Tag: 2025 NBA Draft

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Kicking off what looks to be like a GREAT draft season ahead of us with our first mock draft comparison for 2025! We have ‘way too early’ mock drafts from Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, Tankathon, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation, Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo/ESPN, and yours truly.

Cooper Flagg alone would make this an exciting draft, but this class is stacked so it will be even more fascinating to keep an eye on these mock drafts each month as these top world class draft analysts (that’s everyone we feature myself for the record) get more intel and scouting opportunities.

I was born and raised in Maine and have followed Flagg for a couple of years now, since he is by far the best high school player to ever come out of Maine. Needless to say (so I’ll write it instead of saying it), I can’t wait to see him play for Duke this season. Although his stats may not be as stellar as some imagine, he’ll always put his imprint on the game using his elite defense. If Duke can get solid point guard play from Tyrese Proctor along with consistent outside shooting from Darren Harris and Kon Knueppel, then it will give Flagg a lot more space and opportunity offensively.

Most eyes are focused on Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper at Rutgers as Top 5 picks, but besides athleticism, Bailey’s performances were unimpressive in the high school all-star circuit. His shot selection was especially bad and he’ll need to clean that up and prove that he can be a plus on the defensive end to stick in the top end of the lottery. Harper, on the other hand, looks like a stud who can help win NBA games from day one.

When it’s all said and done, the prize of the draft may very well be Nolan Traore, a true point guard from France. His performance in the 2024 Nike Hoop Summit flanked by VJ Edgecombe and AJ Dybantsa was elite. While some will nitpick his 3-point shooting, he’s an excellent scorer with a hoops IQ that is off the charts. He uses his speed, handle, and vision to create easy shots for others and control the pace of the game.

Meanwhile, I am very high on two other highly skilled, freshman point guards, Trent Perry (UCLA) and Kasparas Jakucionis at (Illinois). This should go down as THE BEST point guard draft ever!

Please note: the picks from Vecenie and O’Donnell do not include teams.

