The deadline for declaring for the 2025 NBA draft has just passed and now it’s time to dial-in the big board. The top half of this big board is similar to version 5.0 but the second half is drastically different. This is mainly due to players deciding to return to school and so being removed from the big board, which opened up space for about a dozen new names.
The result of this is a less talented and more senior-laden draft class. There’s no question that the NIL rules have drastically reshaped the college basketball landscape and have provided a major incentive for players to stay in school.
There are a handful of players on this top 70 bid board that are testing the draft waters and I expect a few of them to end up returning to school. The NBA Draft Combine during the week of May 11-18 will help clarify things for these guys and will help them make their decisions. The combine will also provide some crucial measurements which could affect some players draft stock.
The top of this draft is made up of mostly American prospects with a handful of talented International prospects ranked in the second half of the lottery through the first round. I have Noa Essengue ranked as my top international prospect but it’s a tight grouping there with Nolan Traore, Hugo Gonzalez and Joan Beringer. Noah Penda and Ben Saraf could also be a first rounders from overseas.
We’re less than two months away from the 2025 NBA Draft and draft season is in full swing! Stay tuned for lots of updates to the mock, this big board and lots of coverage of the draft!
2025 NBA Draft Big Board 6.0
- 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
- Noa Essengue – 6-10 – PF – France
- Derik Queen – 6-9 – PF/C – Maryland
- Carter Bryant – 6-8 – SF – Arizona
- 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
- Nolan Traore – 6-4 – PG – France
- 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
- Joan Beringer – 6-10 – C – France
- Thomas Sorber – 6-10 – C – Georgetown
- Noah Penda – 6-8 – PF – France
- Rasheer Fleming – 6-9 – PF – St. Joseph’s
- Ben Saraf – 6-6 – PG/SG – Ulm (Israel)
- Danny Wolf – 7-0 – C – Michigan
- Johni Broome – 6-10 – C – Auburn
- 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
- Drake Powell – 6-7 – SF – North Carolina
- Ryan Kalkbrenner – 7-1 – C – Creighton
- Alex Karaban – 6-8 – SF – UConn
- Bogoljub Markovic – 6-10 – SF/PF – Serbia
- Hansen Yang – 7-1 – C – China
- Chaz Lanier – 6-4 – SG – Tennessee
- Karter Knox – 6-6 – SG/SF – Arkansas
- Adou Thiero – 6-8 – SF – Arkansas
- Alex Condon – 6-11 – C – Florida (Australia)
- Maxime Raynaud – 7-1 – C – Stanford (France)
- Silas Demary Jr. – 6-4 – PG/SG – Georgia
- Josan Sanon – 6-5 – SG – Arizona State (St. John’s)
- Boogie Fland – 6-2 – PG – Arkansas
- RJ Luis – 6-7 – SF – St. John’s
- Michael Ruzic – 6-9 – PF – Croatia
- Otega Oweh – 6-5 – SG – Kentucky
- Eric Dixon – 6-8 – PF – Villanova
- Cedric Coward – 6-6- SG/SF – Washington State
- Miles Byrd – 6-7 – SG – San Diego State
- Malique Lewis – 6-8 – SF/PF – SE Melbourne, NBL (Trinidad and Tobago)
- 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)
- Max Shulga – 6-5 – SG – VCU
- Koby Brea – 6-7 – SG – Kentucky
- PJ Haggerty – 6-3 – PG/SG – Memphis
- Andrew Carr – 6-11 – PF – Kentucky
- Jamir Watkins – 6-6 – SF – Florida State
- Javon Small – 6-2 – PG – West Virginia
- Ben Henshall – 6-6 – PG/SG – Perth, NBL
- Caleb Love – 6-4 – SG – Arizona
- Neoklis Avdalas – 6-7 – SF – Greece
Thanks for reading! Here’s my latest 2025 Mock Draft.
And here’s where all the returning players are ranked in the 2026 Mock Draft.