Two-round NBA mock draft: Predicting all 59 picks post-lottery, with risers and fallers

The Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA draught lottery Monday, securing the No. 1 wide prime up of the two-day draft, June 25-26, successful Brooklyn, New York.

In a shocking twist of fate, the Mavs converted connected their 1.8% accidental of winning the lottery, giving them the accidental to prime the statement apical subordinate connected draught boards for the 2025 people -- Duke's Cooper Flagg. The San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers and Charlotte Hornets were besides winners connected Monday night, with their picks landing astatine No. 2, 3 and 4, respectively.

The Spurs had conscionable a 6.3% accidental astatine moving up to No. 2 from No. 8 and the 76ers a 10.6% accidental astatine moving to No. 3 from No. 5, creating further chaos aft Dallas' astonishment win. The Hornets had a 12% accidental astatine No. 4 and dropped 1 spot but made retired good aft Utah, Washington and New Orleans each slid extracurricular the apical four.

Flagg, on with an expected 120 different players including Dylan Harper, Derik Queen and Walter Clayton Jr., are successful Chicago this week for the NBA draught combine, G League Elite Camp and bureau pro days. Our squad of ESPN draught analysts volition supply updates from Wintrust Arena this week arsenic draught prospects enactment successful drills, measurements, diversion testing, aesculapian examinations, squad interviews and 5-on-5 scrimmaging.

Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo stock their archetypal mock draught post-lottery, which reflects a thorough valuation of the 2025 people and considers intel from scouts and beforehand bureau personnel.

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First round

1. Dallas Mavericks

Cooper Flagg, SF/PF, Duke
Freshman | TS%: 60.0

Scouting report: Flagg's spot arsenic the statement No. 1 prime was well-earned implicit the people of a stellar freshman play that ranks among the champion successful the one-and-done era. He compares favorably with the champion assemblage wings of this epoch from a statistical perspective, bolstered by his consistency and quality to pb Duke's young team.

Some NBA scouts task Flagg arsenic a bona fide franchise player, portion others wonderment if helium mightiness beryllium much of an elite 2nd star. But that expansive level of conjecture supports his lawsuit arsenic the apical subordinate successful this class. His accelerated improvement, versatile two-way impact, antithetic absorption and competitory wiring astatine 18 years aged marque him a peculiar prospect. -- Woo

NBA intel and fit: Winning the lottery with conscionable 1.8% likelihood is simply a seismic, improbable triumph for the Mavericks, who volition person an casual determination to marque with the summation of Flagg. Dallas has been intent connected maximizing its existent model arsenic Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving attack their mid-30s, and Flagg's readiness and versatility alongside them should instantly bolster their lineup.

With Irving recovering from an ACL injury, Flagg whitethorn participate the league with important shot-creation duties handling the ball, giving him a terrific accidental to agelong himself arsenic a playmaker and perchance blossom into an violative star. This result importantly changes the destiny of the Mavericks, who were staring down limbo aft trading distant superstar Luka Doncic and seemingly shortening their model to vie for titles. -- Woo

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Cooper Flagg reacts aft Mavericks triumph NBA draught lottery

Potential No. 1 wide prime Cooper Flagg discusses his excitement for his NBA journey.

2. San Antonio Spurs

Dylan Harper, PG/SG, Rutgers
Freshman | TS%: 59.3

Scouting report: Harper did his champion to support the No. 1 prime speech absorbing for parts of the play with his accomplishment level, changeable instauration and scoring prowess. He besides tin get to wherever helium wants connected the level portion demonstrating beardown passing ability.

The carnal quality of the NBA playoffs has emphasized wherefore a sturdy playmaker of Harper's benignant tin beryllium truthful valuable, with his quality to decorativeness done interaction and gully fouls a large portion of his appeal, on with the mode helium fills up the container people with an fantabulous consciousness for the game. -- Givony

NBA intel and fit: The Spurs were already successful arsenic enviable a presumption arsenic immoderate squad successful the lottery, with 2 picks successful the apical 14 to bolster a roster that already features back-to-back NBA Rookie of the Year winners successful Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle, and present leap from 8 to 2 successful the draught lottery successful a monolithic changeable of bully fortune.

While Harper's acceptable alongside De'Aaron Fox and Castle looks acold from seamless, it would beryllium precise astonishing to spot their forward-thinking beforehand bureau walk connected Harper here, who is wide considered the 2nd champion imaginable successful the draught aft Flagg. This opens up an accidental for a squad with a bigger request for a superior shot-creator to marque a determination to commercialized up to this prime and possibly convey to San Antonio added shooting, which their roster sorely needs to situation Wembanyama. -- Givony

3. Philadelphia 76ers

Airious "Ace" Bailey , SG/SF, Rutgers
Freshman | TS%: 54.0

Scouting report: Bailey has been much polarizing for scouts than a emblematic top-five pick, displaying flashes of scoring upside astatine Rutgers, portion inactive astatine an aboriginal signifier of his improvement successful different cardinal areas. Lottery teams are anxious to get a consciousness for him successful the predraft process, including interviews, to recognize however acold distant helium is from contributing positively connected an NBA floor.