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	B/R (7/18)		Hoops Distillery (7/13)		Tankathon (7/10)	The Athletic (7/10)	SB Nation (6/28)		ESPN (6/28)
1. POR	Cooper Flagg	1. BKN	Cooper Flagg	1. BKN	Cooper Flagg	Cooper Flagg	Cooper Flagg	1. DET	Cooper Flagg
2. BKN	Dylan Harper	2. WAS	Nolan Traore	2. WAS	Ace Bailey	Dylan Harper	Ace Bailey	2. WAS	Ace Bailey
3. CHA	VJ Edgecombe	3. POR	VJ Edgecombe	3. DET	Dylan Harper	Nolan Traore	Dylan Harper	3, CHA	Dylan Harper
4. WAS	Ace Bailey	4. DET	Dylan Harper	4. UTA	Nolan Traore	VJ Edgecombe	Nolan Traore	4. POR	Nolan Traore
5. DET	Drake Powell	5. UTA	Asa Newell	5. CHA	VJ Edgecombe	Ace Bailey	Khaman Maluach	5. UTA	VJ Edgecombe
6. CHI	Nolan Traore	6. CHA	Tre Johnson	6. POR	Hugo Gonzalez	Hugo Gonzalez	VJ Edgecombe	6. BKN	Khaman Maluach
7. UTA	Hugo Gonzalez	7. CHI	Khaman Maluach	7. CHI	Khaman Maluach	Asa Newell	Liam McNeely	7. TOR	Hugo Gonzalez
8. TOR	Rocco Zikarsky	8. TOR	Ace Bailey	8. TOR	Tre Johnson	Liam McNeely	Tre Johnson	8. CHI	Tre Johnson
9. SAS	Tre Johnson	9. SAS	Liam McNeely	9. SAS	Liam McNeely	Jalil Bethea	Rocco Zikarsky	9. SAS	Egor Demin
10. OKC	Asa Newell	10. SAS	Trent Perry	10. SAS	Egor Demin	Ian Jackson	Ian Jackson	10. SAS	Liam McNeely
11. SAS	Kasparas Jakucionis	11. OKC	Derik Queen	11. OKC	Drake Powell	Dink Pate	Egor Demin	11. OKC	Drake Powell
12. SAS	Kon Knueppel	12. SAC	Donnie Freeman	12. SAC	Rocco Zikarsky	Donnie Freeman	Jalil Bethea	12. SAC	Michael Ruzic
13. ATL	Liam McNeely	13. LAC	Jalil Bethea	13. LAC	Collin Murray-Boyles	Collin Murray-Boyles	Donnie Freeman	13. NOP	Jalil Bethea
14. HOU	Collin Murray-Boyles	14. NOP	Hugo Gonzalez	14. NOP	Michael Ruzic	Tre Johnson	Will Riley	14. MEM	Carter Bryant
15. ATL	Donnie Freeman	15. ORL	Kasparas Jakucionis	15. ORL	Jalil Bethea	Kasparas Jakucionis	Hugo Gonzalez	15. ORL	Noa Essengue
16. GSW	Egor Demin	16. UTA	Drake Powell	16. UTA	Ian Jackson	Kon Knueppel	Michael Ruzic	16. IND	Donavan Freeman
17. UTA	Khaman Maluach	17. IND	Collin Murray-Boyles	17. IND	Isaiah Evans	Hunter Sallis	Noa Essengue	17. OKC	Kon Knueppel
18. IND	Derrion Reid	18. ATL	Derrion Reid	18. ATL	Noa Essengue	Rocco Zikarsky	Collin Murray-Boyles	18. UTA	Kasparas Jakucionis
19. NOP	Will Riley	19. MEM	Kwame Evans	19. MEM	Kwame Evans	Alex Karaban	Isaiah Evans	19. LAC	Motiejus Krivas
20. ORL	Michael Ruzic	20. GSW	Kon Knueppel	20. GSW	KJ Lewis	Mackenzie Mgbako	Boogie Fland	20. GSW	Rocco Zikarsky
21. HOU	Karter Knox	21. HOU	Dink Pate	21. HOU	Derrion Reid	Boogie Fland	Dink Pate	21. ATL	Derrion Reid
22. MEM	Jalil Bethea	22. OKC	Rocco Zikarsky	22. OKC	Donnie Freeman	Kam Jones	Asa Newell	22. BKN	William Riley
23. BKN	Dink Pate	23. OKC	Egor Demin	23. OKC	Karter Knox	Jaland Lowe	Milan Momcilovic	23. OKC	Collin Murray-Boyles
24. BKN	Kwame Evans	24. BKN	Ian Jackson	24. BKN	Asa Newell	KJ Evans	Flory Bidunga	24. DAL	Derik Queen
25. OKC	Isaiah Evans	25. BKN	Karter Knox	25. BKN	Kon Knueppel	KJ Lewis	Derrion Reid	25. BKN	Ian Jackson
26. DAL	Joson Sanon	26. DAL	Jarin Stevenson	26. DAL	Dink Pate	Isaiah Evans	Drake Powell	26. UTA	Kanon Catching
27. ORL	Ian Jackson	27. UTA	Alex Karaban	27. UTA	JT Toppin	Motiejus Krivas	Kwame Evans	27. BKN	KJ Lewis
28. UTA	Jarin Stevenson	28. BKN	Michael Ruzic	28. BKN	Boogie Fland	Milan Momcilovic	Jarin Stevenson	28. BKN	Tyrese Proctor
29. BKN	Alex Karaban	29. ORL	Noa Essengue	29. ORL	Alex Karaban	JT Toppin	Izan Almansa	29. ORL	Dink Pate
30. BOS	JT Toppin	30. BOS	Izan Almansa	30. BOS	Hunter Sallis	Khaman Maluach	Tucker DeVries	30. BOS	Jaylin Stewart

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References:

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]

ESPN [Jonathan Givony + Jeremy Woo]

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

Tankathon

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Tankathon Draft Power Rankings (see full power rankings):

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