We have new predictions in our 59-pick mock draft: Risers, fallers and latest intel

The 2025 NBA Finals are successful the rearview, NBA draft week is underway, and the intrigue continues to swirl down the scenes. Duke's Cooper Flagg and Rutgers' Dylan Harper are expected to travel disconnected the committee astatine No. 1 and No. 2 to the Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs, respectively. After that, the representation is little clear.

Ahead of the two-day draft, which begins Wednesday astatine 8 p.m. ET (on ABC, ESPN and the ESPN app) astatine Barclays Center successful Brooklyn, New York, the Philadelphia 76ers clasp the keys to the commencement of the draught astatine No. 3 with VJ Edgecombe the presumptive favourite and Ace Bailey perchance falling down the board.

Trade talks proceed down the scenes arsenic NBA teams huddle this week, with a large domino falling connected Sunday with the Suns and Rockets agreeing to nonstop Kevin Durant to Houston, a woody that saw the No. 10 prime spell to Phoenix arsenic portion of a bundle including Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks.

ESPN draught analysts Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo volition beryllium tracking quality and squad and subordinate accusation until the Mavericks spell connected the timepiece Wednesday, with this mentation of the mock draught undergoing updates until draught time, based connected our latest intel.

Last updated: Monday astatine 6:30 a.m. ET.

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Notes: The New York Knicks' second-round prime was rescinded by the NBA aft an probe into Jalen Brunson's free bureau signing successful the summertime of 2022. ... All heights are listed arsenic the barefoot numbers from the NBA.

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First round

1. Dallas Mavericks

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

Height without shoes: 6-7¾ | Weight: 221
Standing reach: 8-10½ | Wingspan: 7-0

Flagg made his mode to Dallas this week for a sojourn with his projected caller squad successful Dallas, touring the metropolis and squad facilities, holding an on-court workout and leaving a beardown content connected Mavericks brass throughout. There proceed to beryllium nary secrets astir what to expect here: Dallas mightiness person caught an all-time lottery interruption successful jumping its likelihood from No. 11 to onshore the No. 1 pick.

Set to marque his NBA debut astatine 18 years old, Flagg volition beryllium positioned to marque an contiguous interaction for a Mavericks franchise that intends to beryllium competitory successful 2025-26. Dallas volition anticipation that walking into what figures to beryllium a winning concern volition assistance fast-track his maturation adjacent more, arsenic Dallas has a playmaking void astatine the outset of adjacent play with Kyrie Irving recovering from an ACL tear. The league volition beryllium watching what benignant of interaction Flagg tin supply immediately, with his versatile two-way accomplishment acceptable providing a beardown starting constituent arsenic helium begins his nonrecreational vocation with precocious expectations. -- Woo

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2. San Antonio Spurs

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

Height without shoes: 6-4½ | Weight: 213
Standing reach: 8-6 | Wingspan: 6-10½

Harper is each but assured to perceive his sanction called with the No. 2 pick, with rival teams saying the Spurs person shown zero involvement successful engaging successful commercialized conversations. The franchise is taking a diligent attack to gathering retired their roster astir Victor Wembanyama, viewing Harper arsenic different cornerstone. Harper has visited the Spurs successful San Antonio, and hosted the beforehand bureau privately, appearing to person sizeable enthusiasm for joining the storied franchise arsenic the Spurs look to instrumentality to title contention.

The 19-year-old's operation of size, shot-creating prowess, passing creativity, finishing accomplishment and scoring instincts makes him the benignant of pb defender and violative motor that is coveted successful today's NBA, arsenic his beardown framework appears well-suited for playing done the physically demanding vigor required successful the playoffs. The situation of acquiring these types of players has made the Spurs reluctant to walk connected the accidental to adhd Harper. -- Givony

3. Philadelphia 76ers

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

Height without shoes: 6-4 | Weight: 193
Standing reach: 8-5½ | Wingspan: 6-7½

Edgecombe appears successful rod presumption to perceive his sanction called astatine No. 3 due to the fact that of his unsocial talent, but besides due to the fact that Ace Bailey's wide determination to debar teams successful this range puts Philadelphia successful a hard position, perchance selecting idiosyncratic who intelligibly does not privation to play for them.

While sources accidental Edgecombe appeared tense during his backstage workout successful Philadelphia and did not sprout the shot peculiarly good successful an unnatural one-on-one setting, helium made a beardown content successful interviews and meetings, thing the beforehand bureau values much highly.

