The season is upon us and our Super Mock Draft could not be missed which, in this 2024-25, means the first act of Cooper Flagg‘s long chase towards the number 1 choice. He is one of the four Duke players present in a first round which, once again, has a large group of Europeans (seven) and French (two), as well as a couple scattered between the G-League and Australia. But let’s see in detail.
Fight for Number 1 – There seems to be no story for the first overall pick: the 2025 NBA Draft has been referred to as the Cooper Flagg Draft for years and in fact it is the blond man from Duke who is the favourite. But this certainty does not affect a class that promises to be of a good standard. Many scouts will head to Piscataway, New Jersey to see the duo formed by Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey. The former is more ready than the latter, but if there is anyone who can undermine Flagg’s status it seems to be Bailey, a winger of almost 210cm with an enviable feeling for the basket.
Euro Invasion – It’s not a Draft class worth analyzing if we don’t find at least one Frenchman and five Europeans in the first round. The Frenchization of the NBA continues with another potential Top 5 pick in Nolan Traore. Play by Saint Quentin, a transalpine team involved in the Champions League, who in the last final of theAdidas Next Gen he put up an impressive stat-line: 45 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds. 190cm playmaker with broad shoulders and the personality to manage an attack with a lot of ball in hand. Ratiopharm Ulm, a German EuroCup team with a focus on young people, has in the Frenchman Noah Essengue and in Israeli Ben Saraf two players to follow while on the NCAA side in the intriguing BYU of coach Kevin Young there will be room for the Russian Egor Demin.
Scattered heroes – Twelve players inside the first version of the Mock Draft last year they did not declare themselves or did not enter the first round of the NBA Draft. This means that almost half of the first round we still have to discover as the season goes on. At the moment some players seem to have more chances in the NBA than others. Boogie Fland he surprised us with his electricity on both ends of the court, while his shooting ability Alex Karaban e Liam McNeeley they seem to be qualities that are always appreciated by the modern NBA. A long how Collin Murray Bowlesa seven-foot sophomore from South Carolina, could intrigue upstairs thanks to his intelligence on the court, especially on the defensive end. His dimension needs to be explored in attack with coach Lamont Paris who he wants to make it the first option this season.
PLEASE NOTE – To compose our NBA Super Mock Draft, we take into account the rankings published by over twenty specialized sites, making a weighted average of the positions occupied which also takes into account the various degrees of reliability and competence of the aforementioned sites.
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