[NBA Draft]: 2025 Mock Draft Comparison, February (updated 2/28)

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2/28 update: New picks from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report to close out the month. This one has Jase Richardson and Liam McNeely moving up and both going in the lottery to the Spurs. In this one Philly keeps their #6 pick and takes Tre Johnson. Isaiah Evans has also moved up into the late 1st round after a string of hot shooting games.

After a whale of a trade deadline, we’re back, trying to refocus on the draft. Luckily, we have new picks from Jeremy Woo and Jonathan Givony/ESPN, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, the No Ceilings crew, Tankathon, and yours truly.

Jeremiah Fears lost a bit of luster after a few not-so-great games. Meanwhile, Danny Wolf is climbing up the 1st round boards. Givony and Woo have Joan Berringer jumping up into the lottery, as well as Alex Condon at the tail end of the first round. Ace Bailey may have solidified his position at #3 with some strong play while Dylan Harper was out. And VJ Edgecombe is back in a big way after some lights out shooting in conference play.

With the dust settling a bit in the NBA post, trade deadline, we’re also seeing quite a bit of stealth tanking. New Orleans traded away Brandon Ingram (but didn’t get rid of (imo franchise albatross contract) CJ McCollum) and shut down Herb Jones for the season. Wizards aren’t playing their vets many minutes. Spurs are playing their vets too many minutes. Hornets traded for Nurkic and are starting him and Nick Smith. Utah has Isaiah Collier at the reins and sent Keyonte George to the bench. And Chicago…..well, they are a mess, as always. They’re now relying on Vucevic and Giddey to anchor their (horrific) defense.

I’m very interested to see if teams try to consolidate picks to move up in this draft. The Nets, Thunder, Spurs, Magic, Hawks and Jazz have A LOT of the picks–and most of them already have quite a few young players on their rosters. Who wants to trade into the 1st round and what will the price tag be?

On the point guard front, Jakucionis and Demin have picked it back up a bit. Fears and Philon have dropped back a bit. Fland is hurt. Harper is doing his thing once again and is firmly at #1 on the power rankings. And once again, Nolan Traore, is being overlooked as we get into nitpick season. Once Traore is surrounded by shooters and NBA spacing, how do you think he’s going to look with his elite court vision, speed, and passing skills? Lets not overthink this. He’s French, yes, but he’s not Killian Hayes.

Keep checking back as I’ll be updating this post throughout the month and/or follow @hoopsdistillery on Twitter for update alerts.

Also, ICYMI:

Bobby Marks/ESPN: “What NBA trade deadline meant for future of seven lottery teams“

Lots of great highlights and analysis of top prospects from the No Ceilings crew on their YouTube channel and also from Keandre Ashley on the Hoop Intellect channel.

