations and basic supervisor, Nico Harrison, cited protection as the muse for his or her future. Flagg brings that and far more. He is versatile, clever on the help-side and in pick-and-roll protection, and may guard gamers in any respect positions. Offensively, he is one in every of, if not the perfect, passers within the 2025 NBA Draft class and has displayed a capability to create his personal leap shot, and scoring alternatives for his teammates. 

2. San Antonio Spurs: Dylan Harper, Guard, Rutgers

The Spurs have had the Rookie of the Yr the final two seasons and have simply drafted somebody who may make that three in a row. Harper is the proper participant for the Spurs so as to add to their younger core. He’ll complement Victor Wembanyama as a fringe scorer and maximize his offensive ceiling as a playmaker. He’ll play alongside a backcourt mate that has a really related recreation to him, in De’Aaron Fox, a fellow left-handed dynamic guard. That pairing will likely be attention-grabbing as Fox and Harper function in related components of the court docket, however Fox ought to provide a great instance for the younger Harper. 

3. Philadelphia 76ers: VJ Edgecombe, Guard, Baylor

Edgecombe’s ceiling is as excessive as any prospect on this draft as he has a comparable construct and aggressive drive to that of dynamic NBA guards of previous and current equivalent to Anthony Edwards and Dwayne Wade. As for his match with Philadelphia, Edgecombe will present an instantaneous power on the defensive facet and alleviate stress off Tyrese Maxey on that facet of the court docket. Offensively, he can play off Maxey and Joel Embiid, attacking shut outs, and creating offense together with his instincts and fast decision-making. It is going to be attention-grabbing to see the course the 76ers take now that they’ve Edgecombe. Do they lean into their younger backcourt, or use these items to encompass their veterans and push for instant success?

4. Charlotte Hornets: Kon Kneuppel, Guard, Duke

Knueppel might need the very best IQ of any participant within the 2025 NBA Draft class. He’s additionally one of many prime perimeter shooters. From that standpoint, he ought to slot in properly as a result of he does not want the ball to be efficient and LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller will command extra touches than Knueppel. Ball can set him up for 3-point pictures, and he may be the staff’s secondary scorer behind Miller. That being stated, there are extra gifted gamers than Kneuppel that will likely be chosen after him, and the Hornets might be left regretting this choose. 

5. Utah Jazz: Airious “Ace” Bailey, Ahead, Rutgers

Bailey is the best enigma within the 2025 NBA Draft class. He’s the one American prospect to not have a single exercise with an NBA staff previous to Wednesday’s draft. The Jazz are betting that is not a pink flag. In the event that they’re proper, Bailey might be the cornerstone of their future. He is a 6-foot-8 wing with the fluid deal with of a guard. Not solely is he top-of-the-line shot creators within the draft, however he is proven chops as a help-defender and rim protector. 

6. Washington Wizards: Tre Johnson, Guard, Texas

Johnson is arguably the perfect total shooter within the NBA Draft. He takes and makes the deepest weight loss plan of NBA-level pictures equivalent to step-back and pull-up leap pictures. From the second he steps into the league, he’ll have the ability to rating. That is precisely what the Wizards want, as they’ve a trio of sturdy defensive prospects in Carlton Carrington, Kyshawn George and the second total choose within the 2024 NBA Draft, Alex Sarr. 

7. New Orleans Pelicans: Jeremiah Fears, Guard, Oklahoma

Fears has one of many tightest handles of any prospect within the 2025 NBA Draft class. Not many defenders can keep in entrance of him, which is critical as a result of his 3-point shot wants some work. Nonetheless, the slot in New Orleans is smart as they traded their level guard CJ McCollum on Monday and had a gap at that place. Now, they add a high-ceiling prospect that matches the timeline of their younger core, together with Zion Williamson and Trey Murphy. 

8. Brooklyn Nets: Egor Demin, Guard, Brigham Younger

A artistic playmaker and passer, Demin might be the engine for an NBA offense. He is a giant guard who performs at his personal tempo and makes everybody round him higher. He nonetheless wants to enhance his particular person scoring, however confirmed that he was engaged on that all through the pre-draft course of. The Nets desparately want a reset to their core, so getting their ball-handler of the long run is an efficient method to begin. 

9. Toronto Raptors: Collin Murray-Boyles, Ahead, South Carolina

Murray-Boyles is the quintessential Raptors’ participant — a prolonged and versatile wing with a great deal of untapped expertise. Protection will come simply to Murray-Boyles, however he’ll want to enhance his exterior shot and talent to assault close-outs if he desires to achieve Toronto as a result of the Raptors have dominant ball-handlers who aren’t dynamic perimeter shooters themselves in Scottie Barnes and Brandon Ingram. 

10. Phoenix Suns: Khaman Maluach, Heart, Duke 

The Suns’ entrance workplace might need achieved one thing proper. Maluach is the perfect rim-protector within the 2025 NBA Draft class and has displayed spectacular contact for a 7-footer. He was key to Duke’s Remaining 4 run and can now be essential to the Suns’ retooling. He will likely be an ideal pick-and-roll accomplice for Devin Booker.

11. Memphis Grizzlies (through Portland): Cedric Coward, Ahead, Washington State

Coward has flown up draft boards through the pre-draft course of. He performed simply six video games at Washington State final season, however displayed a capability to attain in any respect three ranges. That small pattern dimension makes him an ambiguous prospect, however he’ll present Memphis with a flexible two-way wing, which is a place of want for them, alongside Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. Coward’s energy as an off-ball shooter will likely be maximized enjoying with Morant who generates as many open pictures as any NBA playmaker.