Wings with Bailey's operation of size, carnal accomplishment and shooting prowess are rare. That coveted archetype has kept his banal mostly dependable contempt his inconsistencies arsenic a decision-maker, shot handler and defender. Some teams are acrophobic with the hazard attached successful those areas, but his scoring endowment has tantalizing entreaty for beforehand offices successful hunt of prima power. -- Woo

NBA intel and fit: The Sixers tin not lone respire easy, but observe aft their prime jumped to No. 3, alternatively than falling retired of the apical six and conveying to Oklahoma City. A high-value draught enactment gives the Sixers a existent metallic lining aft a 24-58 season, arsenic they effort to equilibrium winning astir Joel Embiid and gathering for the future.

Bailey's shot-making chops and important scoring upside would springiness Philly different beardown gathering artifact for the long-term, successful summation to their rising backcourt of Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain. -- Woo

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Best NBA fits for Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey

The New Orleans Pelicans person been looking for a large pb defender similar Rutgers' Dylan Harper portion teammate Ace Bailey would person the champion accidental to flourish with the Brooklyn Nets.

4. Charlotte Hornets

VJ Edgecombe, SG, Baylor
Freshman | TS%: 56.1

Scouting report: The Big 12 Freshman of the Year, Edgecombe had a mostly palmy play showing disconnected his physicality, strength and accelerated betterment arsenic a shot handler, finisher and perimeter shooter. Edgecombe is the astir explosive jock successful this class, has a existent consciousness for the crippled and has had exceptional antiaircraft moments, giving him important upside to grow.

NBA teams person immoderate questions astir what presumption helium champion projects for, conscionable however bully a changeable creator and wide scorer helium is and whether helium was playing with the brakes connected astatine times this season. -- Givony

NBA intel and fit: While the Hornets were hoping to onshore atop the draft, staying successful the apical 4 portion different teams similar Utah and Washington fell is inactive a favorable outcome. Charlotte remains astatine an aboriginal signifier of its rebuild, with LaMelo Ball coming disconnected a career-best scoring play (25.2 points per game) and Brandon Miller emerging.

But the roster is inactive astatine a nascent signifier overall, coming disconnected a play successful which some stars missed important clip due to the fact that of injuries. Edgecombe's antiaircraft acumen and diversion slashing chops would descent successful neatly alongside them, arsenic helium has the quality to play with Ball successful the short-term, and possibly inherit much important shot-creation duties if the franchise decides to pivot distant from Ball. -- Woo

5. Utah Jazz

Jeremiah Fears, PG, Oklahoma
Freshman | TS%: 57.0

Scouting report: Fears, 18, had a spectacular freshman season, guiding Oklahoma to the NCAA tourney contempt being 1 of the youngest players successful assemblage basketball. His operation of size, speed, pace, shotmaking and changeable instauration gives him important semipermanent upside, arsenic helium tin get anyplace connected the level to make for teammates portion dishing connected the move, decorativeness skillfully successful the lane oregon caput to the escaped propulsion line.

Fears' youth, bladed framework and inconsistent finishing and decision-making volition apt necessitate patience from the squad that drafts him, adjacent if determination is uncertainty astir the important prima powerfulness helium possesses, which volition gain him looks overmuch higher than this spot. -- Givony

NBA intel and fit: Dropping retired of the apical 4 is highly disappointing for the Jazz, who volition person a much analyzable valuation process aft falling each the mode to fifth. The Jazz are committed to a lengthy interior rebuild nether CEO Danny Ainge but person yet to prime a subordinate with the benignant of homegrown prima powerfulness that could kick-start them backmost toward winning.

They'll purpose to find that subordinate astatine No. 5, alternatively than atop the draft, wherever Fears and his shot-creation chops mightiness beryllium appealing, adjacent with different young guards connected the roster. -- Woo

6. Washington Wizards

Tre Johnson, SG, Texas
Freshman | TS%: 56.1

Scouting report: Johnson is 1 of the draft's apical scorers, susceptible of knocking down pugnacious shots from each implicit the level with a shoot-first mindset. He needs to circular retired respective areas of his crippled -- finishing successful the paint, playmaking for teammates and antiaircraft consistency -- but NBA teams are drawn to his shooting, magnitude and accomplishment level. He has a bully basal accomplishment acceptable for a 2-guard, and if helium tin amended immoderate of his tendencies implicit time, Johnson could beryllium a beardown gathering artifact for the future. -- Woo

NBA intel and fit: The NBA's youngest team, the Wizards person wholly turned implicit their roster, beforehand bureau and coaching unit implicit the past 2 years. And they inactive person plentifulness much country to grow, with respective beardown gathering blocks successful place. Dropping 4 spots to the No. 6 prime can't beryllium viewed arsenic thing but a monolithic disappointment for their instrumentality base, which endured an 18-64 play a twelvemonth aft sporting the NBA's worst grounds (15-67) and dropping to the No. 2 pick.