Like Harper successful San Antonio, Edgecombe's acceptable successful Philadelphia's backcourt with Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain doesn't look to beryllium seamless. Still, there's important upside to pat into with the high-level explosiveness Edgecombe possesses, arsenic good arsenic the flashes helium has shown arsenic a passer, shooter and defender. -- Givony

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4. Charlotte Hornets

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

Height without shoes: 6-5 | Weight: 219
Standing reach: 8-5½ | Wingspan: 6-6¼

Should Edgecombe (whom the Hornets are said to beryllium precocious on) travel disconnected the committee astatine No. 3, Charlotte volition apt beryllium choosing betwixt trade-down scenarios oregon picking among Knueppel, Jeremiah Fears, Bailey, and Tre Johnson. The information that Fears and Bailey person not worked retired for the Hornets doesn't look to beryllium a important hindrance successful their decision-making process.

Rival teams judge the Hornets volition yet prioritize Knueppel's beardown perimeter shooting, playmaking and enactment skills, arsenic good arsenic his beardown acceptable with the likes of LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller. The Hornets would beryllium going for a safer enactment successful Knueppel aft swinging for the fences with Tidjane Salaun successful past year's draught astatine No. 6.

Knueppel rates good successful analytics-based draught models, but the Hornets mightiness ponder whether they could inactive adhd him if they elite to determination down a fewer slots and get further assets successful the process. -- Givony

5. Utah Jazz

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

Height without shoes: 6-2½ | Weight: 179
Standing reach: 8-2½ | Wingspan: 6-5¼

Under new enactment successful Austin Ainge, it's improbable the Jazz volition beryllium joined to erstwhile draught picks who person yet to amusement they are surefire semipermanent keepers.

With prima powerfulness being a important request for the Jazz, it makes consciousness to instrumentality the plunge connected a endowment specified arsenic Fears, who had an outstanding play astatine Oklahoma contempt being 1 of the youngest players successful assemblage hoops astatine 18 years old. 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 gully fouls.

The Jazz got their archetypal look astatine Fears successful a backstage one-on-zero workout connected Thursday. He is besides said to beryllium drafting sizeable involvement from some New Orleans and Brooklyn astatine Nos. 7 and 8 should helium not perceive his sanction called here, with the Hornets astatine No. 4 besides not ruling retired picking him contempt already having a starting constituent defender connected the roster successful LaMelo Ball. -- Givony

6. Washington Wizards

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

Height without shoes: 6-7½ | Weight: 202
Standing reach: 8-11 | Wingspan: 7-0½

Bailey, the No. 3 imaginable connected our large board, is the lone U.S. imaginable yet to sojourn an NBA squad facility, continuing to diminution workout invites from Philadelphia, Charlotte, and Utah, and seemingly preferring the radical of teams ranked extracurricular the apical five, specifically Washington, New Orleans, and Brooklyn astatine Nos. 6-7-8. This benignant of descent could outgo him betwixt $10-to-$15 cardinal dollars if it happens.

Bailey's campy states they "feel assured going into the draught process," which astir NBA teams construe arsenic meaning helium has received assurances of being selected by a squad considered much advantageous to Bailey successful the agelong term, considering factors similar geography, minutes, role, accidental and development.

However, this is not an unprecedented situation. Just past year, Alex Sarr appeared to discourage Atlanta from considering him with the No. 1 pick, yet dropping to Washington astatine No. 2 arsenic helium had hoped.

Despite the antagonistic publicity this determination has generated, rival agents are intimately monitoring Bailey's strategy, recognizing the wide benefits of guiding clients to much favorable situations with an oculus connected maximizing semipermanent earning potential. Bailey could perchance recoup the wealth helium loses successful his archetypal declaration with a overmuch larger 2nd contract, particularly if helium achieves his precise precocious ceiling arsenic an All-Star caliber shotmaking wing. -- Givony

7. New Orleans Pelicans

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

Height without shoes: 6-4¾ | Weight: 190
Standing reach: 8-5 | Wingspan: 6-10¼

Johnson has been viewed by galore teams arsenic having a somewhat constrictive set of landing spots, betwixt picks No. 4 and 6, but determination are realistic scenarios similar this 1 wherever helium slips retired of that group.

Here, Fears moves into the apical five, Bailey makes it to what appears to beryllium a brushed landing spot successful Washington and Johnson becomes the subordinate who slides.

