Jonathan GivonyMay 30, 2025, 08:00 AM ET
- NBA draught expert and writer
Joined ESPN.com successful July 2017
Founder and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a backstage scouting and analytics work utilized by NBA, NCAA and planetary teams
It's been 5 weeks since the past update of ESPN's Top 100 large board, and rather a spot has happened implicit that time, astatine the G League Elite Camp, the NBA draught combine, pro days successful Chicago and Los Angeles and the NCAA withdrawal deadline.
European league playoffs are underway, oregon astir to start, and respective high-profile planetary prospects are competing successful immoderate of the astir important contests of their careers to this point.
Eighteen prospects antecedently ranked successful our apical 100 elected to retreat their names from the 2025 NBA draft and instrumentality to college, oregon not state for the draught astatine each astatine the early-entry deadline, taking a large chunk retired of the extent of this draft, mostly successful the 2nd round.
The NBA's authoritative withdrawal deadline, mostly for planetary players, is coming connected June 15 and we mightiness spot different fistful of prospects propulsion their names retired and anticipation for amended luck successful the 2026 draft.
Also, backstage workouts, and the NBA draught International harvester successful Treviso, Italy, volition proceed to power our database of the champion prospects.
With the draught acceptable for June 25-26 (ABC, ESPN and the ESPN App), Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo supply their updated Top 100 rankings.
Notes: True shooting percent (TS%) is simply a look that blends tract extremity percent with escaped propulsion shooting and 3-point shooting into 1 catchall ratio. PR = erstwhile ranking successful ESPN's Top 100.
Last updated: May 30
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1. Cooper Flagg, SF/PF, Duke
Height: 6-9 | Age: 18.4 | TS%: 60.0 | PR: 1
Any suspense arsenic acold arsenic Flagg was acrophobic was enactment to remainder connected lottery night, with the Dallas Mavericks shockingly winning the lottery and the close to prime him. All indications we've heard are that the Mavericks are contented to draught him (as ESPN's Tim MacMahon reported) and that Flagg volition happily onshore successful Dallas, wherever helium volition beryllium thrust instantly into hoops with meaningful stakes and debar the throes of a long-haul rebuild to commencement his pro career.
Expect Flagg to beryllium up for the challenge, arsenic helium has held down the apical spot connected our draught committee mostly unchallenged, and continues to get amended astatine an awesome rate. He'll beryllium an impactful defender and versatile enactment for Dallas immediately, with country to turn and grow his comfortableness arsenic a scorer and playmaker implicit time. At this point, the question is much astir what heights he'll yet reach, with a promising aboriginal awaiting. -- Woo
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2. Dylan Harper, PG/SG, Rutgers
Height: 6-6 | Age: 19.2 | TS%: 59.3 | PR: 2
Harper posted beardown measurements astatine the draught combine, shedding 15 pounds successful the past twelvemonth portion increasing fractional an inch, with akin dimensions to the likes of Dwyane Wade (2003) and James Harden (2009) successful their draught years.
He appears to beryllium successful a tier of his ain astatine No. 2 aft Flagg, with astir teams considering him the apt prime for San Antonio contempt his imperfect acceptable with De'Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle, starring to immoderate speculation astir imaginable commercialized opportunities that mightiness beryllium successful store for the Spurs.
The 19-year-old's operation of size, shot-creation prowess, passing creativity, finishing accomplishment and wide scoring instincts marque him well-suited to the benignant of lead-guard, offensive-engine relation that is highly coveted, with his beardown framework looking adept for playing done the benignant of physically-exacting vigor demanded successful the NBA playoffs. -- Givony
3. Ace Bailey, SG/SF, Rutgers
Height: 6-9 | Age: 18.7 | TS%: 54.0 | PR: 3
Bailey has held down this spot connected our committee for fundamentally the full season, owed to his sizeable scoring upside arsenic a talented shot-maker with positive size connected the wing, coming successful astatine 6-foot-9 successful shoes. Although helium measured a hairsbreadth smaller than his listed tallness mightiness person suggested, his measurements were comparable with erstwhile accusation and didn't travel arsenic a astonishment to NBA teams. No subordinate successful the people tin lucifer the pugnacious shot-making prowess Bailey regularly displays, giving him a pathway to becoming a invaluable subordinate successful owed time.
Bailey has remained polarizing for NBA executives each season, with the wide knowing that he'll request clip to set earlier contributing winning minutes connected a bully team. There are varying levels of assurance astir the NBA arsenic to whether helium volition scope his ceiling ultimately, creating a furniture of hazard that has held him backmost from becoming the statement enactment astatine No. 3.
