2025 NBA Draft early entry tracker: Duke loses 4 starters to the professionals

The 2025 NBA Draft can be right here earlier than we all know it. On June 25-26, a choose group of basketball gamers will hear their names known as within the draft, which is able to happen in Brooklyn, New York. A number of the high faculty basketball and abroad expertise have already declared their intentions on being chosen to play on the highest degree. 

NBA Draft Early Entry Declaration and Withdrawal Deadlines

The deadline for athletes to use for early entry was April 26. They’ve till June 15 to resolve whether or not they wish to withdraw from the draft and uphold their faculty eligibility. 

Under is a listing of the largest names who’ve entered the draft. 

NBA Draft Early Entry Tracker

G VJ Edgecombe 

The 19-year-old Edgecombe formally entered the draft, Baylor introduced. In his one season with the Bears, the 6-foot-5 wing averaged 15 factors per sport, which ranked second on the workforce, and gained Massive 12 Freshman of the Yr honors. He is a wonderful athlete who can get to the ring, whereas he additionally has the defensive chops to entice a workforce close to the highest of the draft. In his most up-to-date mock draft, FOX Sports activities’ John Fanta tasks Edgecombe because the No. 6 general choose.

G Egor Demin

Demin, a possible lottery choose, will declare for the NBA Draft, in line with ESPN. A freshman from BYU by the use of each Russia and Spain, he helped convey the Cougars all the best way to the Candy 16 as their place to begin guard. He averaged 10.6 factors, 5.5 assists, and slightly below 4 rebounds per sport whereas taking pictures over 41%, however it’s his measurement – he stands 6-foot-9 – on the place that may have groups intrigued. 

F Liam McNeeley

McNeeley is leaving Storrs for the NBA after his freshman season. The 6-foot-7 ahead averaged a team-high 14.5 factors, six rebounds and a couple of.3 assists per sport. McNeeley helped UConn, the defending back-to-back nationwide champions, earn a No. 8 seed within the NCAA Match earlier than being eradicated within the second spherical. The Massive East Freshman of the Yr was projected to be the No. 10 choose in the newest mock draft from Fanta. 

F Cooper Flagg

The presumed No. 1 choose within the draft introduced on April 21 that he’s formally headed to the NBA after “one of the best yr” of his life. Flagg, who simply turned 18 in December, instantly met the excessive expectations surrounding him. The 6-foot-9 ahead gained the John R. Picket Award and was named AP nationwide participant of the yr. He led Duke in factors (19.2), rebounds (7.5), assists (4.2), blocks (1.4) and steals (1.4), whereas serving to them make the Ultimate 4. 

G Kon Knueppel

Knueppel can be one-and-done, posting to X “Endlessly a Blue Satan. Taking the Brotherhood with me to the following chapter. #NBADraft.” In his one season at Duke, Knueppel averaged 14.4 factors per sport, whereas taking pictures 47.9/40.6/91.4 on a Blue Devils workforce that reached the Ultimate 4 earlier than shedding to Houston in heartbreaking vogue. Fanta projected Knueppel to be a lottery choice.

C Khaman Maluach

Proper earlier than the deadline, Maluach turned the fourth Duke participant to enter the draft. The 7-foot-2 freshman averaged 8.6 factors, 6.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in his lone season with the Blue Devils. Regardless of nonetheless being uncooked, Maluach’s size and upside ought to make him a lottery choose. Fanta had the middle going off the board with the No. 8 choose. 

G Tyrese Proctor

One other key member of Duke’s Ultimate 4 workforce is heading to the following degree. Proctor, coming off his junior season, introduced on Instagram that he is getting into the draft. The Australian was third on the workforce in scoring this previous season, behind Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel, and made a career-best 40.5% of his 3-pointers. After averaging 12 factors per sport in the course of the common season, Proctor stepped up at event time. Within the ACC Championship Recreation, he led the Blue Devils with 19 factors as they gained the convention title with out Flagg. Within the NCAA Match, Proctor scored 17 or extra factors in three video games. Although Proctor was not included in Fanta’s most up-to-date mock draft, the 21-year-old may sneak into the primary spherical as his 6-foot-6 body can poise issues for smaller guards.

F Asa Newell

Newell revealed to ESPN that he’ll enter the draft after a standout freshman season at Georgia. The 6-foot-11 ahead averaged 15.4 factors, 6.9 rebounds, one steal and one block per sport, whereas taking pictures 54.3/29.2/74.8. Georgia claimed a No. 9 seed within the NCAA Match earlier than shedding to Gonzaga within the first spherical, a sport which noticed Newell complete 20 factors and eight rebounds.

G Milos Uzan

Uzan instructed Draft Categorical that he’ll declare for the draft after one season at Houston. The 6-foot-4 guard had his greatest yr after transferring to the Cougars from Oklahoma. The junior averaged 11.4 factors and 4.3 assists per sport, whereas reducing down on his turnovers, which went from two per sport to 1.4, even with a better utilization proportion. Uzan scored a season-high 25 factors within the Massive 12 Match ultimate, through which Houston beat Arizona. He additionally dropped 22 within the Cougars’ Candy 16 win over Purdue, however Uzan struggled after that, averaging simply 6.3 factors and two assists per sport from the Elite Eight by way of the Nationwide Championship Recreation. He nonetheless retains one other yr of eligibility, however will take a look at the waters for now.