The Pelicans are thought to person involvement successful Bailey and Fears -- and immoderate astir the league person been funny whether New Orleans mightiness yet effort and commercialized up, peculiarly aft acquiring the No. 23 prime from Indiana past week. But they besides person the quality to simply beryllium astatine No. 7 and spot who from this tier of prospects falls to them.

On paper, Johnson makes consciousness arsenic a acceptable for the Pelicans, considering their request for further perimeter shooting arsenic good arsenic younger backcourt reinforcements, with Dejounte Murray injured and CJ McCollum turning 34 successful September and entering the last twelvemonth of his contract. On apical of those factors, there's an statement for him arsenic best-available here, considering his scoring prowess.

Khaman Maluach is different subordinate nether information for New Orleans here, with his rim extortion perchance adding a antithetic magnitude to the Pelicans' defense. -- Woo

8. Brooklyn Nets

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

Height without shoes: 7-0¾ | Weight: 252
Standing reach: 9-6 | Wingspan: 7-6¾

Maluach appears firmly successful information successful New Orleans and Brooklyn, but is besides seen by immoderate teams arsenic the astir apt among the second-tier players successful the Nos. 3-to-8 scope to acquisition a flimsy driblet if a astonishing imaginable disrupts this portion of the draft, though possibly lone a fewer slots down the board.

Maluach fills a wide request that galore teams are looking for: He's a existent halfway who tin service arsenic a antiaircraft anchor successful the overgarment and has important imaginable for maturation some physically and skill-wise. He plays with tremendous strength and is beloved by coaches and teammates due to the fact that of his unsocial off-court intangibles.

His quality to support the rim, screen crushed successful a assortment of pick-and-roll schemes, and supply vertical spacing arsenic a roller and cutter, portion sprinting aggressively successful transition, volition entreaty to immoderate squad seeking a halfway to physique astir successful the agelong term. -- Givony

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9. Toronto Raptors

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

Essengue's predraft process continues to beryllium enactment connected clasp arsenic his play is prolonged, with Ulm present up 2-1 and successful presumption to unafraid the title with a triumph Tuesday. Regardless of erstwhile helium arrives successful the U.S., helium volition not behaviour immoderate backstage workouts for teams.

The Raptors are a franchise that rival teams person had a hard clip pegging successful presumption of their intentions, partially due to the fact that of the wide scope of prospects that could beryllium considered successful this tier, and partially due to the fact that of their roster, which has sizeable extent astatine each position, too possibly center.

Essengue's length, mobility and antiaircraft versatility would surely acceptable the Raptors' DNA, adjacent if his inconsistent perimeter shooting would make immoderate challenges successful spacing the level efficaciously for the likes of Scottie Barnes and Brandon Ingram. His youth, tools, two-way instincts and accelerated complaint of betterment this play suggest a precocious ceiling that immoderate teams successful this portion of the draught could surely privation to pat into. -- Givony

10. Phoenix Suns (via Houston)

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

Height without shoes: 6-6½ | Weight: 239
Standing reach: 8-10 | Wingspan: 7-0¾

It's not casual to peg Murray-Boyles' draught range, with astir pointing to the Nos. 10-to-16 range, which includes immoderate of the astir analytics-influenced teams successful the NBA, Atlanta, Oklahoma City and Memphis. NBA teams accidental Murray-Boyles rates historically good successful their draught models, acknowledgment to his beardown passing, foul-drawing ability, 2-point shooting, antiaircraft playmaking and youth, which volition entreaty to respective teams successful this range.

Murray-Boyles' toughness, unselfishness, antiaircraft versatility and playmaking springiness him a precocious floor, adjacent if his deficiency of size and perimeter shooting mightiness marque him a situational acceptable successful definite lineup configurations.

On Sunday, the Suns agreed connected a blockbuster trade, sending Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 prime successful this year's draught and 5 second-round picks, sources told ESPN connected Sunday.

With the Suns desperately needing to upgrade their frontcourt -- particularly aft losing their starting powerfulness guardant successful Durant -- Murray-Boyles is apt idiosyncratic the squad volition see heavy if they support the pick, on with a much accepted large antheral specified arsenic Derik Queen. -- Givony

11. Portland Trail Blazers

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

Height without shoes: 6-6½ | Weight: 214
Standing reach: 8-10 | Wingspan: 6-11¾

Bryant has had a affirmative predraft process and appears ticketed for the precocious lottery, with involvement coming from Phoenix pursuing the Suns' commercialized successful astatine No. 10, and Portland astatine No. 11 and Atlanta astatine No. 13 intimately linked arsenic landing spots.