The Wizards volition apt request to instrumentality a plaything connected the scoring endowment of a subordinate similar Johnson present and past instrumentality different tally astatine adjacent year's loaded lottery and anticipation that the hoops gods grin much favorably connected them. -- Givony

7. New Orleans Pelicans

Khaman Maluach, C, Duke
Freshman | TS%: 74.7

Scouting report: Maluach is the apical antiaircraft halfway imaginable successful this draft, offering an appealing premix of length, mobility, play finishing and overgarment extortion astatine a young age. This year's playoffs person served arsenic a reminder for immoderate teams that the quality to rotate size onto the level inactive has plentifulness of worth successful the postseason, with much accepted centers specified arsenic Rudy Gobert and Steven Adams among those turning successful large moments.

Maluach's quality to deter opponents astir the rim and beardown intangibles should springiness him contiguous rotation worth with plentifulness of country to improve. -- Woo

NBA intel and fit: Coming disconnected a difficult, wounded riddled-season that led to large changes successful the beforehand office, the Pelicans request prima powerfulness to physique astir Zion Williamson, who played successful 130 games implicit the past 4 seasons due to the fact that injuries. Unfortunately, that task became a batch harder erstwhile the Pelicans shockingly dropped 4 spots to the No. 7 pick, importantly complicating their outlook successful this draft. It volition beryllium absorbing to spot if the Pelicans' displacement to a caller beforehand bureau hierarchy gives them a mandate from ownership to pivot towards a existent rebuild, with an oculus connected a loaded 2026 draught class. -- Givony

8. Brooklyn Nets

Kon Knueppel, SG/SF, Duke
Freshman | TS%: 64.8

Scouting report: Despite his humble diversion profile, Knueppel grew connected NBA teams arsenic the play moved on, producing consistently and authoring respective awesome NCAA tourney performances that highlighted his worth arsenic a skilled, versatile helping who tin bash a spot of everything connected some ends of the floor.

He made 41% of his 3s successful a assortment of ways, but besides demonstrated his quality to grip and walk retired of pick-and-roll and clasp his ain defensively. NBA teams are anxious to spot his measurements and get a amended gauge connected however overmuch his deficiency of explosiveness and quickness puts a ceiling connected his upside, adjacent if his outstanding consciousness for the crippled should beryllium capable to transportation him far. -- Givony

NBA intel and fit: The Nets pivoted successful a caller absorption astatine past year's draught with the Mikal Bridges trade, and are present equipped with 4 first-round picks to jump-start their rebuild successful earnest, arsenic good arsenic important wage headdress space. It volition beryllium absorbing to spot which absorption the Nets spell successful this offseason, arsenic they person the flexibility to effort to pivot toward winning quickly, but could besides opt for a longer rebuild with different top-heavy draught coming successful 2026. They whitethorn beryllium disappointed to driblet a fewer spots successful the draught from 6 to 8, but are inactive successful the back-end of a scope wherever wide endowment inactive exists, and person the pieces to perchance determination backmost up the committee if they determine to get aggressive. -- Givony

9. Toronto Raptors

Collin Murray-Boyles, PF/C, South Carolina
Sophomore | TS%: 64.0

Scouting report: Murray-Boyles has been of involvement to NBA teams for the past mates of seasons, with his statistical illustration holding beardown entreaty successful analytics models and the oculus trial backing overmuch of that performance. Though undersized for his position, his toughness, play finishing, passing and antiaircraft chops are attractive.

Teams volition beryllium peculiarly anxious to spot however Murray-Boyles shoots successful workout settings, with the 3-point changeable not yet a regular portion of his arsenal but a cardinal plaything accomplishment successful his development. There is plug-and-play entreaty successful the things helium already does well. -- Woo

NBA intel and fit: Toronto has begun to displacement retired of its multiyear rebuild, arsenic signaled by the acquisition of Brandon Ingram astatine the February commercialized deadline. Scottie Barnes remains the team's superior cornerstone, and this prime gives the Raptors 1 much accidental to plaything connected a top-10 endowment earlier perchance upping the ante and pushing for a playoff berth moving forward. Murray-Boyles would springiness them a existent powerfulness guardant who would heighten lineups defensively connected a roster different afloat of scorers. -- Woo

10. Houston Rockets (via Phoenix)

Kasparas Jakucionis, PG, Illinois
Freshman | TS%: 59.8

Scouting report: Jakucionis helped himself rather a spot astatine Illinois, wherever helium took connected an tremendous relation arsenic an 18-year-old debuting astatine the Division I level and enactment unneurotic a beardown season. Despite predictable ups and downs arsenic portion of that adjustment, NBA teams stay mostly optimistic that his toughness, playmaking feel, size and versatility astatine either defender spot volition pb to a promising pro career.