The mode the lottery played retired didn't needfully assistance Bailey, but his scope remains narrow. The anticipation that Philadelphia, angling to triumph much games adjacent season, opts to spell a antithetic absorption could determination him down the committee a spot oregon two, with Charlotte and Utah apt to look hard should helium beryllium disposable -- and his upside mightiness go excessively hard to walk on. -- Woo
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4. VJ Edgecombe, SG, Baylor
Height: 6-5 | Age: 19.8 | TS%: 56.1 | PR: 4
Edgecombe measured amended than expected successful Chicago, lasting taller, stronger and with a longer wingspan than antecedently known, which alleviated immoderate concerns astir needing to play constituent defender aboriginal successful his pro career. He possesses dimensions akin to those of Boston Celtics players Derrick White and Jrue Holiday.
He appears to person a comparatively constrictive draught range, starting with Philadelphia astatine No. 3 and apt not extending further than Utah astatine No. 5. His acceptable with New Orleans looks particularly strong, a earthy abstraction to descent successful betwixt LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller, with his explosive archetypal step, processing shooting and important antiaircraft imaginable complementing Ball's playmaking and perimeter shooting and Miller's all-around violative versatility.
Long-term, Edgecombe should beryllium capable to sorb much important ballhandling responsibility, which would springiness Charlotte the flexibility to spell successful a fewer antithetic directions depending connected however helium and Miller could germinate successful the backcourt. -- Givony
5. Tre Johnson, SG, Texas
Height: 6-6 | Age: 19.2 | TS%: 56.1 | PR: 6
Johnson measured good astatine the harvester (6-6 successful shoes and a 6-10 wingspan), giving him beardown size and magnitude for a shooting defender and helping affirm his projection arsenic 1 of the draft's higher-upside scorers.
The mode the lottery played retired mightiness enactment to Johnson's benefit, with teams including Washington and Brooklyn successful request of perimeter scoring and presenting imaginable landing spots wrong the apical 8 picks.
Going to a squad wherever helium tin turn into important violative work would beryllium bully for Johnson's development, arsenic he'll request to hone his decision-making and germinate into a much polished and accordant playmaker to maximize his upside. -- Woo
6. Khaman Maluach, C, Duke
Height: 7-2 | Age: 18.6 | TS%: 74.7 | PR: 8
Maluach is the lone existent large antheral projected successful our top-10, and beauteous overmuch each squad successful that scope would apt see him a worthy improvement task to physique astir long-term.
He posted akin measurements successful Chicago to Milwaukee's Brook Lopez and Portland's Deandre Ayton astatine the aforesaid stage, and has flashed glimpses of 3-point shooting interaction successful workouts we've attended, his pro day, and besides the draught harvester drills, giving him immoderate unicorn imaginable erstwhile paired with his shot-blocking prowess.
The accelerated betterment Maluach has made implicit the past fewer years with his frame, mobility, consciousness for the crippled and accomplishment level has been evident successful the predraft process, thing that volition surely proceed considering he's 1 of the draft's youngest prospects (he turns 19 connected Sept. 14). -- Givony
7. Jeremiah Fears, PG, Oklahoma
Height: 6-4 | Age: 18.6 | TS%: 57.0 | PR: 5
Fears' breakout freshman play vaulted him into lottery-pick status, with his creativity, speed, change-of gait and scoring instincts making him an intriguing summation for immoderate guard-needy team. He measured a hairsbreadth bigger astatine the harvester than Cleveland Cavaliers defender Darius Garland did successful 2019, different playmaker who has gradually evolved into a beardown starting enactment implicit time.
He is thought to beryllium successful play arsenic precocious arsenic No. 5 to Utah, with New Orleans besides successful request of a semipermanent constituent defender astatine No. 7, and Brooklyn lasting retired arsenic a beardown acceptable astatine No. 8. His inconsistency arsenic a 3-point shooter (28.4%) is thing he'll person to code successful workouts, but considering Fears doesn't crook 19 until October and is an fantabulous escaped propulsion shooter, scouts expect that country of his crippled to germinate nicely implicit clip arsenic helium gets stronger.
That Fears reclassified to be Oklahoma aboriginal and capably stepped into a immense relation (31.4% usage) arsenic a difference-maker adds crushed for optimism he'll proceed connected his awesome trajectory. -- Woo
8. Kon Knueppel, SG/SF, Duke
Height: 6-7 | Age: 19.8 | TS%: 64.8 | PR: 9
On the heels of a remarkably businesslike freshman season, Knueppel is receiving agelong looks successful the apical 5 of this draft, with his fantabulous shooting and wide readiness to lend offensively creating a beardown selling constituent for beforehand offices. Philadelphia, Charlotte and Utah each correspond imaginable landing spots and would payment from plugging him successful close away.
Knueppel was incapable to implicit diversion investigating astatine the harvester owed to his injury, but is slated to bash truthful successful the coming weeks. While not possessing large length, helium has the size to get his changeable disconnected arsenic good arsenic spot implicit defenses erstwhile needed to marque plays with the ball.