The Trail Blazers look acceptable astatine halfway with Donovan Clingan semipermanent arsenic good arsenic Deandre Ayton inactive nether contract, but are different positioned to people the champion disposable endowment here, having worked retired astir of the names projected successful this range. Bryant would springiness them further shooting, perimeter size and positional versatility moving successful down Deni Avdija and Toumani Camara.

While Bryant isn't expected to make overmuch of his ain discourtesy successful the adjacent future, his quality to sprout from range, adhd worth arsenic a passer, and defender each implicit defensively with his fantabulous carnal tools gives him a realistic pathway to becoming a lineup fixture. -- Woo

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12. Chicago Bulls

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

Height without shoes: 6-4¾ | Weight: 205
Standing reach: 8-3½ | Wingspan: 6-7¾

Considering not galore teams successful this scope person explicit backcourt needs, arsenic good arsenic the uncertainty surrounding imaginable trades, it has been tricky for immoderate teams to confidently place a landing spot for Jakucionis. Most task him successful the Nos. 11-to-14 range, with the Trail Blazers and Bulls considered imaginable destinations, and besides involvement from teams successful the apical 10.

Chicago has a much glaring request successful the frontcourt, with Nikola Vucevic connected the last twelvemonth of his woody and nary bigs who are considered semipermanent keepers. Joan Beringer, Derik Queen, Danny Wolf and Thomas Sorber are thought to beryllium among the centers they'll consider.

Still, the Bulls are successful the process of reimagining the squad moving forward, with Josh Giddey owed for a caller contract, Matas Buzelis emerging and a glut of different guards who could beryllium commercialized candidates. There's a lawsuit to simply spell best-available astatine this slot, with Jakucionis holding a bully statement successful this scenario.

Jakucionis's unselfishness, playmaking and size enabling him to play connected and disconnected the shot marque him a comparatively seamless acceptable successful astir places, with upside semipermanent considering helium precocious turned 19 years old. -- Woo

13. Atlanta Hawks (via Sacramento)

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

Height without shoes: 6-9¼ | Weight: 199
Standing reach: 8-9½ | Wingspan: 6-10¼

Demin is different subordinate who has been pugnacious for teams to pin down his landing spot, having worked retired for the immense bulk of teams wrong the apical 20. Teams judge he's a campaigner for Toronto, Portland, Chicago, and besides a sleeper people for Brooklyn, but it's imaginable helium slips past that -- astatine which constituent there's a best-available lawsuit for a squad specified arsenic the Hawks to simply instrumentality a swing.

Holding this prime and No. 22, the Hawks person the quality to determination astir successful the draft, but are successful presumption to spell best-available and brace the picks positionally if they enactment put. Other players tied to Atlanta see Carter Bryant, and astir of the bigs successful this range, including Beringer, Murray-Boyles and others.

At his size, Demin's imaginable versatility arsenic a perimeter playmaker stands retired successful the discourse of this class. The improvement of his jumper, thing helium has worked to showcase successful private, is 1 of the much pivotal plaything skills for immoderate prospect. -- Woo

14. San Antonio Spurs (via Atlanta)

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

Height without shoes: 6-11 | Weight: 235
Standing reach: 9-3 | Wingspan: 7-4½

Beringer has had a engaged docket since arriving successful the U.S. pursuing the decision of his play successful Slovenia, conducting workouts with Chicago, Brooklyn, San Antonio, Atlanta, Memphis, Minnesota, and Houston, covering his bases successful the Nos. 8-to-19 range.

The Spurs look to beryllium patiently gathering retired their roster. They could look to adhd frontcourt extent astatine this signifier of the draft, adding different rim protector alongside Victor Wembanyama to enactment up their interior defense.

Beringer's authoritative measurements, conducted past week, bespeak helium has grown an inch and a fractional successful the past year, present lasting implicit 7 feet successful shoes. His measurements are akin to those of Jaren Jackson Jr. and Myles Turner astatine the aforesaid age, helping to recognize wherefore helium ranks arsenic the draft's champion changeable blocker. -- Givony

15. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Miami)

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

Height without shoes: 6-9¼ | Weight: 247
Standing reach: 9-1½ | Wingspan: 7-0½

Queen continues to person mixed feedback connected the workout circuit, with questions inactive hovering implicit his conditioning, shooting mechanics and competitory on-off switch. Although helium is regarded arsenic the astir skilled large successful the people offensively, helium doesn't look to beryllium maximizing immoderate of the factors wrong his control, and arsenic a result, hasn't gathered overmuch upward momentum during the predraft process.

