2025 NBA draft Big Board rankings: Top 100 prospects

Which possibilities are best situated to characterize the 2025 NBA draft? As the beginning of the 2024-25 men's school ball season approaches, and with worldwide associations in progress, NBA front workplaces are focusing on what's getting down to business as an especially impressive class. Cooper Flagg and the Rutgers couple of Airious "Pro" Bailey and Dylan Harper have been the early main events, yet there's an entire season ahead for players to present a defense for themselves in what seems to be a profound, capable draft. Return consistently from this point until when Cycle 1 starts in June 2025, as ESPN draft experts Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Charm update this Huge Board throughout the next few months as players rise and fall. This is the way the possibilities in our Best 25 are following at this beginning phase. Last refreshed: Oct. 7 NBA draft inclusion: No. 1 pick: Anticipated opportunities for top possibilities 2025 fake draft | School ball excursion More NBA draft news Level: 6-9 | Age: 17.7 | Prev. rank: 1 Flagg has all the earmarks of being getting comfortable pleasantly as a rookie at Duke from what we found in a new practice, where we saw him set all his triumphant characteristics up for anyone to see, going 3-0 against a gathering of veteran players. The 17-year-old's adaptability on the two closures of the floor will have him an effect player from Day 1 in spite of his childhood, as he's now perhaps of the best adolescent safeguard you'll find with his excellent blend of force, impulses and dangerousness. Duke's absence of playmaking profundity ought to offer him chance to develop with maybe the most vulnerable piece of his game, his shot creation, as the season advances. Flagg's critical exhibition with the USA Ball Select Group this late spring stayed with NBA chiefs, and there's huge runway for him to affirm his status as the draft's No. 1 pick with a triumphant and useful season. - - Givony Cooper Flagg and Jon Scheyer plunk down with Jonathan Givony to talk about overseeing assumptions in front of Flagg's most memorable season at Duke. Level: 6-10 | Age: 18.1 | Prev. rank: 2 We had an opportunity to see very close what makes Bailey maybe the draft's most capable possibility in a new visit to Rutgers, where he put his great blend of size, dangerousness, shot creation, shot-production ability, cautious flexibility and cutthroat methodology on full presentation. How rapidly Bailey can find a good pace with his shot choice, his direction, his off-ball cautious mindfulness and the requesting idea of the school game will decide if he can turn into a potential No. 1 pick challenger, yet NBA scouts are not precluding him on account of his enormous long haul potential gain. He'll be tried this season assuming an outsized part in the Enormous Ten close by Dylan Harper. - - Givony Level: 6-6 | Age: 18.5 | Prev. rank: 3 Harper will have a tremendous stage to feature himself as Rutgers' beginning stage monitor, giving him a way to challenge Flagg and his partner Bailey on this draft. We watched him by and by at Rutgers and left dazzled with the work he has finished with his casing, and particularly the vision and imagination he showed working out of pick-and-roll after for the most part being known for his scoring ability prior in his vocation. Harper's size, strength, feel for the game and expertise level permit him to play more established than he is at 18 years of age, yet he will be tried this season in the Huge Ten with safeguards leaned toward dialing him back, which ought to shed understanding into where he remains with his border shooting, ability to complete and authority abilities. - - Givony Level: 6-5 | Age: 19.1 | Prev. rank: 5 Edgecombe is following as a sleeper for the No. 1 draft pick, with NBA groups exceptionally fascinated by his acclimation to what vows to be even more a playmaking job at Baylor. He had an enlightening summer with the Bahamian public group and has begun to respond to a portion of the inquiries concerning his vibe for the game. Edgecombe's hazardous physicality ought to permit him to apply pressure downhill and on the move, and on the off chance that he can present a decent defense for himself as all the more a combo watch as opposed to a genuine wing - - a job his casing is greatly improved appropriate for correspondingly - - his name ought to be among the main brought in June. - - Charm Level: 6-5 | Age: 18.3 | Prev. rank: 4 Traore is falling off two of the best exhibitions of his young vocation: a 27-point, five-help outing in the FIBA Champions Association in a Holy person Quentin victory win against a powerless Kolossos group from Greece, trailed by a 20-point, 10-help outing in a success against Nancy in France. Turnovers, playing through contact and guard were early issues for the 18-year-old, yet he has shown progress as his unbeaten group (4-0) is areas of strength for looking far. Traore's ability has been on full presentation. He has shown uncommon speed getting downhill and working at various pinion wheels, and he has areas of strength for made and-roll playmaking peruses. His shooting has looked dynamic maneuvering into off the spill, also. He will be tested daily managing everything in the French association and the Bosses Association, something uncommon for a player his age at this degree of rivalry. It ought to make him a superior player, yet it will likewise put his areas of development under the magnifying instrument. - - Givony Level: 6-7 | Age: 19.1 | Prev. rank: 17 Knueppel has drawn rave surveys all preseason from Duke's training staff, and we got to observe it while requiring in an hour and a half scrimmage in Durham, North Carolina. It's not difficult to see the reason why Knueppel drove the Nike EYBL in scoring and 3-pointers made while changing over a rankling 47% of his endeavors, as he has tip top equilibrium, footwork and reach getting into spot-up and pull-up jumpers. He has shown incredible speed, rawness and expertise with the ball, exhibiting adaptability and smarts while making shots for him and others. In spite of the fact that he isn't honored with world class length or snappiness, his quick handling pace, strength, and seriousness assist him with holding his own protectively. Duke mentors say he has been the best player in a few practices, and they anticipate that he should make critical commitments this season. We'll need to perceive how it means genuine games, yet there's energy about what we saw. - - Givony Level: 6-6 | Age: 19.0 | Prev. rank: 11 Powell gained solid headway over the late spring, and he looks set to be a significant player for North Carolina. He projects as an undeniable level NBA protector, with space to improve genuinely and the perfect mindset to be significant on the border across various positions. The Tar Heels will be watch driven, permitting Powell to slide into a characteristic supporting job where he can flourish experiencing significant change and as a shaper and spacer. We're interested to perceive the amount he develops exclusively on offense, as he is definitely not a high level ball overseer or maker yet, however the up-sides figure to far offset the negatives as he advances as a significant two-way wing player over the long haul. The open door is there for him to harden himself as a significant level ability. - - Charm Level: 7-2 | Age: 18.0 | Prev. rank: 6 Maluach has clear allure at 7-foot-2, 250 pounds with a 7-6 wingspan. In the wake of watching Duke's training last week, it's undeniable he will assume a significant part mooring the Blue Demons' safeguard with his breathtaking timing as an edge defender and strong portability making progress on the border. Maluach is a marvelous communicator who plays with power, which repays to a degree for his absence of involvement, having played the game for generally just five years. That appears most strikingly on offense, where he doesn't have the best hands or handling speed right now, being a little slip-up inclined and not exactly as solid a finisher as one would trust with him lacking strength and equilibrium. He has shown glimmers of stretch expected in little dosages, and that joined with his shot impeding and extraordinary intangibles is charming considering he turned 18 on Sept. 14.