To no one's surprise Copper Flagg from Duke is taken as the 2025 overall NBA #1 draft pick by the Dallas Maverick's. Also, with this pick Duke passes Kentucky for the school with the most lottery picks in the draft era with 31 and that number will grow with probably at least 2 or maybe 3 more being lottery picks later in the evening.

With the 2nd pick in the 2025 draft the San Antonio Spurs select Dylan Harper from Rutgers.

With the 3rd pick the Philadelphia 76ers select VJ Edgecombe from Baylor.

I think the NBA is right on target having the draft right after the NBA finals. 

With the 4th pick the Charolett Hornets select Kon Knueppel from Duke.

With the number 5 pick in the draft the Utah Jazz select Ace Bailey from Rutgers.

Here is a question I have for anyone who knows more about basketball than I evidently do is how in the world did Rutgers with two top 5 lottery picks finish at 15-17 and 8-12 in the Big 10. lol

ABCs coverage is terrible and ESPNs isn't much better.  Bordering on unwatchable.

Guessing ABC at least took Stephen A's phone away from him so he can't play solitare.

Sad as it is, ESPN just needs to ditch everyone except Andraya Carter and Jay Bilas and just let them talk basketball.   Yeah Jay Bilas is a highlight of coverage.  

With the 6th pick the Washington Wizards select Tre Johnson from Texas.

6 minutes ago, Tranquility Base said:

ABCs coverage is terrible and ESPNs isn't much better.  Bordering on unwatchable.

Guessing ABC at least took Stephen A's phone away from him so he can't play solitare.

Sad as it is, ESPN just needs to ditch everyone except Andraya Carter and Jay Bilas and just let them talk basketball.   Yeah Jay Bilas is a highlight of coverage.  

I don't know if I mentioned it or not in the finals thread but overall I was disappointed the commentators/studio hosts for the NBA finals.  I don't feel like they met the moment.  

With the 7th pick in the draft the New Orleans Pelicans select Jeremiah Fears from Oklahoma.

With the 8th pick the Brooklyn Nets select Egor Demin from BYU.

 

With the 9th pick in the draft the Toronto Raptors select Collin Murray-Boyles from South Carolina.

With the #10 pick the Houston Rockets select Khaman Maluach from Duke, who will be going to the Suns as part of the Kevin Durant trade. Khaman is the 3rd Blue Devil taken in the first 10 picks.

With the 11th pick the Portland Trail Blazers select Cedric Coward from Washington State. He will be going to the Memphis Grizzlies as part of the Desman Baine trade.

With the 12th pick the Chicago Bulls select the first foreign player in the draft in Noa Esengue from France.