Following the Suns' acquisition of the 10th pick, Queen's realistic scope appears to commencement with the Suns astatine No. 10 and runs down into the teens, wherever astatine a definite constituent helium becomes hard to walk on.

The Thunder, pivoting to this draught caller disconnected winning the rubric Sunday night, is simply a squad without immoderate glaring roster needs but person been chiefly linked by rival teams to large men, including Beringer and Sorber. Isaiah Hartenstein is nether squad power done 2026-27 (Oklahoma City holds a nine enactment connected the last year), and the thought of uncovering and processing a little costly replacement holds weight, peculiarly with Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren some eligible to motion what fig to beryllium hefty rookie extensions this summer.

Queen would simply beryllium a stake connected endowment if helium fell here, with the Thunder's elite defence providing ample screen for him, and Oklahoma City amended positioned to upwind hazard than most. -- Woo

16. Memphis Grizzlies (via Orlando)

Cedric Coward, SF, Washington State/Duke
Junior | TS%: 71.0

Height without shoes: 6-5¼ | Weight: 213
Standing reach: 8-10 | Wingspan: 7-2¼

Coward has seen his banal detonate implicit the past month, arsenic teams person gotten a person look astatine his awesome carnal tools, perimeter shooting, antiaircraft potential, creating a amended knowing of his late-blooming trajectory.

A young elder who turns 22 connected Sept. 11, Coward fits a mold each NBA squad is seeking with his size and framework and vocation 38% 3-point shooting. He could inactive person country to amended arsenic helium was improbably playing Division III hoops 3 years ago.

He worked retired Monday for Memphis (one-on-zero due to the fact that helium inactive hasn't progressed yet to three-on-three settings), which conscionable acquired the No. 16 prime from Orlando. Coward's besides getting agelong looks from Phoenix, Chicago, San Antonio and Oklahoma City, with astir teams successful the 20s operating nether the presumption that he'll beryllium gone by that portion of the draft. -- Givony

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17. Minnesota Timberwolves (via Detroit)

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

Height without shoes: 6-9¼ | Weight: 262
Standing reach: 9-1 | Wingspan: 7-6

Sorber has besides risen during the predraft process, contempt being sidelined since February due to the fact that of a toed injury that necessitated season-ending surgery, which means helium volition miss summertime league. NBA teams are anxious to get centers specified arsenic Sorber, who tin supply physicality and rim extortion with his robust framework and wingspan. The Suns, Bulls, Hawks, Spurs, Thunder, Timberwolves and Nets each look funny successful adding girth to their frontcourts.

The Timberwolves look uncertainty successful the frontcourt this offseason, arsenic Julius Randle and Naz Reid, who averaged a combined 60 minutes per game, person subordinate options successful their contracts, giving them the accidental to research escaped bureau this summer.

Sorber's length, consciousness for the crippled and processing accomplishment acceptable supply him with a accidental to go a contributor successful the coming years, adjacent though it mightiness instrumentality immoderate clip to scope that point. -- Givony

18. Washington Wizards (via Memphis)

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

Height without shoes: 6-6¾ | Weight: 214
Standing reach: 8-3½ | Wingspan: 6-8½

McNeeley has drawn affirmative feedback connected the workout circuit, wherever helium reminded teams of his all-around violative ability, coming disconnected a tricky play that was hampered by an ankle injury. He has involvement each implicit the backmost fractional of the archetypal round, with Washington among his imaginable landing spots.

The Wizards were the astir committed squad successful the league past play to giving their rookies meaningful minutes, and the existent beforehand bureau has frankincense acold powerfully valued positional size and consciousness successful the draft. McNeeley could beryllium a bully summation to their radical of wings, arsenic a susceptible decision-maker and shooter who besides brings a level of toughness. -- Woo

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19. Brooklyn Nets (via Milwaukee)

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

Height without shoes: 6-9 | Weight: 224
Standing reach: 8-11½ | Wingspan: 6-11¼

Newell is different subordinate who appears to person helped himself successful the predraft process, having showcased his carnal tools and country for maturation arsenic a shooter, helping immoderate teams amended recognize the imaginable versatility helium could supply arsenic a stretch-4. Still, helium has a somewhat wider scope connected draught night, drafting information from teams successful the backmost fractional of the lottery, but with scenarios besides successful play wherever helium could gaffe into the precocious teens oregon aboriginal 20s.

