Carter Bryant Among Draft’s Final Early Entrants

The deadline for early entrants to declare for the 2025 NBA draft was last night at 10:59pm CT. Arizona freshman Carter Bryant was among the players who declared for the draft before the deadline expired, a source tells Jonathan Givony of ESPN (Twitter link).

It’s unclear whether or not the 19-year-old intends to stay in the draft, but Bryant is ranked No. 20 on ESPN’s latest big board (Insider link), making him a projected first-round pick.

A 6’8″ combo forward, Bryant averaged 6.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.0 block in 37 appearances for the Wildcats in 2024/25 (19.3 minutes per game). He posted a shooting slash line of .460/.371/.695.

According to ESPN’s Jeremy Woo, Bryant is a plus athlete with a strong frame, and has shown flashes of versatility on both ends of the court. While Bryant is viewed as being somewhat raw right now, his upside is considerable and he has a chance to move up draft boards over the next couple months.

Here are a few more players who entered the draft before yesterday’s deadline:

• Guard Joson Sanon, who spent his freshman season at Arizona State but has committed to transfer to St. John’s, is testing the draft waters, per Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report (Twitter link). Sanon will be looking for feedback from NBA teams, but he is expected to eventually withdraw from the draft and suit up for the Red Storm in ’25/26, according to Adam Zagoria of NJ Advance Media.
• Sophomore forward Devon Pryor will also be testing the draft waters, reports Jon Chepkevich of Draft Express (via Twitter). Pyror spent ’24/25 in a limited role with Texas, but he has committed transfer to Oregon for his junior season.
• Bassala Bagayoko, a 6’10” center from Mali, submitted the paperwork necessary to enter the draft, according to Chepkevich (Twitter link). Bagayako has played for Spanish club Bilbao this season, Chepkevich notes.