There person been concerns astir his quality to make separation disconnected the dribble, but Jakucionis' ball-screen savvy and country to turn arsenic a shooter should alteration him to marque an interaction arsenic portion of a team's rotation, astatine the precise least. -- Woo

NBA intel and fit: The Rockets acquired swap rights to Phoenix's prime successful past summer's woody with the Nets, and the Suns' underwhelming play turned it into a invaluable one. After a beardown regular play ended successful a first-round postseason exit, this prime represents an accidental for Houston to bolster its heavy roster, whether drafting a imaginable oregon utilizing this enactment arsenic a commercialized chip. Jakucionis wouldn't straight code a request but would springiness Houston important backcourt extent to physique with arsenic they measurement the aboriginal of their roster, peculiarly if they determine to determination connected from Jalen Green and/or Fred VanVleet and modulation toward Reed Sheppard, and perchance the subordinate they prime here. -- Woo

11. Portland Trail Blazers

Derik Queen, C, Maryland
Freshman | TS%: 60.0

Scouting report: Queen is possibly the astir skilled large antheral successful this class. He is simply a terrific people successful pick-and-roll, tin make his ain changeable facing the handbasket with a wide array of moves and has intriguing passing ability.

Queen's conditioning, occasional apathy defensively and deficiency of shooting scope are things NBA teams picking successful this country (or earlier) volition privation to get a amended grip connected successful the predraft process. Interviews, workouts and much probe volition find whether helium gets picked higher oregon lower, arsenic determination is nary existent statement among scouts for however to presumption his unsocial illustration agelong term.

NBA intel and fit: Portland's rebuild is up of schedule, with the Blazers going 23-18 implicit their last 41 games arsenic Deni Avdija, Toumani Camara and Donovan Clingan showed important promise, providing a beardown halfway to physique around. All that unexpected winning diminished the Blazers' lottery chances and has them staring astatine a 3rd tier of prospects with plentifulness of endowment but besides evident flaws. Queen's deficiency of shooting mightiness not beryllium an perfect acceptable connected insubstantial for a Portland squad that already struggled from the perimeter, but his endowment whitethorn beryllium excessively large to walk on, particularly if Clingan tin marque a leap with his shooting, similar helium showed flashes of successful tiny doses arsenic a rookie. -- Givony

12. Chicago Bulls

Egor Demin, PG/SG, BYU
Freshman | TS%: 51.3

Scouting report: Demin is simply a polarizing prospect, much theoretical successful quality than immoderate would anticipation successful presumption of the productivity, consistency and bankable skills helium tin bent his chapeau connected aboriginal successful his NBA career. He's besides exceptionally talented, a 6-foot-9 constituent defender who tin marque each pick-and-roll work and pass, often successful highlight-reel fashion.

The improvement of his shooting volition beryllium a large plaything accomplishment for his development, but helium made promising gains successful a fewer antithetic areas arsenic the play moved connected and intelligibly has important upside to turn into astatine 19 years old.

NBA intel and fit: The Bulls continued to happily tread h2o this season, losing successful the opening circular of the play-in tourney aft a 39-43 run a decennary removed from their past playoff bid win. Chicago volition apt request to shingle up its roster successful a much superior mode to person a viable accidental of avoiding the play-in tourney successful the adjacent future, but has constricted options for interior improvement, making this prime an important instrumentality for the beforehand bureau to utilize. -- Givony

13. Atlanta Hawks (via Sacramento)

Jase Richardson, PG/SG, Michigan State
Freshman | TS%: 63.2

Scouting report: Richardson broke done arsenic a astonishment one-and-done astatine Michigan State, earning a large relation and impressing with his poise and versatility successful the backcourt. There has been immoderate dissonance for evaluators betwixt his beardown analytic illustration and the oculus test, with terrific all-around productivity but mean carnal tools and immoderate questions arsenic to whether helium tin grip full-time constituent defender duties successful the agelong run.

Richardson has plentifulness of fans among the league's executives, but his scope mightiness beryllium a small wider than immoderate of the different players projected successful this portion of the draft. -- Woo

NBA intel and fit: The Hawks made encouraging strides this season, with the additions of Dyson Daniels and Zaccharie Risacher injecting younker and extent into their starting five. Atlanta changed enactment successful the offseason and is inactive searching for a president of hoops operations, but should beryllium looking to cultivate extent done the draught overmuch the same. Richardson's consciousness and versatility astatine either defender spot would springiness them a utile connective enactment to premix successful alongside their young roster. -- Woo

14. San Antonio Spurs (via Atlanta)

Carter Bryant, SF/PF, Arizona
Freshman | TS%: 59.9

Scouting report: Bryant is the benignant of subordinate who could assistance his lasting successful the predraft process arsenic teams get a amended look astatine him successful workout settings, and helium ticks respective boxes NBA teams actively question astatine his position. He's an casual acceptable with his desirable operation of size, length, perimeter shooting, passing and antiaircraft versatility, sliding each implicit the level for the Wildcats this play and seeing clip astatine some guardant positions.

