2025 NBA draft

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2025 NBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)June 25–26, 2025
LocationBarclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)
Network(s)
Overview
59 total selections in 2 rounds
LeagueNational Basketball Association
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The 2025 NBA draft will be the 79th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft. Like the 2024 draft, this draft will take place over two nights. The draft will consist of 59 picks as opposed to the full 60 picks due to the New York Knicks losing a second round pick from a free agency violation in 2022.[1]

The first round of the draft will take place on June 25, 2025, while the second round will take place on June 26. Both rounds will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The time between second-round picks will remain four minutes, a change that was made from the previous year's draft.[2][3]

Draft picks

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PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center
# Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game
~ Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year
Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Nationality

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Team School / club team
1 1
1 2
1 3
1 4
1 5
1 6
1 7
1 8
1 9
1 10
1 11
1 12
1 13
1 14
1 15 Oklahoma City Thunder (from Miami)
1 16 Orlando Magic
1 17 Minnesota Timberwolves (from Detroit via New York, Oklahoma City, and Houston)
1 18 Washington Wizards (from Memphis)[A]
1 19 Brooklyn Nets (from Milwaukee via New York, Detroit, Portland, and New Orleans)[B]
1 20 Miami Heat (from Golden State)[C]
1 21 Utah Jazz (from Minnesota)[D]
1 22 Atlanta Hawks (from LA Lakers via New Orleans)[E]
1 23 Indiana Pacers
1 24 Oklahoma City Thunder (from LA Clippers)[F]
1 25 Orlando Magic (from Denver)[G]
1 26 Brooklyn Nets (from New York)[H]
1 27 Brooklyn Nets (from Houston)
1 28 Boston Celtics
1 29 Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland via Utah)[I]
1 30 Los Angeles Clippers (from Oklahoma City)[F]
2 31 Minnesota Timberwolves (from Utah)
2 32 Boston Celtics (from Washington)
2 33 Charlotte Hornets
2 34 Charlotte Hornets (from New Orleans via San Antonio, Phoenix, and Memphis)
2 35 Philadelphia 76ers
2 36 Brooklyn Nets
2 37 Detroit Pistons (from Toronto via Dallas and San Antonio)
2 38 San Antonio Spurs
2 39/40 Toronto Raptors (from Portland via Sacramento)[J]
2 39/40 Washington Wizards (from Phoenix)
2 41 Golden State Warriors (from Miami via Brooklyn and Indiana)[K]
2 42/43 Sacramento Kings (from Chicago via San Antonio)[L]
2 42/43 Utah Jazz (from Dallas)
2 44/45 Oklahoma City Thunder (from Atlanta)[M]
2 44/45 Chicago Bulls (from Sacramento)[N]
2 46 Orlando Magic
2 47 Milwaukee Bucks (from Detroit)
2 48 Memphis Grizzlies (from Golden State)
2 49 Cleveland Cavaliers (from Milwaukee)[O]
2 50 New York Knicks (from Memphis via Oklahoma City and Boston)
2 51 Los Angeles Clippers (from Minnesota via Atlanta and Houston)[P]
2 52 Phoenix Suns (from Denver)
2 53 Utah Jazz (from LA Clippers via the LA Lakers)
2 54 Indiana Pacers
2 55 Los Angeles Lakers
2 New York Knicks (forfeited due to tampering violation)[1]
2 56 Memphis Grizzlies (from Houston)[Q]
2 57 Orlando Magic (from Boston)[R]
2 58 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 59 Houston Rockets (from Oklahoma City via Atlanta)
  1. ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

Trades involving draft picks

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Pre-draft trades

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Prior to the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between teams:

  1. ^ February 6, 2025: Memphis Grizzlies to Washington Wizards (three-team trade with Sacramento)[4]
  2. ^ November 24, 2020: Milwaukee Bucks to New Orleans Pelicans (four-team trade with Denver and Oklahoma City)[5]
    New Orleans Pelicans to Portland Trail Blazers
    • New Orleans acquired
    • Portland acquired
    July 6, 2022: Portland Trail Blazers to Detroit Pistons[6] July 6, 2022: Detroit Pistons to New York Knicks[7]
    • Detroit received Kemba Walker and Draft rights to Jalen Duren
    • NY Knicks acquired 2025 MIL protected first-round pick
    July 6, 2024: New York Knicks to Brooklyn Nets[8]
  3. ^ February 6, 2025: Golden State Warriors to Miami Heat (five-team trade with Detroit, Toronto, and Utah)[9]
  4. ^ July 6, 2022: Minnesota Timberwolves to Utah Jazz[10]
    • Utah acquired Walker Kessler, 2023, 2025, 2027, and 2029 first-round picks, and 2026 right to swap first-round picks
    • Minnesota acquired Rudy Gobert
  5. ^ February 6, 2019: Los Angeles Lakers to New Orleans Pelicans (three-team trade with Washington)[11] July 6, 2024: New Orleans Pelicans to Atlanta Hawks[12]
  6. ^ a b July 19, 2019: Los Angeles Clippers to Oklahoma City Thunder[13]
  7. ^ March 25, 2021: Denver Nuggets to Orlando Magic[14]
  8. ^ July 6, 2024: New York Knicks to Brooklyn Nets[8]
  9. ^ September 3, 2022: Cleveland Cavaliers to Utah Jazz[15]
    • Cleveland received the rights to Donovan Mitchell
    • Utah acquired Ochai Agbaji, Lauri Markkanen, Collin Sexton (sign-and-trade), 2025 CLE first-round pick, 2026 right to swap first-round picks, 2027 CLE first-round pick, 2028 right to swap first-round picks, and 2029 CLE first-round pick
    January 21, 2025: Utah Jazz to Phoenix Suns[16]
    • Phoenix received 2025, 2027, and 2029 first-round pick
    • Utah acquired 2031 PHO first-round pick
  10. ^ January 21, 2020: Portland Trail Blazers to Sacramento Kings[17] June 28, 2024: Sacramento Kings to Toronto Raptors[18]
  11. ^ July 6, 2019: Miami Heat to Indiana Pacers (three-team trade with Phoenix)[19]
    • Miami received Draft rights to KZ Okpala
    • Indiana acquired T. J. Warren, 2022, 2025 and 2026 MIA second-round pick
    • Phoenix received Cash considerations
    October 6, 2021: Indiana Pacers to Brooklyn Nets[20] December 15, 2024: Brooklyn Nets to Golden State Warriors[21]
  12. ^ August 11, 2021: Chicago Bulls to San Antonio Spurs[22] October 16, 2024: San Antonio Spurs to Sacramento Kings[23]
    • San Antonio acquired Jalen McDaniels, 2031 SAC second-round pick, and Cash considerations
    • Sacramento received 2025 CHI protected second-round pick
    February 3, 2025: San Antonio Spurs to Sacramento Kings (three-team trade with Chicago)[24]
  13. ^ November 24, 2020: Atlanta Hawks to Oklahoma City Thunder[25]
  14. ^ July 8, 2024: Sacramento Kings to Chicago Bulls (three-team trade with San Antonio)[26]
  15. ^ November 18, 2020: Milwaukee Bucks to Cleveland Cavaliers[27]
    • Milwaukee acquired the rights to İlkan Karaman (2012 No. 57)
    • Cleveland received removal of protection on 2022 MIL first-round pick and a 2025 MIL second-round pick
  16. ^ June 24, 2022: Minnesota Timberwolves to Houston Rockets[28] July 8, 2023: Houston Rockets to Atlanta Hawks (five-team trade with LA Clippers, Memphis, and Oklahoma City)[29] February 6, 2025: Atlanta Hawks to Los Angeles Clippers[30]
  17. ^ February 1, 2024: Houston Rockets to Memphis Grizzlies[31]
  18. ^ March 25, 2021: Boston Celtics to Orlando Magic[32]
    • Orlando acquired two future second-round picks
    • Boston received Evan Fournier

Combine

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The 11th G League Elite Camp will take place on May 9–11, from which certain participants were selected to join the main draft combine.[33]

The primary portion of the 2025 NBA draft combine will be held from May 11–18 in Chicago, Illinois.[33]

Draft lottery

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The NBA draft lottery will be held on May 12.

Denotes the actual lottery result
Team 2024–25
record 		Lottery
chances 		Lottery probabilities
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
Utah Jazz 17–65 140 14.0% 13.4% 12.7% 12.0% 47.9% – – – – – – – – –
Washington Wizards 18–64 140 14.0% 13.4% 12.7% 12.0% 27.8% 20.0% – – – – – – – –
Charlotte Hornets 19–63 140 14.0% 13.4% 12.7% 12.0% 14.8% 26.0% 7.0% – – – – – – –
New Orleans Pelicans 21–61 125 12.5% 12.2% 11.9% 11.5% 7.2% 25.7% 16.8% 2.2% – – – – – –
Philadelphia 76ers[a] 24–58 105 10.5% 10.5% 10.6% 10.5% 2.2% 19.6% 26.7% 8.7% 0.6% – – – – –
Brooklyn Nets 26–56 90 9.0% 9.2% 9.4% 9.6% – 8.6% 29.7% 20.6% 3.7% 0.2% – – – –
Toronto Raptors 30–52 75 7.5% 7.8% 8.1% 8.5% – – 19.7% 34.1% 12.9% 1.3% <0.1% – – –
San Antonio Spurs 34–48 60 6.0% 6.3% 6.7% 7.2% – – – 34.5% 32.0% 6.8% 0.4% <0.1% – –
Phoenix Suns (to Houston) 36–46 38 3.8% 4.1% 4.5% 4.9% – – – – 50.7% 28.3% 3.5% 0.1% <0.1% –
Portland Trail Blazers 36–46 37 3.7% 4.0% 4.4% 4.8% – – – – – 63.4% 18.5% 1.2% <0.1% <0.1%
Dallas Mavericks 39–43 18 1.8% 2.0% 2.2% 2.5% – – – – – – 77.6% 13.5% 0.5% <0.1%
Chicago Bulls 39–43 17 1.7% 1.9% 2.1% 2.4% – – – – – – – 85.2% 6.6% 0.1%
Sacramento Kings[b] 40–42 8 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% – – – – – – – – 92.9% 3.3%
Atlanta Hawks (to San Antonio) 40–42 7 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% – – – – – – – – – 96.6%

