It’s time for another 2025 NBA Mock Draft!
With the NBA Draft order taking clearer form as the Playoffs approach and the NCAA Tournament wrapping up, it’s a great time to reassess the draft market. Duke’s Cooper Flagg appears to be a lock to go first overall, but how will the rest of the selections shake out?
Here’s our latest look at a 2025 NBA Mock Draft.
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How Does the NBA Draft Lottery Work
Following the conclusion of the season, the NBA uses a lottery system to decide the first 14 picks in the draft order.
Before we look at the draft order, here’s how the NBA Draft Lottery system works:
- Eligible Teams: The 14 teams that do not qualify for the NBA playoffs are eligible to participate in the draft lottery. This includes teams that make the Play-In Tournament but don’t advance past the Play-In Tournament.
- NBA Draft Lottery Odds: The teams with the worst records have higher chances of winning a top pick. The teams with the three worst records have the highest chance – a 14% chance – while the odds incrementally decrease for teams with better records among the non-playoff teams.
- Ping Pong Balls: Fourteen ping-pong balls numbered 1 through 14 will be placed in a lottery machine. There are 1,001 possible combinations when four balls are drawn out of 14. Before the lottery, 1,000 of those 1,001 combinations are assigned to the 14 participating lottery teams. Those three with the highest odds will be given 140 combinations each – aka the most combinations.
- Lottery Drawing: Finally, drawings are conducted for the first four picks of the NBA Draft. The remaining non-playoff teams are then ordered based on their regular-season records, with the team with the worst record picking fifth, followed by the team with the next worst record, and so on.
Also, the NBA shares the footage of the lottery drawing after each draft. You can watch the 2023 procedure here.
2025 NBA Mock Draft
- Utah Jazz: Cooper Flagg – F – Duke
- Washington Wizards: Dylan Harper – G – Rutgers
- Charlotte Hornets: Ace Bailey – G/F – Rutgers
- New Orleans Pelicans: Tre Johnson – G – Texas
- Philadelphia 76ers: VJ Edgecombe – G – Baylor
- Brooklyn Nets: Kon Knueppel – G/F – Duke
- Toronto Raptors: Khaman Maluach – C – Duke
- San Antonio Spurs: Kasparas Jakucionis – G – Illinois
- Portland Trail Blazers: Jeremiah Fears – G – Oklahoma
- Chicago Bulls: Derik Queen – C – Maryland
- Houston Rockets (via PHX): Asa Newell – F – Georgia
- Miami Heat: Egor Demin – G – BYU
- Atlanta Hawks (via SAC): Nolan Traore – G – France
- Dallas Mavericks: Jase Richardson – G – Michigan State
- San Antonio Spurs (via ATL): Noa Essengue – F – Germany
- Orlando Magic: Ben Saraf – G – Israel
- Brooklyn Nets (via MIL): Collin Murray-Boyles – F/C – South Carolina
- Minnesota Timberwolves (via DET): Hugo Gonzalez – F – Spain
- Washington Wizards (via MEM): Liam McNeeley – F – UConn
- Oklahoma City Thunder (via LAC): Rasheer Fleming – F – St. Joseph’s
- Utah Jazz (via MIN): Nique Clifford – G/F – Colorado State
- Miami Heat (via GSW): Thomas Sorber – F/C – Georgetown
- Indiana Pacers: Will Riley – G/F – Illinois
- Orlando Magic (via DEN): Danny Wolf – C – Michigan
- Atlanta Hawks (via LAL): Kam Jones – G – Marquette
- Brooklyn Nets (via NYK): Labaron Philon – G – Alabama
- Brooklyn Nets (via HOU): JT Toppin – F – Texas Tech
- Boston Celtics: Sergio de Larrea – G – Spain
- Phoenix Suns (via CLE): Johni Broome – F/C – Auburn
- Los Angeles Clippers (via OKC): Adou Thiero F – Arkansas
written by
Matt Rooney
Matt is from the Chicagoland area and has been working in Chicago sports since 2015 with stops at WGN Radio, the Chicago Blackhawks, Stadium, and NBC Sports Chicago prior to landing at Betsperts. Matt covers just about everything for Betsperts and Bleacher Nation but focuses on the NHL and college football.