Bryant wasn't consistently productive for Arizona coming disconnected the seat and averaging conscionable 6.5 points per game, arsenic he's not overmuch of a changeable creator and has country to turn connected some ends of the floor. But helium has important upside to pat into agelong term. -- Givony

NBA intel and fit: With its 2nd lottery prime successful this draft, it volition beryllium absorbing to spot what San Antonio's appetite is for adding different rookie to an already young roster arsenic the squad apt hopes to cogwheel up for a postseason run, 9 years removed from its past playoff bid win. Which absorption the Spurs spell with their archetypal enactment volition apt play a relation successful what they bash here, but the thought of moving 1 of these picks for much contiguous assistance mightiness entreaty to the beforehand office, depending connected however the draught unfolds. If they support the pick, a young combo guardant similar Bryant who tin abstraction the level and defender aggregate positions makes a batch of sense. -- Givony

15. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Miami)

Nolan Traore, PG, Saint-Quentin
France | TS%: 51.0

Scouting report: Traore started this twelvemonth projected firmly successful the apical 10 but tumbled down the committee amid an inefficient play struggling with turnovers, inconsistent defence and streaky shooting and finishing prowess. He has been connected a large upswing lately, putting unneurotic immoderate of his champion performances arsenic the play comes to a close, reminding teams of wherefore helium was truthful highly regarded with the mode helium gets to spots connected the level creating shots successful measurement for himself and teammates.

The 18-year-old has plentifulness to connection from a endowment standpoint, showing flashes of brilliance with his ballhandling, passing and all-around creativity. His scoring quality and shotmaking prowess person been connected show much vividly arsenic of precocious with rather a fewer NBA teams successful attendance.

NBA intel and fit: With 3 first-round picks, but 14 players expected to beryllium nether declaration adjacent season, it's unclear however overmuch country determination is connected Oklahoma City's roster to adhd much rookies. Packaging picks to determination up successful the draft, trading immoderate nonrotation players to different destinations oregon kicking the tin down the roadworthy by swapping this year's picks for aboriginal first-rounders could beryllium options the beforehand bureau considers.

The Thunder would person small usage for a subordinate specified arsenic Traore, but they person precise fewer needs that this draught would assistance resoluteness anyway. The squad volition apt spell for a best-talent-available attack if it ends up utilizing each its picks. -- Givony

16. Orlando Magic

Will Riley, SG/SF, Illinois
Freshman | TS%: 53.8

Scouting report: Though acold from a finished product, Riley is viewed by NBA teams arsenic a important semipermanent talent. He is simply a versatile scorer with outstanding shotmaking accomplishment from each implicit the level who shows awesome flashes of quality to make shots for himself and others. He besides has polished creativity arsenic a passer, which is highly intriguing for a 19-year-old.

Adding spot and becoming a much accordant shooter and defender volition beryllium the adjacent steps successful his development, but helium showed encouraging advancement for Illinois arsenic the play moved on.

NBA intel and fit: After back-to-back playoff appearances, Orlando's beforehand bureau seems intent connected helping the squad triumph its archetypal playoff bid since 2010, saying it plans to "look done a much win-now lens."

That mightiness awesome a willingness to portion with 1 oregon some of the team's first-rounders (the Magic besides clasp the No. 25 pick) if "proven violative help" becomes available, a hunt that volition apt proceed done the offseason. -- Givony

17. Minnesota Timberwolves (via Detroit)

Danny Wolf, PF, Michigan
Junior | TS%: 56.6

Scouting report: Leaning into the versatility of an out-of-the-box imaginable specified arsenic Wolf, who shouldered important playmaking responsibilities for Michigan arsenic a 7-footer, could beryllium interesting. Wolf's accomplishment level, creativity and wide instincts connected some ends of the level springiness him a higher ceiling than your emblematic 21-year-old prospect, particularly with the improvement trajectory helium has been connected the past 3 years.

NBA intel and fit: The Pistons breaking done and making the playoffs conveyed this prime to the Timberwolves, who person a bully accidental to adhd endowment aft having traded distant astir of their draught superior since Tim Connelly took implicit arsenic president. Wolf would springiness them a versatile frontcourt subordinate susceptible of contributing sooner than later. Minnesota volition besides see utilizing this prime to amended its roster arsenic it pushes to contend astir an ascending Anthony Edwards. -- Givony

18. Washington Wizards (via Memphis)

Noa Essengue, PF, Ratiopharm Ulm
Germany | TS%: 61.1

Scouting report: One of the youngest prospects successful this people astatine 18, Essengue has enactment unneurotic a terrific play successful Germany and fixed himself a accidental to beryllium the archetypal planetary subordinate drafted. His size and versatility astatine guardant aligns good with wherever the modern NBA is trending. He shows beardown consciousness producing disconnected the shot but besides is susceptible of making plays successful a pinch.

He needs to adhd a bully magnitude of spot to his frame, but Essengue has the imaginable two-way interaction teams are often anxious to develop. Shooting good successful workouts could vault him into the lottery, which volition beryllium successful play depending connected however the committee falls.

NBA intel and fit: With 4 picks successful the apical 40 and nary existent unit yet to triumph conscionable 2 years into a broad roster teardown, the Wizards tin spell successful a multitude of directions successful this portion of the draft, with each eyes archetypal being connected their enactment astatine No. 18. -- Woo

19. Brooklyn Nets (via Milwaukee)

Joan Beringer, C, Cedevita Olimpija
Adriatic | TS%: 61.5

Scouting report: Yet to crook 19, Beringer displayed large strides this season, with a late-blooming trajectory, fantabulous carnal illustration and intriguing semipermanent upside bolstering his stock. Though apt acold distant from being a positive contributor successful the NBA, Beringer has plentifulness of developmental entreaty arsenic a defensive-oriented halfway with fluid mobility. He's rather earthy offensively and would powerfully payment from landing connected a squad that tin spend him patience and developmental minutes.

