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The 2025 NBA Draft is just a few days away, and the NBA Finals will come to a close today. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers will clash tonight, with only one team entering draft week with the ultimate prize.
Once Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper are selected with the first two picks on Wednesday night, the rest of the draft is fairly uncertain. There's quality talent all throughout this class, but where each player falls outside of the top two prospects is where things get interesting.
Let’s take a look at fit and projections for this upcoming event in this iteration of Draft Digest's 2025 NBA Mock Draft.
Top Three
1. Dallas Mavericks: Cooper Flagg (Duke)
2. San Antonio Spurs: Dylan Harper (Rutgers)
3. Philadelphia 76ers: VJ Edgecombe (Baylor)
Early Lottery
4. Charlotte Hornets: Kon Knueppel (Duke)
5. Utah Jazz: Tre Johnson (Texas)
6. Washington Wizards: Ace Bailey (Rutgers)
7. New Orleans Pelicans: Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma)
8. Brooklyn Nets: Khaman Maluach (Duke)
Late Lottery
9. Toronto Raptors: Derik Queen (Maryland)
10. Houston Rockets: Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois)
11. Portland Trail Blazers: Noa Essengue (INTL)
12. Chicago Bulls: Collin Murray-Boyles (South Carolina)
13. Atlanta Hawks (via SAC): Asa Newell (Georgia)
14. San Antonio Spurs (via ATL): Carter Bryant (Arizona)
Mid-First Round
15. OKC Thunder (via MIA): Thomas Sorber (Georgetown)
16. Orlando Magic (via MEM): Cedric Coward (Washington State)
17. Minnesota Timberwolves (via DET): Egor Demin (BYU)
18. Washington Wizards (via MEM): Liam McNeeley (UConn)
19. Brooklyn Nets (via MIL): Joan Beringer (INTL)
20. Miami Heat (via GSW): Nique Clifford (Colorado State)
Late First Round
21. Utah Jazz (via MIN): Rasheer Fleming (St. Joseph's)
22. Atlanta Hawks (via LAL): Drake Powell (North Carolina)
23. Indiana Pacers: Nolan Traore (INTL)
24. OKC Thunder (via LAC): Noah Penda (INTL)
25. Orlando Magic (via DEN): Maxime Raynaud (Stanford)
26. Brooklyn Nets (via NYK): Walter Clayton Jr. (Florida)
27. Brooklyn Nets (via HOU): Will Riley (Illinois)
28. Boston Celtics: Danny Wolf (Michigan)
29. Phoenix Suns (via CLE): Jase Richardson (Michigan State)
30. LA Clippers (via OKC): Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)
Early Second Round
31. Minnesota Timberwolves (via UTA): Ben Saraf (INTL)
32. Boston Celtics (via WAS): Adou Thiero (Arkansas)
33. Charlotte Hornets: Bogoljub Markovic (INTL)
34. Charlotte Hornets (via NOP): Hugo Gonzalez (INTL)
35. Philadelphia 76ers: Chaz Lanier (Tennessee)
36. Brooklyn Nets: Rocco Zikarsky (INTL)
37. Detroit Pistons (via TOR): Koby Brea (Kentucky)
38. San Antonio Spurs: Alex Toohey (INTL)
39. Toronto Raptors (via POR): Jamir Watkins (Florida State)
40. Washington Wizards (via PHX): Sion James (Duke)
41. Golden State Warriors (via MIA): John Tonje (Wisconsin)
42. Sacramento Kings (via CHI): Hunter Sallis (Wake Forest)
43. Utah Jazz (via DAL): RJ Luis (St. John's)
44. OKC Thunder (via ATL): Kobe Sanders (Nevada)
45. Chicago Bulls (via SAC): Hansen Yang (INTL)
Late Second Round
46. Orlando Magic: Eric Dixon (Villanova)
47. Milwaukee Bucks (via DET): Tyrese Proctor (Duke)
48. Memphis Grizzlies (via GSW): Johni Broome (Auburn)
49. Cleveland Cavaliers (via MIL): Kam Jones (Marquette)
50. New York Knicks (via MEM): Javon Small (West Virginia)
51. LA Clippers (via MIN): Ryan Nembhard (Gonzaga)
52. Phoenix Suns (via DEN): Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Penn State)
53. Utah Jazz (via LAC): Izan Almansa (INTL)
54. Indiana Pacers: Amari Williams (Kentucky)
55. Los Angeles Lakers: Mark Sears (Alabama)
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56. Memphis Grizzlies (via HOU): Micah Peavy (Georgetown)
57. Orlando Magic (via BOS): Alijah Martin (Florida)
58. Cleveland Cavaliers: Brice Williams (Nebraska)
59. Houston Rockets (via OKC): Tamar Bates (Missouri)
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