G Will Riley

Riley instructed Draft Categorical that he’ll enter his title into the NBA Draft pool after one season at Illinois. The 6-foot-8 guard averaged 12.5 factors per sport for the Illini, throughout an up-and-down season. That is the character of the participant that he’s although. He is a uncooked prospect, and a streaky scorer that may gentle up a protection in a rush with dynamic shot-making. He scored 27 factors on 11-of-17 taking pictures in opposition to Minnesota and erupted for 22 factors, going 8-of-12 from the sector in Illinois’ first-round sport in opposition to Xavier. He additionally had a number of video games the place his inefficiency shot the Illini out of competition. His size and athleticism, mixed together with his capability to create area together with his dribble at his top makes him an intriguing prospect that would break into the lottery.

C Derik Queen

Maryland’s freshman phenom will take a look at his inventory within the NBA Draft. The 6-foot-10 heart introduced his intention to enter the 2025 NBA Draft on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” on Saturday morning. Queen averaged 16.5 factors, 9.0 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per sport in 36 video games for the Terps final season.

G Jase Richardson

Richardson will enter the draft after a standout freshman season, he instructed ESPN. A possible top-20 choose within the 2025 NBA Draft, Richardson helped Tom Izzo have his greatest season at Michigan State in just a few years, taking part in a key function within the Spartans’ run to profitable the Massive Ten regular-season title earlier than reaching the Elite Eight. He averaged 12.1 factors, 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per sport, incomes third-team All-Massive Ten honors. Now, he’ll comply with in his father’s (Jason Richardson) footsteps. 

G Jeremiah Fears

Fears is off to the NBA after one season in Norman. This season, the 6-foot-4 guard posted 17.1 factors, 4.1 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals in 30.2 minutes per contest, whereas taking pictures 43.4/28.4/85.1. Oklahoma claimed a No. 9 seed within the 2025 NCAA Males’s Match earlier than shedding to UConn within the first spherical.

C Nate Bittle

Bittle declared for the draft whereas retaining the choice of returning to the Geese for his ultimate yr of eligibility. He had a quiet three seasons earlier than breaking out in 2024-25, when he was handed the function of beginning heart. He led Oregon with 14.1 factors, 7.4 rebounds and a couple of.1 blocks per sport, whereas incomes Massive Ten First Workforce All-Protection honors. Bittle would not have many separating qualities on the offensive facet, however the chops he confirmed defensively this previous season may assist his draft case. 

G Ace Bailey

The mere 18-year-old Bailey has entered the draft, in line with ESPN. Bailey, a possible top-three choice, averaged 17.6 factors, 7.2 rebounds, 1.3 blocks and one steal per sport for Rutgers final season, whereas taking pictures 46.0/34.6/69.2. Bailey and fellow Rutgers freshman Dylan Harper have been every five-star recruits who completed within the high 10 within the Massive Ten in factors per sport.

G Dylan Harper

Harper is leaving faculty after his freshman season. At Rutgers, he displayed a three-level scoring punch and talent to provoke performs and facilitate the basketball. His offensive instrument bag is about as polished because it will get for a 19-year-old. He averaged 19.4 factors and 4 assists per sport, whereas taking pictures 48.4% from the sector in his lone season for the Scarlet Knights. 

Whereas he can nonetheless make strides on the defensive facet and as a 3-point shooter, Harper may go as excessive because the second choose within the draft, which is the place Fanta had him in his newest NBA mock draft.

Saint-Quentin (France) 

G Nolan Traore

Traore, who tasks to be a top-20 choose within the NBA Draft per Fanta, instructed ESPN that he was formally getting into it. The 6-foot-4 guard performs for Saint-Quentin in France’s LNB Élite league, the place he is performed in 26 video games within the 2024-2025 season whereas averaging 10.8 factors and 5.2 assists per sport. He is very a lot a prospect, in that he is struggled a bit taking part in on the highest ranges of French professional basketball, however there is a promising ceiling there for a participant who remains to be all of 18 years outdated. 

G RJ Luis Jr. 

Luis declared for the draft and entered his title within the NCAA males’s basketball switch portal after his junior season at St. John’s. He is a powerful defensive wing, who can create for himself within the mid-range. He averaged 18.4 factors and eight.2 rebounds per sport and gained Participant of the Yr within the Massive East convention. He has NBA attraction and will assist a contender straight away, however his sluggish improvement and lack of a 3-point shot could damage his draft capital. 

G Tre Johnson

Johnson revealed to ESPN that he’ll enter the draft after his sensational 2024-25 season with the Longhorns. The 6-foot-6 guard is a possible top-five choose attributable to his measurement, age and talent to attain at a second’s discover — and in quite a lot of methods. The SEC Freshman of the Yr led the convention in minutes performed and scoring, placing up nearly 20 factors per sport and connecting on practically 40% of his 3-point makes an attempt. 

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