NBA intel and fit: This is the 2nd of Brooklyn's 4 first-round picks, with the Nets apt to beryllium precise progressive successful commercialized discussions arsenic they look to extract worth retired of their beardown presumption successful this draft. But Beringer's semipermanent upside arsenic a mobile overgarment protector would marque him a bully acceptable successful Brooklyn, who tin spend him the minutes and attraction helium needs to improve. -- Woo

20. Miami Heat (via Golden State)

Liam McNeeley, SG/SF, UConn
Freshman | TS%: 53.6

Scouting report: McNeeley's size, shotmaking prowess, consciousness for the crippled and toughness are captious attributes that NBA teams worth astatine the helping position, but helium volition request to punctual them of his winning qualities passim the predraft process. He had a fewer large moments arsenic a freshman astatine UConn but struggled to people efficiently, converting 44% of his 2-pointers and 32% of his 3-pointers portion looking retired of presumption defensively astatine times.

He volition apt beryllium asked to play a antithetic relation successful the NBA, leaning much heavy into his quality arsenic a dynamic perimeter shooter, which was much evident successful different settings earlier college. Strong workouts volition beryllium important for McNeeley to punctual teams of what made him truthful highly regarded entering the season, particularly with his shooting, the instauration of his NBA appeal.

NBA intel and fit: Advancing retired of the play-in tourney meant Miami mislaid its lottery-protected first-round prime (No. 15) to Oklahoma City -- a remnant of the 2019 offseason commercialized to get Jimmy Butler III. Sending Butler to Golden State six years aboriginal secured this pick, an accidental for the beforehand bureau to again showcase its talent-evaluation skills aft uncovering sizeable occurrence successful the draught implicit the years.

Conveying their 2025 first-rounder and extinguishing their draught superior obligations to Oklahoma City (the prime was slated to beryllium unprotected successful 2026) frees the Heat to instrumentality immoderate absorption they privation this offseason, possibly with an oculus connected the talent-rich apical of adjacent year's draft. -- Givony

21. Utah Jazz (via Minnesota)

Asa Newell, PF/C, Georgia
Freshman | TS%: 62.0

Scouting report: Newell's productivity and pre-college résumé marque him an absorbing developmental bet. He offers size, centrifugal and mobility but needs to sharpen his violative skills and wide consciousness to go a high-impact NBA player.

Teams volition beryllium intrigued to spot however his perimeter skills measurement up successful workout settings, arsenic helium apt profiles champion astatine powerfulness guardant agelong word and volition request to beryllium capable to sound down shots and enactment the shot connected the level confidently to marque that transition. He was highly regarded retired of precocious schoolhouse and had a bully play astatine Georgia, profiling arsenic much of a developmental prime for an NBA squad that doesn't request him to play large minutes close away.

NBA intel and fit: The Jazz ain this 2nd first-round prime by mode of Minnesota successful the Gobert trade. Though its lottery prime volition beryllium the biggest determination ahead, Utah recovered worth with its aboriginal selections past play (Isaiah Collier and Kyle Filipowski) and could bash truthful again astatine this spot. -- Woo

22. Atlanta Hawks (via Los Angeles Lakers)

Thomas Sorber, C, Georgetown
Freshman | TS%: 58.7

Scouting report: Sorber isn't expected to behaviour overmuch on-court enactment during the predraft process arsenic helium recovers from ft country successful February. Still, his beardown consciousness for the game, antiaircraft versatility, length, physicality and accomplishment level arsenic a pick-and-roll finisher are charismatic qualities astatine 19 years aged that should gully plentifulness of attraction successful this information of the draft.

NBA intel and fit: The Hawks acquired the Lakers' prime arsenic portion of the Dyson Daniels-Dejounte Murray trade, their 2nd enactment successful the archetypal round. With Clint Capela an unrestricted escaped agent, it makes consciousness for the Hawks to deliberation astir drafting a successor to backmost up Onyeka Okongwu astatine the halfway position. -- Givony

23. Indiana Pacers

Nique Clifford, SG, Colorado State
Super Senior | TS%: 60.9

Scouting report: Clifford has built affirmative buzz this spring, receiving information from teams wrong the apical 20, with a accidental to beryllium a riser implicit the adjacent fewer weeks. The dearth of experienced, reliable older assemblage wings volition assistance Clifford's banal coming disconnected a do-it-all play astatine Colorado State. As an above-average jock who tin play a assortment of roles, helium is tracking arsenic a plug-and-play enactment for teams looking to code a request straight with their selection.

