2025 NBA Draft: Touchdown Spots For All 59 Picks

Thirty gamers heard their names referred to as and had their lifelong desires realized throughout 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 throughout the second spherical of the NBA Draft, which is about to begin at 8 p.m.

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

FIRST ROUND

1. Dallas Mavericks: Cooper Flagg, Ahead, Duke

Cooper Flagg (R) shakes fingers with NBA commissioner Adam Silver (L) after being drafted first general by the Dallas Mavericks throughout the first spherical of the 2025 NBA Draft at Barclays Heart on June 25, 2025 within the Brooklyn borough of New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Sarah Stier/Getty Photos)

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

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

The Spurs have had the Rookie of the 12 months 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 might be fascinating as Fox and Harper function in related elements of the court docket, however Fox ought to provide a very good 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 corresponding to Anthony Edwards and Dwayne Wade. As for his match with Philadelphia, Edgecombe will present a right away power on the defensive aspect and alleviate strain off Tyrese Maxey on that aspect of the court docket. Offensively, he can play off Maxey and Joel Embiid, attacking shut outs, and creating offense along with his instincts and fast decision-making. It will likely be fascinating to see the route 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 fast success?

4. Charlotte Hornets: Kon Kneuppel, Guard, Duke

Knueppel may 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 would 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 photographs, and he may be the crew’s secondary scorer behind Miller. That being stated, there are extra gifted gamers than Kneuppel that might be chosen after him, and the Hornets may very well be left regretting this choose. 

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

Ace Bailey (R) shakes fingers with NBA commissioner Adam Silver (L) after being drafted fifth general by the Utah Jazz throughout the first spherical of the 2025 NBA Draft at Barclays Heart on June 25, 2025 within the Brooklyn borough of New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Sarah Stier/Getty Photos).

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 crew previous to Wednesday’s draft. The Jazz are betting that is not a crimson flag. In the event that they’re proper, Bailey may very well 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 among the finest 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 general shooter within the NBA Draft. He takes and makes the deepest weight-reduction plan of NBA-level photographs corresponding to step-back and pull-up soar photographs. From the second he steps into the league, he’ll be capable of 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 general 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 important 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 inventive playmaker and passer, Demin may very well 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 longer term is an efficient option 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 outdoors shot and skill to assault close-outs if he desires to reach 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 may need finished 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 Last 4 run and can now be essential to the Suns’ retooling. He might be an amazing pick-and-roll companion for Devin Booker.

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

Coward has flown up draft boards throughout 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 measurement 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 might be maximized enjoying with Morant who generates as many open photographs as any NBA playmaker.

12. Chicago Bulls: Noa Essengue, Heart, France

There are loads of unknowns with Essengue, a French prospect who performed professionally in Germany. He is athletic and makes use of that capability 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 likely to play quick, so if Essengue can run the ground and end off the velocity of guards Josh Giddey and Coby White, he may very well be an honest 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 consists of 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 a right away defensive presence on the wing for a crew 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 aspect 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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