Welcome to version 15.0 of our 2025 NBA Mock Draft, which is overflowing with changes, starting right up at the top. We’re talking about wholesale changes, up and down the 2025 NBA Mock Draft.
Let’s start with the Rutgers duo who are considered top five overall prospects, in Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey. While the team still isn’t very good, and likely won’t be much of a factor in the Big Ten race, and they probably won’t make a lot of noise this March, this elite backcourt keeps producing, night after night.
So with that all said, we would like to point out how The Sports Bank is the only independently-owned, mom and pop shop website to publish a mock draft for all four of the major North American sports.
Here is the link to our 2025 NHL mock draft. Our first 2025 MLB mock draft is now live, and it can be found here.
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Past NBA Mock Drafts, final editions: 2024ย 2021ย 2020 ย 2018.
Team needs were taken into account in some cases, but not all. The order comes to us via NBA Draft.net. Whenever you see an asterisk*, it indicates a pick that was acquired via trade.
Happy 2025 NBA mock drafting everyone!
1. Toronto Raptors, Cooper Flagg, Forward, Duke
2. Philadelphia 76ers, Ace Bailey, Wing, Rutgers
Check out our exclusive with Ace Bailey at RG.org,ย and we also did a follow up on Bailey, over at RG, in February.
3. Washington Wizards, Dylan Harper, G, Rutgers
For our feature on Harper go here.
4. Utah Jazz, VJ Edgecombe, G, Baylorย
5. New Orleans Pelicans, Egor Demin, SG, BYU
6. Brooklyn Nets via Milwaukee Bucks, Tre Johnson, SG, Texas
7. Charlotte Hornets, Kasparas Jakucionis, SG/SF, Illinois, Fr
Go here for our feature/profile piece on Jakucionis. KJ is sometimes questionable on the defensive end, and he falls in love with the three ball too much, but hey, that’s exactly what today’s NBA is. So he fits in perfectly.
8. Brooklyn Nets, Memphis Grizzlies, Nolan Traore, Guard, France Intl.
9. Chicago Bulls, Boogie Fland, G, Arkansas
10. Portland Trail Blazers, Drake Powell, Wing, North Carolina
11. Dallas Mavericks, Asa Newell, PF, Georgia
12. Oklahoma City Thunder via the L.A. Clippers, Khaman Maluach, C, Duke
13. San Antonio Spurs, Dink Pate, SG, G-League
14. Atlanta Hawks via Sacramento Kings, Ian Jackson, SG, North Carolina
15. Indiana Pacers,ย Derik Queen, PF, Maryland
16. Minnesota Timberwolves via Detroit Pistons, Liam McNeeley, SG, UConn,
17. Oklahoma City via Miami Heat, Hugo Gonzalez, SG, Spain Intl.
18. San Antonio Spurs via Atlanta Hawks, Noa Essengue, SF/PF, France Intl.
19. Brooklyn Nets via New York Knicks, Donnie Freeman, PF, Syracuse
20. Memphis Grizzlies, Kwame Evans, PF, Oregon
21. Utah Jazz via Minnesota Timberwolves, Rocco Zikarsky, C, Brisbane
22. Orlando Magic, Alex Karaban, F, UConn
23. Orlando Magic via Denver Nuggets, Will Riley, SG/SF, Illinois
Go here for our profile piece on Will Riley,ย the tall Canadian could really stand to stay in school another year and develop more consistency. He’s a late first round prospect who could stay at Illinois, work on his game, and make himself into a sure fire lottery pick for 2026.
24. Atlanta Hawks via L.A. Lakers, Isaiah Evans, Wing, Duke
25. Houston Rockets via Phoenix Suns, KJ Lewis, SG, Arizona
26. Brooklyn Nets via Houston Rockets, Derrion Reid, SF, Alabama
27. Boston Celtics, Jase Richardson, SG/PG, Michigan State
Go here for our feature piece on Jase Richardson, and his NBA Slam Dunk Competition champion dad, Jason Richardson. The younger Richardson isn’t the strongest in shooting the three ball, and that’s hurting his NBA Draft stock a bit. After all, today’s NBA is nothing but jacking up 3s.
28. Golden State Warriors, Danny Wolf, C, Michigan
29. L.A. Clippers via OKC Thunder, Jalil Bethea, G, Miami
30. Boston Celtics, Payton Sandfort, F, Iowa
Others Considered/Just Missed the Cut/ for the 2025 NBA Mock Draft
(in no particular order)
Jaxson Robinson, Wing, Kentucky, Andrew Carr, PF/C, Kentucky, Tyler Harris, SF, Washington, Zacharie Perrin, PF, France Intl. Dailyn Swain, SF, Xavier, , Cameron Carr, SG, Tennessee, Collin Chandler, PG/SG,ย Kentucky, Garwey Dual, G, Seton Hall,ย Baye Ndongo, PF, Georgia Tech, Andrej Stojakovic, Wing, California
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