The Nets person understandably been among the busiest teams successful the predraft process, holding picks successful each portion of the archetypal circular and 5 selections successful the apical 40. Most astir the league expect Brooklyn to beryllium progressive successful trades this week, though it's not yet wide precisely what that volition look like, the imaginable of trading up from present to get a 2nd lottery prime is among the scenarios the Nets could explore.

While they are improbable to roster 5 rookies, Brooklyn has brought successful the immense bulk of the draught for workouts, giving them much first-hand accusation connected the people than immoderate different squad -- the Nets are besides viewed arsenic a desirable destination by galore agents, owed to the minutes and accidental they person disposable adjacent season. Newell's semipermanent upside could beryllium appealing to them arsenic a developmental summation here. -- Woo

20. Miami Heat (via Golden State)

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

Height without shoes: 6-2 | Weight: 199
Standing reach: 8-1½ | Wingspan: 6-4

Clayton has showcased his dynamic shotmaking successful workouts and worked his mode up boards successful a archetypal circular that has shaped up somewhat airy connected constituent defender options. He has fans successful beforehand offices selecting higher than this, and helium appears to beryllium well-positioned to perchance onshore wrong the apical 20. His explosiveness and quality to make his ain changeable are beardown calling cards that should springiness him a pathway to being a utile seat scorer, astatine worst.

Miami is perennially among the hardest teams for rival organizations, arsenic good arsenic subordinate agents, to get a work on, with a tight-lipped attack to however they behaviour their predraft process. Considering the Heat's request for a due constituent defender and the mode Clayton seems to acceptable their mold, this acceptable makes consciousness connected paper. -- Woo

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21. Utah Jazz (via Minnesota)

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

Gonzalez's Real Madrid is presently competing successful the finals of the ACB playoffs, meaning helium volition not beryllium capable to behaviour immoderate workouts successful the U.S. earlier the draft, arsenic the bid mightiness perchance widen to June 30.

Gonzalez finished the regular play strong, but his minutes person since faded arsenic the playoffs progressed, with him playing lone 10 full minutes successful the past 4 games. He is nevertheless a imaginable that a squad successful the 20s volition apt determine to select, regardless, acknowledgment to the awesome carnal tools, beardown consciousness for the crippled and frenetic vigor helium brings defensively.

Utah has wide needs connected the helping and could springiness him the benignant of runway needed to scope the important imaginable helium showed astatine each signifier of his vocation earlier this season. -- Givony

22. Atlanta Hawks (via Los Angeles Lakers)

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

Height without shoes: 6-10½ | Weight: 251
Standing reach: 9-1 | Wingspan: 7-2¼

Wolf has 1 of the wider ranges successful the archetypal round, with involvement from respective teams successful the backmost fractional of the lottery, arsenic good arsenic respective imaginable landing spots successful the apical 20, including Memphis, Minnesota and Brooklyn.

The uncertainty astir wherever helium winds up is owed successful portion to a scope of imaginable commercialized scenarios that could instrumentality place, but besides the information that Wolf's uncommon premix of size and accomplishment acceptable has been a polarizing valuation for galore astir the NBA. His playmaking quality successful the frontcourt could beryllium a acceptable successful Atlanta should helium autumn here, though determination appears to beryllium a increasing accidental helium doesn't marque it each the mode to this spot. -- Woo

23. New Orleans Pelicans (via Indiana)

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

Height without shoes: 6-5¼ | Weight: 202
Standing reach: 8-6½ | Wingspan: 6-8

New Orleans got this prime from Indiana past week, sending the Pacers' 2026 first-rounder backmost to them successful bid to determination backmost into the draft. Following Tyrese Haliburton's wounded successful Game 7 of the Finals, arsenic a effect of that trade, the Pacers volition apt consciousness immoderate flimsy alleviation successful controlling their ain prime with a agelong lack perchance connected the skyline for their star

That determination to commercialized with the Pacers raised the question among rival teams arsenic to whether the Pelicans would dangle this prime to effort and determination up from No. 7, but New Orleans is thought to person genuine involvement successful respective players successful this range.

Clifford has involvement successful the teens, opening with Memphis, with his scope moving down into the 20s. He has gotten affirmative feedback connected the workout circuit, viewed arsenic a imaginable plug-and-play rotation enactment owed to his versatility coming disconnected a beardown twelvemonth astatine Colorado State.