	B/R (2/25)		Tankathon (2/12)		Hoops Distillery (2/12)		No Ceilings (2/12)		ESPN (2/12)		B/R (2/11)
1. WAS	Cooper Flagg	1. WAS	Cooper Flagg	1. WAS	Cooper Flagg	1. WAS	Cooper Flagg	1. WAS	Cooper Flagg	1. WAS	Cooper Flagg
2. NOP	Dylan Harper	2. NOP	Dylan Harper	2. NOP	Dylan Harper	2. NOP	Dylan Harper	2. NOP	Dylan Harper	2. NOP	Dylan Harper
3. UTA	Ace Bailey	3. UTA	Ace Bailey	3. UTA	Ace Bailey	3. UTA	Ace Bailey	3. UTA	Ace Bailey	3. UTA	Ace Bailey
4. CHA	VJ Edgecombe	4. CHA	VJ Edgecombe	4. CHA	VJ Edgecombe	4. CHA	VJ Edgecombe	4. CHA	VJ Edgecombe	4. CHA	VJ Edgecombe
5. TOR	Khaman Maluach	5. TOR	Kasparas Jakucionis	5. TOR	Khaman Maluach	5. TOR	Khaman Maluach	5. TOR	Kasparas Jakucionis	5. TOR	Khaman Maluach
6. PHI	Tre Johnson	6. BKN	Tre Johnson	6. BKN	Nolan Traore	6. BKN	Kasparas Jakucionis	6. BKN	Kon Knueppel	6. BKN	Kasparas Jakucionis
7. BKN	Kasparas Jakucionis	7. OKC	Kon Knueppel	7. OKC	Kasparas Jakucionis	7. OKC	Egor Demin	7. CHI	Khaman Maluach	7. OKC	Asa Newell
8. CHI	Asa Newell	8. CHI	Khaman Maluach	8. CHI	Tre Johnson	8. CHI	Tre Johnson	8. POR	Egor Demin	8. CHI	Ben Saraf
9. POR	Kon Knueppel	9. POR	Asa Newell	9. POR	Liam McNeely	9. POR	Noa Essengue	9. SAS	Jeremiah Fears	9. POR	Tre Johnson
10. SAS	Jase Richardson	10. SAS	Noa Essengue	10. SAS	Egor Demin	10. SAS	Derik Queen	10. OKC	Derik Queen	10. SAS	Kon Knueppel
11. SAS	Liam McNeely	11. ORL	Jeremiah Fears	11. SAS	Derik Queen	11. SAS	Liam McNeely	11. HOU	Tre Johnson	11. SAS	Collin Murray-Boyles
12. HOU	Ben Saraf	12. HOU	Liam McNeely	12. HOU	Kon Knueppel	12. HOU	Collin Murray-Boyles	12. SAS	Joan Berringer	12. HOU	Jeremiah Fears
13. ATL	Collin Murray-Boyles	13. ATL	Derik Queen	13. ATL	Asa Newell	13. ATL	Asa Newell	13. ATL	Liam McNeely	13. ATL	Nolan Traore
14. MIA	Jeremiah Fears	14. MIA	Nolan Traore	14. MIA	Jeremiah Fears	14. MIA	Jeremiah Fears	14. DAL	Nolan Traore	14. MIA	Liam McNeely
15. OKC	Noa Essengue	15. SAS	Egor Demin	15. ORL	Ben Saraf	15. ORL	Rasheer Fleming	15. OKC	Hugo Gonzalez	15. ORL	Noa Essengue
16. ORL	Derik Queen	16. OKC	Ben Saraf	16. OKC	Collin Murray-Boyles	16. OKC	Danny Wolf	16. MIN	Danny Wolf	16. OKC	Thomas Sorber
17. UTA	Nolan Traore	17. DAL	Hugo Gonzalez	17. MIN	Rasheer Fleming	17. MIN	Thomas Sorber	17. ORL	Ben Saraf	17. MIN	Egor Demin
18. DAL	Egor Demin	18. MIN	Collin Murray-Boyles	18. DAL	Labaron Philon	18. DAL	Kon Knueppel	18. MIA	Collin Murray-Boyles	18. DAL	Derik Queen
19. MIN	Thomas Sorber	19. BKN	Thomas Sorber	19. BKN	Noa Essengue	19. BKN	Carter Bryant	19. UTA	Noa Essengue	19. BKN	Hugo Gonzalez
20. OKC	Will Riley	20. UTA	Labaron Philon	20. OKC	Hugo Gonzalez	20. OKC	Ben Saraf	20. BKN	Will Riley	20. OKC	Nique Clifford
21. BKN	Carter Bryant	21. IND	Kam Jones	21. UTA	Carter Bryant	21. UTA	Nolan Traore	21. OKC	Asa Newell	21. UTA	Jase Richardson
22. IND	Rasheer Fleming	22. OKC	Rasheer Fleming	22. IND	Thomas Sorber	22. IND	Nique Clifford	22. IND	Drake Powell	22. IND	Noah Penda
23. BKN	Isaiah Evans	23. BKN	Sergio de Larrea	23. BKN	Will Riley	23. BKN	Hugo Gonzalez	23. BKN	Carter Bryant	23. ATL	Danny Wolf
24. ATL	Noah Penda	24. ATL	Jase Richardson	24. ATL	Danny Wolf	24. ATL	Miles Byrd	24. BKN	Thomas Sorber	24. BKN	Boogie Fland
25. WAS	Hugo Gonzalez	25. ORL	Danny Wolf	25. ORL	Jase Richardson	25. ORL	Maxime Raynaud	25. ORL	Adou Thiero	25. ORL	Carter Bryant
26. BKN	Boogie Fland	26. BKN	Adou Thiero	26. BKN	Boogie Fland	26. BKN	Adou Thiero	26. ATL	Alex Condon	26. BKN	Will Riley
27. ORL	Danny Wolf	27. WAS	Boogie Fland	27. WAS	Maxime Raynaud	27. WAS	Johni Broome	27. WAS	Noah Penda	27. WAS	Rasheer Fleming
28. BOS	Nique Clifford	28. BOS	Ian Jackson	28. BOS	Noah Penda	28. BOS	Jase Richardson	28. BOS	Rasheer Fleming	28. BOS	Ian Jackson
29. LAC	Kam Jones	29. PHX	Alex Karaban	29. PHX	Kam Jones	29. PHX	Labaron Philon	29. PHX	Alex Karaban	29. PHX	Kam Jones
30. PHX	Johni Broome	30. LAC	Johni Broome	30. LAC	Drake Powell	30. LAC	Boogie Fland	30. LAC	Jase Richardson	30. LAC	Alex Toohey