NBA intel and fit: Indiana has utilized the draught good to cultivate extent successful caller years and is entering a win-now signifier with Tyrese Haliburton elevating the franchise. Clifford's readiness to lend would beryllium a boost for the Pacers' bench, which presently lacks a bigger, much diversion helping defender successful his mold. -- Woo

24. Oklahoma City Thunder (via LA Clippers)

Hugo Gonzalez, SG/SF, Real Madrid
EuroLeague | TS%: 50.9

Scouting report: Gonzalez, 19, has had a hard clip gaining traction this play amid inconsistent playing clip with Real Madrid, hitting 29% of his 3-pointers. When fixed the opportunity, Gonzalez has shown what makes him absorbing with his antiaircraft intensity, consciousness for the crippled and explosiveness.

He tin defender aggregate positions, and has shown glimpses of the passing prowess and winning qualities that made him a highly regarded imaginable astatine a young age.

NBA intel and fit: It's hard to envision Oklahoma City utilizing each 3 of its first-rounders with its existent roster situation. Nevertheless, the Thunder person respective months to find a plan, and determination volition beryllium nary shortage of suitors if they determine to commercialized immoderate of their picks. -- Givony

25. Orlando Magic (via Denver)

Walter Clayton Jr., PG, Florida
Senior | TS%: 61.1

Scouting report: Clayton's stellar NCAA tourney showing has vaulted him into the premix arsenic a imaginable enactment successful the 20s. He brings scoring prowess and the quality to deed pugnacious shots, but besides an constituent of streakiness that accompanies his benignant of play.

He projects arsenic a imaginable microwave seat scorer, susceptible of putting up points rapidly arsenic a change-of-pace guard. His deficiency of size, antiaircraft struggles and constricted playmaking skills are drawbacks, but determination are teams that mightiness payment from adding him to their seat premix adjacent season.

NBA intel and fit: This is the Magic's 2nd first-round selection, acquired from Denver successful 2021 successful the Aaron Gordon trade. Orlando appears to beryllium shifting into much of a win-now phase, making this prime a imaginable commercialized spot but besides a spot to bolster depth. -- Woo

26. Brooklyn Nets (via New York)

Ben Saraf, PG/SG, Ratiopharm Ulm
Germany | TS%: 52.2

Scouting report: Saraf brings a potent operation of size, scoring instincts, consciousness for the game, aggressiveness and playmaking, showing ultimate timing and creativity operating successful the pick-and-roll. His crisp hoops instincts are evident successful each facet of the game.

His struggles with turnovers, scoring ratio and porous defence against higher-level contention person caused immoderate intermission among endowment evaluators astir however his crippled mightiness construe to the NBA ranks.

NBA intel and fit: The Nets person a void successful the backcourt, depending connected what they bash with their archetypal fewer picks, and this concern volition beryllium considered highly charismatic to immoderate of the guards slated to beryllium picked successful this range.

With 5 picks successful the apical 36, the Nets tin spell successful galore antithetic directions connected draught night. They mightiness elite to beryllium a conduit for trades arsenic they are besides projected to person much wage headdress abstraction this offseason than immoderate NBA team. They could besides instrumentality immoderate swings connected talent, picking a younger imaginable successful request of development, aided by minutes and accidental to play done mistakes.

Brooklyn besides holds the No. 36 pick, giving it flexibility to determination astir oregon retired of the draught arsenic worth presents itself. -- Givony

27. Brooklyn Nets (via Houston)

Rasheer Fleming, PF, Saint Joseph's
Junior | TS%: 64.4

Scouting report: Fleming broke retired arsenic a inferior by turning successful an efficient, productive season, succeeding by dint of playing hard, scoring opportunistically and providing magnitude and absorption defensively.

He is constricted with the shot successful his hands and won't beryllium called upon to make offense, but there's worth successful his accomplishment acceptable that mightiness marque him an effectual glue feline successful the close context. His consciousness and consistency request to amended implicit time, but helium has yet to crook 21 and took a bully measurement guardant this season, 1 that should gain him guaranteed wealth successful the mediate of the draft.

NBA intel and fit: Expect Brooklyn to look astatine commercialized opportunities, peculiarly with its brace of picks successful the 20s, to effort to extract worth retired of its league-high 4 first-round selections. -- Woo

28. Boston Celtics

Noah Penda, SF/PF, Le Mans
France | TS%: 55.5

Scouting report: Penda is successful the mediate of an fantabulous play successful France, arsenic his versatility and beardown consciousness for the crippled person played an indispensable relation for playoff-bound Le Mans. He is an intelligent passer who slides each implicit the level defensively and plays a mature benignant for a 20-year-old getting his archetypal enactment successful high-level European basketball.

His streaky shooting -- helium made 31% of his 3-pointers this play -- is thing NBA teams volition privation to larn much astir successful the predraft process, on with his mean explosiveness. Still, players successful his mold are en vogue, provided helium tin fig retired his jumper agelong term.

NBA intel and fit: The Celtics were 1 of the fewer teams atop the NBA standings to clasp connected to their first-round pick, giving them a invaluable plus to either adhd young, cost-controlled endowment oregon research commercialized opportunities.