12. Chicago Bulls: Noa Essengue, Heart, France

There are a whole lot of unknowns with Essengue, a French prospect who performed professionally in Germany. He is athletic and makes use of that capacity to dominate the boards and fly up and down the court docket. However, it is unclear how his offensive recreation will translate to the NBA, and it is much more confounding how he’ll slot in with the Bulls, who may have used a extra gifted on-ball asset. Chicago does, nonetheless, are inclined to play quick, so if Essengue can run the ground and end off the pace of guards Josh Giddey and Coby White, he might be a good piece for his or her future. 

13. New Orleans Pelicans (from Sacramento): Derik Queen, Ahead, Maryland

Queen joins Fears because the Pelicans’ second lottery choose within the 2025 NBA Draft. He is a big-man with the imaginative and prescient, deal with, and shot-diet of a guard. The Pelicans chosen Yves Missi, a dynamic rim protector, within the 2024 NBA Draft, and Queen’s perimeter-based recreation may match properly subsequent to him. The Pelicans’ younger core now contains Fears, Queen, Murphy, Missi and Jordan Poole, who they traded for on Monday, so there’s an opportunity this choose may spell the tip of the Zion Williamson period.

14. San Antonio Spurs (from Atlanta): Carter Bryant, Ahead, Arizona

Bryant, a two-way wing, rounds out the lottery and is the second choose within the 2025 NBA Draft for the Spurs. It is an ideal selection because the Arizona prospect will present an instantaneous defensive presence on the wing for a staff ripe for a playoff leap. His offensive recreation has a methods to go, however he will not be requested to do an excessive amount of on that facet of the ball because the Spurs can depend on Wembanyama, Fox, Devin Vassell and the second-overall choose, Harper, for that. 

15. Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (from Miami): Thomas Sorber, Heart, Georgetown

16. Portland Path Blazers (from Orlando): Yang Hansen, Heart, China

17. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Detroit): Joan Beringer, Heart, France

18. Utah Jazz (from Memphis): Walter Clayton Jr., Guard, Florida

19. Brooklyn Nets (from Milwaukee): Nolan Traore, Guard, France

20. Miami Warmth (from Golden State): Kasparas Jakucionis, Guard, Illinois

21. Washington Wizards (from Minnesota): Will Riley, Guard, Illinois

22. Brooklyn Nets (from the L.A. Lakers): Drake Powell, Guard, North Carolina

23. Atlanta Hawks (from Indiana): Asa Newell, Ahead, Georgia

24. Sacramento Kings (from the L.A. Clippers): Nique Clifford, Guard, Colorado State

25. Orlando Magic (from Denver): Jase Richardson, Guard, Michigan State

26. Brooklyn Nets (from New York): Ben Saraf, Guard, Israel

27. Brooklyn Nets (from Houston): Danny Wolf, Ahead, Michigan

28. Boston Celtics: Hugo Gonzalez, Guard, Spain

29. Charlotte Hornets (from Cleveland): Liam McNeeley, Ahead, UCONN

30. L.A. Clippers (from Oklahoma Metropolis) Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Heart, Penn State

SECOND ROUND

31. Phoenix Suns (from Minnesota): Rasheer Fleming, Ahead, St. Joseph’s

32. Boston Celtics: (from Washington): Noah Penda, Ahead, France

33. Charlotte Hornets: Sion James, Ahead, Duke

34. Charlotte Hornets (from Toronto): Ryan Kalkbrenner, Heart, Creighton

35. Philadelphia 76ers: Johni Broome, Ahead, Auburn

36. Los Angeles Lakers: (from Brooklyn): Adou Thiero, Ahead, Arkansas

37. Detroit Pistons (from Toronto): Chaz Lanier, Guard, Tennessee

38. Indiana Pacers (from San Antonio): Kam Jones, Guard, Marquette

39. Toronto Raptros (from Portland): Alijah Martin, Guard, Florida

40. New Orleans Pelicans (from Washington): Micah Peavy, Guard, Georgetown

41. Phoenix Suns (from Golden State): Koby Brea, Guard, Kentucky

42. Sacramento Kings (from Chicago): Maxime Raynaud, Ahead, Stanford

43. Washington Wizards (from Utah): Jamir Watkins, Guard, Florida State

44. Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (from Atlanta): Brooks Barnhizer, Ahead, Northwestern

45. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Chicago): Rocco Zibrasky, Heart, Australia

46. Boston Celtics (from Orlando): Amari Williams, Ahead, Kentucky

47. Milwaukee Bucks (from Detroit): Bogoljub Markovic, Ahead, Serbia

48. Memphis Grizzlies (from Golden State): Javon Small, Guard, West Virginia

49. Cleveland Cavaliers (from Milwaukee): Tyrese Proctor, Guard, Duke

50. Los Angeles Clippers (from New York): Kobe Sanders, Guard, Nevada

51. New York Knicks (from LA Clippers): Mohamed Diawara, Ahead, France

52. Golden State Warriors (from Phoenix): Alex Toohey, Ahead, Australia

53. Utah Jazz (from LA Clippers): John Tonje, Ahead, Wisconsin

54. Indiana Pacers: Taelon Peter, Guard, Liberty

55. Chicago Bulls (from LA Lakers): Lachlan Olbrich, Ahead, Australia

56. Golden State Warriors (from Memphis Grizzlies): Will Richard, Guard, Florida

57. Boston Celtics (from Orlando): Max Shulga, Guard, Virginia Commonwealth College

58. Cleveland Cavaliers: Saliou Niang, Guard, Senegal

59. Memphis Grizzlies: (from Houston) Jahmai Mashack, Ahead, Tennessee

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