He's among the players thought to beryllium successful the premix for the Pelicans astatine this slot, with the absorption they spell position-wise hinging connected what happens with their lottery pick. -- Woo

24. Oklahoma City Thunder (via LA Clippers)

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

Height without shoes: 6-8¼ | Weight: 185
Standing reach: 8-8 | Wingspan: 6-8¾

Factoring successful the Thunder's wealthiness of young endowment and crowded roster situation, astir astir the league judge Oklahoma City volition yet opt to commercialized this pick. What that really looks similar remains to beryllium seen -- the Thunder could bundle it to effort and determination up from No. 15 and people precisely who they want. They're a squad that has historically been progressive successful draft-night deals.

Riley has fans successful beforehand offices successful the apical 20 but could besides upwind up falling into this range, with imaginable landing spots up of this, including Brooklyn, Atlanta and New Orleans. His advocates astir the NBA spot large upside due to the fact that of his fantabulous size, violative consciousness and shooting potential, but it's understood that it volition instrumentality him clip to adhd carnal spot and, hopefully, amended defensively. -- Woo

25. Orlando Magic (via Denver)

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

Height without shoes: 6-0½ | Weight: 178
Standing reach: 8-2½ | Wingspan: 6-6

Richardson is the highest-ranked subordinate (No. 18) connected the ESPN large committee not to get invited to the NBA draught greenish country (24 players invited), leaving immoderate uncertainty astir wherever helium mightiness extremity up being selected.

His draught scope starts astir No. 16 with Memphis, which has drafted respective players successful the past fewer years with akin statistical profiles, and mightiness extremity up having a backcourt void to capable soon, each the mode to the mid-20s information of the archetypal round.

The Magic are different squad that could look to adhd shooting and backcourt extent and mightiness beryllium intrigued by Richardson's scoring efficiency, antiaircraft strength and quality to play without the ball. -- Givony

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26. Brooklyn Nets (via New York)

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

Height without shoes: 6-3 | Weight: 175
Standing reach: 8-5½ | Wingspan: 6-8

With 4 first-round picks astatine their disposal, it wouldn't beryllium astonishing to spot the Nets instrumentality respective endowment swings, hoping to uncover gems with immoderate of their aboriginal selections.

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.

After starting the play projected arsenic a top-10 pick, Traore's draught banal dropped due to the fact that of inconsistent play, but there's inactive plentifulness to similar with his size, ballhandling, playmaking creativity and upside, making him a worthy gamble for a squad successful Brooklyn's concern and astatine this constituent successful the draft. -- Givony

27. Brooklyn Nets (via Houston)

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

Height without shoes: 6-8¼ | Weight: 232
Standing reach: 9-1 | Wingspan: 7-5¼

As antecedently mentioned, these Nets picks -- peculiarly the brace successful the 20s -- are viewed astir the league arsenic fluid, depending connected what moves Brooklyn yet decides to prosecute this week.

Fleming was not invited to the NBA draught greenish room, pointing to the likelihood helium mightiness autumn to the backmost of the archetypal round. He hasn't gathered overmuch momentum implicit the past period but remains successful information owed to his carnal tools and improving 3-point shooting. While not a flashy subordinate oregon immensely skilled, his length, betterment way and late-blooming trajectory constituent to untapped potential. -- Woo

28. Boston Celtics

Maxime Raynaud, PF/C, Stanford
Senior | TS%: 56.1

Height without shoes: 7-0¼ | Weight: 236
Standing reach: 9-2 | Wingspan: 7-1¼

Raynaud has played himself into precocious first-round information alongside a somewhat abbreviated database of centers, which besides includes Ryan Kalkbrenner and Yanic Konan Niederhauser. He is broadly viewed arsenic having the astir untapped upside of that trio, owed to his flashes of violative accomplishment and much developed capableness to abstraction the floor. His showing astatine the draught harvester helped to reaffirm that, and the information helium lone picked up hoops full-time arsenic a precocious schoolhouse elder coupled with beardown intangibles has helped his stock.

The Celtics are expected to beryllium progressive this offseason, with a prerogative to trim payroll and Jayson Tatum retired for an extended play of time. Those factors alteration them to spell astir immoderate absorption with this prime and astatine No. 32, with the absorption connected cultivating semipermanent roster prime much truthful than addressing short-term needs this precocious successful the draft. Raynaud would supply a viable extent enactment up beforehand arsenic helium continues to develop. -- Woo

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29. Phoenix Suns (via Cleveland)

Ryan Kalkbrenner, C, Creighton
Senior | TS%: 69.3

Height without shoes: 7-1 | Weight: 257
Standing reach: 9-4 | Wingspan: 7-6

The Suns had immoderate existent holes to capable successful their frontcourt, adjacent earlier trading their 7-foot powerfulness guardant Kevin Durant for Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks, a concern that's lone been amplified.

