2025 NBA Draft Big Board 4.0
As we're a few days away from the Portsmouth Invitational, here's my latest stance on the draft.
The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament is by far my favorite event in the draft cycle. Every year has its Cinderella stories from less-coveted prospects earning themselves a selection on draft night and/or developing into a rotational player in the NBA.
Toumani Camara is one of the league’s best defenders, and he went through such adversity, while Craig Porter, Jr. has risen from the JUCO reigns to a part in Cleveland’s rotation and just clinched the one-seed in the East.
Ersin’s NBA Draft Newsletter focuses on the less-coveted prospects. Therefore, I expanded my Board to sixty selections and gave an overview of where I stand as of today, with deep-dive analysis coming in later editions.
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The Rankings — The First Round
1. Cooper Flagg — Duke
Combo Forward — 6’9” — 205 lbs — Freshman
2. Tre Johnson — Texas
Combo Guard — 6’6” — 190 lbs — Freshman
3. Dylan Harper — Rutgers
Point Guard — 6’6” — 215 lbs — Freshman
4. Ace Bailey — Rutgers
Power Forward — 6’10” — 200 lbs — Freshman
5. Derik Queen — Maryland
Center— 6’10” — 244 lbs — Freshman
6. Noa Essengue — ratiopharm Ulm
Small Forward/Power Forward — 6’9” — 194 lbs — 2006
7. Jeremiah Fears — Oklahoma
Combo Guard — 6’4” — 170 lbs — Freshman
8. Collin Murray-Boyles — South Carolina
Power Forward/Center — 6’7” — 240 lbs — Sophomore
9. V.J. Edgecombe — Baylor
Combo Guard — 6’5” — 195 lbs — Freshman
10. Asa Newell — Georgia
Power Forward/Center — 6’11” — 220 lbs — Freshman
11. Khaman Maluach — Duke
Center — 7’2” — 250 lbs — Freshman
12. Rasheer Fleming — Saint Joseph’s
Combo Forward — 6’9” — 230 lbs — Junior
13. Liam McNeeley — Connecticut
Small Forward — 6’7” — 210 lbs — Freshman
14. Carter Bryant — Arizona
Small Forward — 6’8” — 220 lbs — Freshman
15. Nolan Traoré — Saint-Quentin
Point Guard — 6’4” — 175 lbs — 2006
16. Jase Richardson — Michigan State
Combo Guard — 6’3” — 185 lbs — Freshman
17. Nique Clifford — Colorado State
Shooting Guard/Small Forward — 6’6” — 200 lbs — Senior
18. Kasparas Jakučionis — Illinois
Combo Guard — 6’6” — 200 lbs — Freshman
19. Maxime Raynaud — Stanford
Center — 7’1” — 250 lbs — Senior
20. Kon Knueppel — Duke
Shooting Guard — 6’6” — 205 lbs — Freshman
21. Will Riley — Illinois
Combo Guard — 6’8” — 185 lbs — Freshman
22. Adou Thiero — Arkansas
Combo Forward — 6’8” — 222 lbs — Junior
23. Thomas Sorber — Georgetown
Center — 6’10” — 255 lbs — Freshman
24. Ben Saraf — ratiopharm Ulm
Combo Guard — 6’6” — 206 lbs — 2006
25. Johann Grünloh — Rasta Vechta
Power Forward/Center — 6’10” — 220 lbs — 2005
26. Ryan Kalkbrenner — Creighton
Center — 7’1” — 260 lbs — Senior
27. Joan Beringer — Cedevita Olimpija
Center — 6’11” — 237lbs — 2006
28. Egor Demin — Brigham Young
Point Guard — 6’9” — 190 lbs — Freshman
29. Andrej Stojaković — California
Shooting Guard/Small Forward — 6’7” — 190 lbs — Freshman
30. Sergio De Larrea — Valencia Bsket
Point Guard — 6’6” — 175 lbs — 2005
The Rankings — The Second Round
31. Walter Clayton, Jr. — Florida
Point Guard — 6’3” — 195 lbs — Senior
32. Noah Penda — Clermont-Vichy
Power Forward — 6’8” — 2005
33. Thomas Haugh — Florida
Power Forward — 6’9” — 215 lbs — Sophomore
34. Kam Jones — Marquette
Combo Guard — 6’5” — 200 lbs — Senior
35. Sion James — Duke
Shooting Guard — 6’5” — 220 lbs — Senior
36. Darrion Williams — Texas Tech
Combo Forward — 6’7” — 225 lbs — Junior
37. Mouhamed Faye — Reggio Emilia
Center— 6’10” — 220 lbs — 2005
38. Hugo González Peña — Real Madrid
Shooting Guard/Small Forward — 6’6” — 210 lbs — 2006
39. Miles Byrd — San Diego State
Shooting Guard/Small Forward — 6’7” — 195 lbs — Sophomore
40. Dink Pate — Capitanes de Ciudad de México
Point Guard — 6’8” — 210 lbs — 2006
41. Otega Oweh — Kentucky
Shooting Guard — 6’5” — 210 lbs — Senior
42. Malique Lewis — South East Melbourne
Shooting Guard/Small Forward — 6’8” — 205 lbs — 2004
43. Boogie Fland — Arkansas
Shooting Guard — 6’2” — 175 lbs — Freshman
44. Eric Dixon — Villanova
Power Forward/Center — 6’8” — 255 lbs — Senior
45. Tyrese Proctor — Duke
Point Guard — 6’5” — 185 lbs — Junior
46. Jahmyl Telfort — Butler
Small Forward — 6’7” — 225 lbs — Senior
47. Hunter Sallis — Wake Forest
Combo Guard — 6’5” — 185 lbs — Senior
48. Dawson Garcia — Nebraska
Small Forward/Power Forward — 6’10” — 236 lbs — Senior
49. Mohamed Diawara — Cholet Basket
Small Forward — 6’8” — 210 lbs — 2005
50. Mario Saint-Supery — BAXI Manresa
Shooting Guard — 6’3” — 172 lbs — 2006
51. Saint Thomas — USC
Shooting Guard/Small Forward — 6’7” — 200 lbs — Junior
52. Chaz Lanier — Tennessee
Shooting Guard — 6’4” — 200 lbs — Senior
53. Jalon Moore — Oklahoma
Small Forward — 6’7” — 222 lbs — Senior
54. Zack Austin — Pittsburgh
Small Forward — 6’6” — 210 lbs — Senior
55. Tyson Degenhart — Boise State
Power Forward— 6’8” — 235 lbs — Senior
56. Cedric Coward — Washington State
Combo Guard/Small Forward — 6’6” — 205 lbs — Junior
57. Joshua Jefferson — Iowa State
Power Forward — 6’8” — 230 lbs — Junior
58. Isaiah Evans — Duke
Shooting Guard — 6’6” — 185 lbs — Freshman
59. John Tonje — Wisconsin
Shooting Guard — 6’6” — 210 lbs — Senior
60. Zach Hicks — Penn State
Small Forward — 6’8” — 200 lbs — Senior
Draft Summary
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