The college basketball season is in the books (congrats to the Gators!) and it is now officially NBA Draft season!
Over the next few weeks we’ll see lots of players declare for the draft, enter the transfer portal and determine the next steps in their basketball future. Many players will test the draft waters while maintaining their college eligibility.
The list below includes a number of prospects who will likely return to school, including a few freshmen who had disappointing first seasons, but for now, until they make it official I’ll keep them on my 2025 Big Board. I see about 8 to 12 players on this list that will probably end up returning to school.
March Madness star Walter Clayton Jr. (32) and Tomislav Ivisic (36) were big risers, while JT Toppin falls a bit.
The player I’m probably farthest on from consensus is Arizona freshman Carter Bryant (9). I see real star potential with Bryant and would draft him ahead of some of the bigger names in that mid/late lottery range.
2025 NBA Draft Big Board 5.0
- Cooper Flagg – 6-9 – PF – Duke
- Dylan Harper – 6-5 – PG/SG – Rutgers
- Ace Bailey – 6-10 – SF – Rutgers
- VJ Edgecombe – 6-4 – SG – Baylor (Bahamas)
- Tre Johnson – 6-5 – SG – Texas
- Jeremiah Fears – 6-3 – PG – Oklahoma
- Kon Knueppel – 6-6 – SF – Duke
- Derik Queen – 6-9 – PF/C – Maryland
- Carter Bryant – 6-8 – SF – Arizona
- Noa Essengue – 6-10 – PF – France
- Kasparas Jakucionis – 6-5 – PG – Illinois (Lithuania)
- Khamam Maluach – 7-2 – C – Duke (South Sudan)
- Collin Murray-Boyles – 6-7 – PF – South Carolina
- Jase Richardson – 6-3 – PG/SG – Michigan State
- Asa Newell – 6-10 – PF – Georgia
- Will Riley – 6-8 – SG – Illinois
- Egor Demin – 6-9 – PG – BYU (Russia)
- Liam McNeeley – 6-7 – SF – UConn
- Hugo Gonzalez – 6-6 – SG – Spain
- Nolan Traore – 6-4 – PG – France
- Joan Beringer – 6-10 – C – France
- Thomas Sorber – 6-10 – C – Georgetown
- Ben Saraf – 6-6 – PG/SG – Ulm (Israel)
- Noah Penda – 6-8 – PF – France
- Rasheer Fleming – 6-9 – PF – St. Joseph’s
- Danny Wolf – 7-0 – C – Michigan
- Bogoljub Markovic – 6-10 – SF/PF – Serbia
- Johni Broome – 6-10 – C – Auburn
- Bennett Stirtz – 6-5 – SG – Iowa (Drake)
- Nique Clifford – 6-6 – SF – Colorado State
- Labaron Philon – 6-3 – PG – Alabama
- Walter Clayton Jr. – 6-3 – PG/SG – Florida
- Tahaad Pettiford – 6-0 – PG – Auburn
- Kam Jones – 6-4 – PG/SG – Marquette
- Yaxel Lendeborg – 6-9 – PF – UAB
- Tomislav Ivisic – 7-1 – C – Illinois (Croatia)
- JT Toppin – 6-9 – PF – Texas Tech
- Isaiah Evans – 6-7 – SG/SF – Duke
- Ryan Kalkbrenner – 7-1 – C – Creighton
- Alex Karaban – 6-8 – SF – UConn
- Hansen Yang – 7-1 – C – China
- Chaz Lanier – 6-4 – SG – Tennessee
- Wesley Yates III – 6-4 – SG – USC
- Baye Ndongo – 6-9 – PF – Georgia Tech (Senegal)
- Flory Bidunga – 6-10 – C – Kansas (Congo)
- Adou Thiero – 6-8 – SF – Arkansas
- Alex Condon – 6-11 – C – Florida (Australia)
- Maxime Raynaud – 7-1 – C – Stanford (France)
- Sergio de Larrea – 6-7 – SG – Spain
- Drake Powell – 6-7 – SF – North Carolina
- Boogie Fland – 6-2 – PG – Arkansas
- Joson Sanon – 6-6 – SG – Arizona State
- Johann Grünloh – 6-11 — PF – Germany
- Henry Veesaar – 7-0 – C – North Carolina Arizona
- Miles Byrd – 6-7 – SG – San Diego State
- Donnie Freeman – 6-9 – PF – Syracuse
- Michael Ruzic – 6-9 – PF – Croatia
- Rocco Zikarsky – 7-1 – C – Australia
- Eric Dixon – 6-8 – PF – Villanova
- Cedric Coward – 6-6- SG/SF – Washington State
- Malique Lewis – 6-8 – SF/PF – SE Melbourne, NBL (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Moustapha Thiam – 7-1 – C – UCF (Dakar)
- Darrion Williams – 6-6 – SF – Texas Tech
- Dink Pate – 6-7 – PG/SG – Mexico City Capitanes
- Sion James – 6-6 – SG – Duke
- Amari Williams – 7-0 – C – Kentucky (England)
- Alex Toohey – 6-8 – SF – Australia
- Vlad Goldin – 7-1 – C – Michigan
- John Tonje – 6-5 – SG – Wisconsin
- Izan Almansa – 6-10 – PF – Perth (Spain)
Thanks for reading! Here’s my latest 2025 Mock Draft