Boston's roster is already littered with players it drafted oregon developed disconnected the scrap heap, and it volition apt request to proceed to beryllium originative this summertime with respective cardinal rotation members aging oregon approaching the extremity of their contracts. -- Givony

29. Phoenix Suns (via Cleveland)

Yaxel Lendeborg, PF/C, UAB
Senior | TS%: 61.3

Scouting report: Lendeborg became a idiosyncratic of involvement for NBA teams aft a terrific play astatine UAB, but is nary fastener to stay successful the draft, with significant wealth connected the array from Michigan should helium instrumentality to assemblage adjacent season.

His two-way productivity, size and improving accomplishment level holds immoderate entreaty arsenic a extent enactment with developmental upside astatine powerfulness forward. Lendeborg volition request to triumph teams implicit connected the workout circuit to play his mode firmly into the benignant of scope it mightiness instrumentality to support him successful this people versus adjacent year's.

NBA intel and fit: The Suns changed beforehand bureau enactment this month, with Brian Gregory taking implicit arsenic apical executive for James Jones and the franchise much focused connected its latest coaching prosecute than thing other close now. Adding a contributor who tin enactment up Phoenix's questionable extent astatine this spot would beryllium valuable. -- Woo

30. LA Clippers (via Oklahoma City)

Adou Thiero, PF, Arkansas
Junior | TS%: 61.8

Scouting report: Thiero was injured astatine the extremity of the Razorbacks' regular play and is 1 of the much absorbing wild-card projects successful this class, arsenic an exceptional jock who tin marque acrobatic plays defensively but who is different earthy successful the accomplishment and consciousness department.

The information helium plays highly hard covers up for immoderate of his shortcomings, and astatine this signifier of the draft, helium becomes an intriguing improvement prime if a squad tin assistance enactment up his perimeter shooting. If Thiero tin marque capable shots to enactment connected the floor, helium could beryllium an above-average defender and utile relation subordinate agelong term.

NBA intel and fit: The Clippers stay successful win-now mode with Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, and adjacent aft a 3rd consecutive first-round exit, LA volition beryllium focused connected maximizing this window. Whether that's taking an upside plaything connected a subordinate specified arsenic Thiero oregon targeting a much polished option, determination should beryllium worth successful adding an inexpensive young subordinate to the Clippers' bench. -- Woo

Second round

31. Minnesota Timberwolves (via Utah)
Alex Condon, C, Florida, sophomore

32. Boston Celtics (via Washington)
Drake Powell, SG/SF, North Carolina, freshman

33. Charlotte Hornets
Ryan Kalkbrenner, C, Creighton, ace senior

34. Charlotte Hornets (via New Orleans)
Maxime Raynaud, C, Stanford, senior

35. Philadelphia 76ers
Cedric Coward, SF, Washington State, senior

36. Brooklyn Nets
Labaron Philon, PG/SG, Alabama, freshman

37. Detroit Pistons (via Toronto)
Johni Broome, C, Auburn, ace senior

38. San Antonio Spurs
Bogoljub Markovic, PF/C, Mega Superbet (Adriatic)

39. Toronto Raptors (via Portland)
Tahaad Pettiford, PG, Auburn, freshman

40. Washington Wizards (via Phoenix)
Alex Toohey, SF/PF, Sydney (Australia)

41. Golden State Warriors (via Miami)
Yanic Konan Niederhauser, C, Penn State, junior

42. Sacramento Kings (via Chicago)
Chaz Lanier, SG, Tennessee, ace senior

43. Utah Jazz (via Dallas)
Milos Uzan, PG, Houston, junior

44. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Atlanta)
Boogie Fland, PG, Arkansas, freshman

45. Chicago Bulls (via Sacramento)
Darrion Williams, SF/PF, Texas Tech, junior

46. Orlando Magic
Kam Jones, PG/SG, Marquette, senior

47. Milwaukee Bucks (via Detroit)
John Tonje, SF, Wisconsin, ace senior

48. Memphis Grizzlies (via Golden State)
Rocco Zikarsky, C, Brisbane (Australia)

49. Cleveland Cavaliers (via Milwaukee)
Michael Ruzic, SG/SF, Joventut (ACB)

50. New York Knicks (via Memphis)
Eric Dixon, PF, Villanova, ace senior

51. LA Clippers (via Minnesota)
Miles Byrd, SG, San Diego State, sophomore

52. Phoenix Suns (via Denver)
Tyrese Proctor, PG, Duke, junior

53. Utah Jazz (via LA)
Sion James, SF, Duke, ace senior

54. Indiana Pacers
Koby Brea, SG/SF, Kentucky, ace senior

55. Los Angeles Lakers
Dink Pate, SG/SF, Mexico City (G League)

56. Memphis Grizzlies (via Houston)
Javon Small, PG, West Virginia, senior

57. Orlando Magic (via Boston)
Vladislav Goldin, C, Michigan, ace senior

58. Cleveland Cavaliers
Mouhamed Faye, C, Reggio Emilia (Italy)

59. Houston Rockets (via Oklahoma City)
Hansen Yang, C, Qingdao (China)