Eligibility and entrants

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Main article: Eligibility for the NBA draft

The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2023 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players' union.

  • All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players who were eligible for the 2025 NBA draft must have been born on or before December 31, 2006.
  • Since the 2016 draft, the following rules are, as implemented by the NCAA Division I council for that division:[34]
    • Declaration for the draft no longer results in automatic loss of college eligibility. As long as a player does not sign a contract with a professional team outside the NBA or sign with an agent, he retains college eligibility as long as he makes a timely withdrawal from the draft.
    • NCAA players now have 10 days after the end of the NBA Draft Combine to withdraw from the draft. Since the combine is normally held in mid-May, the current deadline is about five weeks after the previous mid-April deadline.
    • NCAA players may participate in the draft combine and are allowed to attend one tryout per year with each NBA team without losing college eligibility.
    • NCAA players may now enter and withdraw from the draft up to two times without loss of eligibility. Previously, the NCAA treated a second declaration of draft eligibility as a permanent loss of college eligibility.

Early entrants

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Players who were not automatically eligible had to declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than at least 60 days before the event. For the 2025 draft, the date fell on April 26. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration deadline, which usually falls 10 days before the draft at 5:00 pm EDT (2100 UTC). Under current NCAA rules, players usually have until 10 days after the draft combine to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility.[33]

A player who has hired an agent for purposes of negotiating with professional teams[c] retains his remaining college eligibility regardless of whether he is drafted after an evaluation from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee. Players who declare for the NBA draft and are not selected have the opportunity to return to their school for at least another year only after terminating all agreements with their agents,[d] who must have been certified.[35]

College underclassmen

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College seniors

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"Redshirt" referred to players who were redshirt seniors in the 2024–25 season and who have college eligibility remaining.

International players

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Other

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Automatically eligible entrants

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Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

  • They have no remaining college eligibility.
  • If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
  • They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under the contract.

Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

  • They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates players born on or before December 31, 2003, are automatically eligible for the 2025 draft.
  • They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.

Notes

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  1. ^ Oklahoma City will receive the pick if it is outside the top 6, otherwise Philadelphia will retain it.
  2. ^ Atlanta will receive the pick if it is outside the top 12, otherwise Sacramento will retain it.
  3. ^ Due to changes in rules regarding student athlete compensation in the 2020s, players can hire agents to manage appearances and endorsements while retaining college athletic eligibility.
  4. ^ Specifically agents hired to negotiate with professional teams. Relationships with agents hired for other purposes are not affected.

References

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  21. ^ "Warriors Acquire Guard Dennis Schröder From Nets". NBA.com. December 15, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
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  23. ^ "Kings Announce Roster Changes". NBA.com. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  24. ^ "Bulls acquire Kevin Huerter, Zach Collins and Tre Jones in three-team deal". NBA.com. February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  25. ^ "Atlanta Hawks Acquire Forward Danilo Gallinari". NBA.com. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  26. ^ "Bulls complete three-team trade". NBA.com. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  27. ^ "Cavaliers Acquire JaVale McGee from Los Angeles Lakers". NBA.com. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
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  29. ^ "Atlanta Hawks Acquire Usman Garuba, Tyty Washington Jr., Future Draft Picks and Cash Considerations". NBA.com. July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  30. ^ "Clippers acquire Bogan Bogdanović from Hawks in 3-player deal". NBA.com. February 6, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  31. ^ "Memphis Grizzlies complete trade with Houston Rockets". NBA.com. February 1, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  32. ^ "Magic Acquire Two Future Second Round Draft Picks From Boston In Exchange for Evan Fournier". NBA.com. March 25, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  33. ^ a b c "2025 NBA Draft Lottery: Odds, history and how it works". NBA.com. February 28, 2025. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
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  35. ^ "Flexibility for going pro and getting a degree". NCAA. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2023.