The 23-year aged Kalkbrenner, a four-time Big East antiaircraft subordinate of the year, looks much acceptable to assistance a squad connected the interior than astir players successful this draught range, being 1 of the champion changeable blockers successful this class. The Suns volition apt proceed to beryllium progressive successful the coming days and could proceed to marque moves with their roster and expanding trove of first- and second-round picks, providing them importantly much flexibility than they've had arsenic of late. -- Givony

30. LA Clippers (via Oklahoma City)

Noah Penda, SF/PF, Le Mans
France | TS%: 53.9

Height without shoes: 6-7¼ | Weight: 242
Standing reach: 8-10½ | Wingspan: 6-11½

Due to their hefty payroll, the Clippers volition presumably beryllium reasoning with a short-term lens arsenic they effort to maximize this competitory window, with James Harden and Kawhi Leonard present successful their mid-30s.

Penda, who tin play aggregate positions, is young capable to portend upside and mightiness beryllium a reliable leap changeable distant from offering immoderate seat value, makes for an absorbing acceptable here.

Penda has been an absorbing sleeper sanction for teams owed to his versatility, susceptible of playing each implicit the level connected discourtesy and besides defending respective spots. While his perimeter shooting and constricted run-jump carnal illustration are question marks for teams, his feel, accomplishment and size are each bully selling points. -- Woo

Second round

31. Minnesota Timberwolves (via Utah)
Ben Saraf, PG/SG, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)

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

33. Charlotte Hornets
Hansen Yang, C, Qingdao (China)

34. Charlotte Hornets (via New Orleans)
Adou Thiero, PF, Arkansas

35. Philadelphia 76ers
Yanic Konan Niederhauser, C, Penn State, junior

36. Brooklyn Nets
Tyrese Proctor, PG, Duke, junior

37. Detroit Pistons (via Toronto)
Jamir Watkins, SG/SF, Florida State, senior

38. San Antonio Spurs
Chaz Lanier, SG, Tennessee, ace senior

39. Toronto Raptors (via Portland)
John Tonje, SF, Wisconsin, ace senior

40. Washington Wizards (via Phoenix)
Bogoljub Markovic, PF/C, Mega Superbet (Adriatic)

41. Golden State Warriors (via Miami)
Rocco Zikarsky, C, Brisbane (Australia)

42. Sacramento Kings (via Chicago)
Koby Brea, SG/SF, Kentucky, ace senior

43. Utah Jazz (via Dallas)
Sion James, SF, Duke, ace senior

44. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Atlanta)
Johni Broome, C, Auburn, ace senior

45. Chicago Bulls (via Sacramento)
Alex Toohey, SF/PF, Sydney (Australia)

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

47. Milwaukee Bucks (via Detroit)
Micah Peavy, SG/SF, Georgetown, senior

48. Memphis Grizzlies (via Golden State)
Javon Small, PG, West Virginia, senior

49. Cleveland Cavaliers (via Milwaukee)
Vladislav Goldin, C, Michigan, ace senior

50. New York Knicks (via Memphis)
Lachlan Olbrich, PF/C, Illawarra

51. LA Clippers (via Minnesota)
Eric Dixon, PF, Villanova, ace senior

52. Phoenix Suns (via Denver)
Alijah Martin, SG, Florida, senior

53. Utah Jazz (via LA Clippers)
Amari Williams, C, Kentucky, senior

54. Indiana Pacers
Dink Pate, SG/SF, Mexico City (G League)

55. Los Angeles Lakers
Viktor Lakhin, C, Clemson, ace senior

56. Memphis Grizzlies (via Houston)
Hunter Sallis, SG, Wake Forest, senior

57. Orlando Magic (via Boston)
Kobe Sanders, SG/SF, Nevada, senior

58. Cleveland Cavaliers
Ryan Nembhard, PG, Gonzaga, senior

59. Houston Rockets (via Oklahoma City)
Saliou Niang, SG/SF, Trento (Italy)

Jonathan Givony is an NBA draught adept and the laminitis and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a backstage scouting and analytics work utilized by NBA, NCAA and planetary teams.

Jeremy Woo is an NBA expert specializing successful imaginable valuation and the draft. He was antecedently a unit writer and draught insider astatine Sports Illustrated.