2025 NBA Mock Draft: Cooper Flagg Leads The Charge In Next Year’s Strong Draft Class

With the 2024 NBA Draft in the rearview mirror, it’s never too early to look toward the 2025 NBA Draft. While this year’s draft class was seen as a down year, next year’s class is projected to be loaded. With that in mind, let’s take a crack at a 2025 NBA Mock Draft.

Since there is no draft order yet obviously, we’re going to use NBA Championship odds via DraftKings Sportsbook for this mock. Just as a reminder, the NBA does use their Draft Lottery system so the final standings don’t necessarily dictate the order. Below is how the NBA Draft Lottery works.

How Does the NBA Draft Lottery Work

Following the conclusion of the season, the NBA uses a lottery system to decide the first 14 picks in the draft order.

Before we look at the draft order, here’s how the NBA Draft Lottery system works:

  • Eligible Teams: The 14 teams that do not qualify for the NBA playoffs are eligible to participate in the draft lottery. This includes teams that make the Play-In Tournament but don’t advance past the Play-In Tournament.
  • NBA Draft Lottery Odds: The teams with the worst records have higher chances of winning a top pick. The teams with the three worst records have the highest chance – a 14% chance – while the odds incrementally decrease for teams with better records among the non-playoff teams.
  • Ping Pong Balls: Fourteen ping-pong balls numbered 1 through 14 will be placed in a lottery machine. There are 1,001 possible combinations when four balls are drawn out of 14. Before the lottery, 1,000 of those 1,001 combinations are assigned to the 14 participating lottery teams. Those three with the highest odds will be given 140 combinations each – aka the most combinations.
  • Lottery Drawing: Finally, drawings are conducted for the first four picks of the NBA Draft. The remaining non-playoff teams are then ordered based on their regular-season records, with the team with the worst record picking fifth, followed by the team with the next worst record, and so on.
  • Also, the NBA shares the footage of the lottery drawing after each draft. You can watch the 2023 procedure here.

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    2025 NBA Mock Draft

    1. Detroit Pistons: Cooper Flagg – F – Duke – 17 Years Old
    2. Washington Wizards: Dylan Harper – G – Rutgers – 17 Years Old
    3. Charlotte Hornets: Ace Bailey – G/F – Rutgers – 17 Years Old
    4. Portland Trail Blazers: VJ Edgecombe – G – Baylor – 18 Years Old
    5. Brooklyn Nets: Nolan Traore – G – France – 18 Years Old
    6. Toronto Raptors: Khaman Maluach – Duke – 17 Years Old
    7. Utah Jazz: Liam McNeeley – G/F – UConn – 18 Years Old
    8. Chicago Bulls: Tre Johnson – G – Texas – 18 Years old
    9. San Antonio Spurs: Hugo Gonzalez – F – Spain – 18 Years Old
    10. San Antonio Spurs (via ATL): Jalil Bethea – G – Miami – 18 Years Old
    11. Houston Rockets: Egor Demin – G – BYU – 18 Years Old
    12. Orlando Magic: Drake Powell – G/F – North Carolina – 18 Years old
    13. Atlanta Hawks (via SAC): Noa Essengue – F – Germany – 17 Years Old
    14. New Orleans Pelicans: Michael Ruzic – F – Spain – 17 Years Old
    15. Indiana Pacers: Carter Bryant – F – Arizona – 18 Years Old
    16. Memphis Grizzlies: Kwame Evans – F – Oregon – 19 Years Old
    17. Oklahoma City Thunder (via MIA): Kanaan Carlyle – G – Indiana – 19 Years Old
    18. Utah Jazz (via CLE): Hunter Sallis – G – Wake Forest – 21 Years Old
    19. Oklahoma City Thunder (via LAC): Derrion Reid – F – Alabama – 18 Years Old
    20. Houston Rockets (via PHX): Donovan Freeman – F – Syracuse – 18 Years Old
    21. Golden State Warriors: Elliott Cadeau – G – North Carolina – 19 Years Old
    22. New Orleans Pelicans (via LAL): Kon Knueppel – G/F – Duke – 18 Years Old
    23. Philadelphia 76ers: Ian Jackson – G – North Carolina – 19 Years Old
    24. Dallas Mavericks: Alex Karaban – F – UConn – 21 Years Old
    25. Brooklyn Nets (via MIL): Tyrese Proctor – G – Duke – 20 Years Old
    26. Utah Jazz (via MIN): Kasparas Jakucionis – G – Illinois – 18 Years Old
    27. Brooklyn Nets (via NYK): Adou Thiero – F – Arkansas – 20 Years Old
    28. Oklahoma City Thunder: Rocco Zikarsky – C – Australia – 17 Years Old
    29. Orlando Magic (via DEN): Collin Murray-Boyles – F/C – South Carolina – 19 Years Old
    30. Boston Celtics: KJ Lewis – G – Arizona – 19 Years Old

    Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

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