With the #29 pick the Phoenix Suns select Liam McNeeley from UConn. He will be going to the Hornets as part of a trade. 

In an amazing bit of info McNeeley's pick was the 4th player taken in the first round of the NBA that played on the same high school team. That is unreal! The 4 players were Flagg, Queen, Newell, and McNeeley they all played for Montverde Academy. In case anyone wonders they did win the national high school championship. lol

1 minute ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

With the #29 pick the Phoenix Suns select Liam McNeeley from UConn. He will be going to the Hornets as part of a trade.

This is THE major issue with the NBA draft.  It is really hard for fans to get excited about the draft when you know going in that the name called will never play for your team.

2 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

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

 

1 hour ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

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.

Experience is more important than one and done talent in today's NCAA. One and done is over as far as winning NCAA titles. Duke had so much talent it was silly, Yes they made the Final Four but come on, how do they not win it all with that much talent. Same reason why Cal is coaching in Arkansas now. The portal and NIL have made experience the winner over one and done in the NCAA.

With the 30th pick and last of the first round the LA Clippers take Yanic Konan Niederhauser out of Penn State.

This is the first draft since the 2021 draft that the Cats did not have a player taken in the first round of the draft.

3 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Duke had so much talent it was silly, Yes they made the Final Four but come on, how do they not win it all with that much talent.

Plus they have two more players that will go in round 2 in Tyrese Proctor and Sion James. Not sure if James will be, but I look for Proctor to go fairly early in the 2nd round.

12 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

With the #29 pick the Phoenix Suns select Liam McNeeley from UConn. He will be going to the Hornets as part of a trade. 

In an amazing bit of info McNeeley's pick was the 4th player taken in the first round of the NBA that played on the same high school team. That is unreal! The 4 players were Flagg, Queen, Newell, and McNeeley they all played for Montverde Academy. In case anyone wonders they did win the national high school championship. lol

Monteverde isn't really a high school - it is a college prep school that gets players from all across the country. Their 2019-20 team had 7 NBA players.

49 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Monteverde isn't really a high school - it is a college prep school that gets players from all across the country. Their 2019-20 team had 7 NBA players.

I know that but they won the National High School tournament with the other schools in the country like they are. It is still impressive to have 4 be first round picks.

Round 2 of the 2025 NBA draft is on at 8:00pm tonight on ESPN.

With the first pick of the 2nd round and the 31st pick overall the Minnesota Timberwolves select Rasheer Fleming from Saint Joseph's who will be part of a trade with the Phoenix Suns.

Even the desk crew is pointing out how absurd it is that no one is making their own pick.

Also, less Monica McNutt and more dead silence.

With the 32nd pick of the draft the Boston Celtics select Noah Penda from France. He will be headed to Orlando Magic.

The #33rd pick the Charolette Hornets select Sion James from Duke. He is the 4th player from Duke's 2024-25 team to be drafted.

The #34th pick the Charolette Hornets select Ryan Kalkbrenner from Creighton.

With the 35th pick of the draft the Philadelphia 76ers select Johni Broome from Auburn.