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In the middle of an outstanding start to his freshman season at Duke, Cooper Flagg was predicted to go No. 1 total in the 2025 NBA draft to the Washington Wizards in an ESPN mock draft released Tuesday.
ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo provided their very first 2025 NBA mock draft considering that the start of the 2024-25 college basketball season, and it comes as little surprise that numerous super star freshmen are forecasted to control the draft.
Here is a rundown of the forecasted leading 10 choices with Flagg and the Rutgers frosh duo of Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper inhabiting the leading 3 areas:
1. Washington Wizards: Cooper Flagg, F, Duke
2. Utah Jazz: Ace Bailey, F, Rutgers
3. Toronto Raptors: Dylan Harper, G, Rutgers
4. Portland Trail Blazers: VJ Edgecombe, G, Baylor
5. Detroit Pistons: Nolan Traore, G, France
6. San Antonio Spurs: Kon Knueppel, F, Duke
7. San Antonio Spurs: Egor Demin, G, BYU
8. New Orleans Pelicans: Khaman Maluach, C, Duke
9. Brooklyn Nets: Tre Johnson, G, Texas
10. Charlotte Hornets: Liam McNeeley, F, UConn
Flagg has actually been thought about the most likely No. 1 general choice in the 2025 NBA draft since he reclassified to play throughout the 2024-25 college basketball season, and he hasn’t done anything to recommend he needs to be knocked from that perch.
Over his very first 2 video games with heaven Devils, Flagg has actually done a bit of whatever, balancing 15.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 4.0 helps, 2.5 takes and 1.5 blocks per contest.
Duke is appearing like the group to beat, and Flagg can go a long method towards sealing himself as the preferred to go No. 1 total with a strong efficiency versus No. 19 Kentucky on Tuesday night.
While Flagg has actually long been the headliner of the 2024-25 freshman class, Bailey has actually constantly been close behind, and he is lining up to be an incredible alleviation reward for the group that does not get the No. 1 general choice in the 2025 NBA draft.
Bailey has actually missed out on Rutgers’ very first 2 video games after suffering an injury in practice, which has actually led the way for Harper to step up and put himself in the early National Player of the Year discussion.
Through 2 video games, both of which were Rutgers success, Harper is balancing 22.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 helps, while shooting 54.8 percent from the field.
Rutgers has actually missed out on the NCAA competition in each of the previous 2 seasons and has simply 2 tourney looks considering that 1991, however the Scarlet Knights might be champion competitors with Bailey and Harper blazing a trail.
Surpassing a group like Duke will not be simple, however, as Givony and Woo task 2 other Blue Devils gamers aside from Flagg to be top-10 choices in the 2025 NBA draft.