Although he's not apt to beryllium a stellar defender astatine the NBA level, Knueppel is viewed arsenic 1 of the safer picks successful this draft, arsenic there's perennial request for elite shooting, with the playmaking instincts helium has shown adding a furniture of upside if a squad wants to further utilize him successful that way. -- Woo
9. Noa Essengue, PF, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
Height: 6-10 | Age: 18.4 | TS%: 62.0 | PR: 14
Essengue has deed different cogwheel with his productivity and strength implicit the past fewer months, playing a important relation successful Ratiopharm Ulm's expanse of Euroleague squad Alba Berlin successful the German league playoff quarterfinals.
He's making a large interaction connected some ends of the level with his passing, antiaircraft versatility, and explosiveness getting retired successful modulation and drafting fouls, which is notable considering helium turns 19 successful December. Despite his bladed framework and not having an precocious violative accomplishment set, helium is inactive uncovering ways to marque winning plays.
Essengue's youth, tools, two-way instincts and accelerated complaint of betterment suggest a precocious ceiling that could pb to a important emergence connected draught night. Lottery teams would emotion to get him successful their buildings to get a amended consciousness for his body, perimeter shooting imaginable and intangibles, but that mightiness not beryllium for a portion arsenic his play could widen to the time aft the archetypal circular of the NBA draught (June 25), with Game 5 of the German league finals presently scheduled for June 26. -- Givony
10. Kasparas Jakucionis, PG, Illinois
Height: 6-6 | Age: 18.9 | TS%: 59.8 | PR: 7
Jakucionis continues to person hard looks from lottery teams aft measuring good astatine the harvester (6-6 successful shoes and 205 pounds), and coming successful akin dimensionally to NBA wings specified arsenic Terance Mann and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
The mode the lottery fell didn't expressly assistance Jakucionis, arsenic 2 imaginable landing spots successful San Antonio and Philadelphia moved up into the apical four. He inactive appears ticketed for the 8-to-14 portion of the draft, with his versatility, playmaking feel, shooting imaginable and intangibles holding entreaty to teams successful that range, with Brooklyn, Portland and Chicago each viable fits.
Although Jakucionis has immoderate holes successful his statistical profile, shooting 31.8% from 3 and averaging 3.7 turnovers, NBA teams look mostly forgiving, factoring successful his property and accommodation to the assemblage level successful a large role. Those are cardinal areas for improvement, peculiarly if he's going to walk clip connected the shot long-term. Still, helium should beryllium capable to assistance stabilize a backcourt successful clip and adhd invaluable extent wherever helium lands. -- Woo
11. Egor Demin, PG/SG, BYU
Height: 6-9 | Age: 19.2 | TS%: 51.3 | PR: 12
Demin has solidified his lasting successful the predraft process, measuring good astatine the harvester and conducting an explosive pro time wherever helium showed importantly amended imaginable arsenic a perimeter shooter than his play astatine BYU mightiness suggest.
He inactive has enactment to bash successful workouts aft his up-and-down freshman season, but there's small uncertainty helium possesses important endowment and upside to turn into a constituent defender who tin marque astir each pick-and-roll work and walk and volition proceed to capable retired his well-proportioned framework nicely successful time.
Demin is getting looks from teams each passim the lottery and is telling teams successful interviews that helium is blessed to play immoderate relation that is asked of him, whether connected oregon disconnected the ball, citing the likes of Portland's Deni Avdija, Orlando's Franz Wagner and Detroit's Cade Cunningham arsenic players helium has been studying. -- Givony
12. Carter Bryant, SF/PF, Arizona
Height: 6-8 | Age: 19.4 | TS%: 59.9 | PR: 20
As predicted for overmuch of the season, Bryant's lasting has steadily risen arsenic teams person gotten a person look astatine him successful backstage settings, getting a amended consciousness for his awesome endowment that suggests some a precocious level and ceiling.
He measured a adjacent 7-foot wingspan and 39 ½ inch vertical leap successful Chicago, giving him measurements akin to players specified arsenic Dorian Finney-Smith (Lakers) and Nicolas Batum (Clippers) who were besides asked to descent each implicit the level positionally overmuch similar Bryant volition apt bash successful the NBA.
Quite a fewer teams successful the precocious lottery -- starting with Toronto astatine No. 9, and extending done the Magic astatine No. 16 are looking for frontcourt players who tin abstraction the level effectively, giving Bryant respective imaginable landing spots successful this information of the draft. -- Givony
13. Derik Queen, C, Maryland
Height: 6-10 | Age: 20.4 | TS%: 60.0 | PR: 10
Queen figures to perceive his sanction called successful the backmost fractional of the lottery acknowledgment to his divers violative accomplishment acceptable and productive, palmy freshman play astatine Maryland. While his banal has remained somewhat solid, Queen besides didn't needfully assistance himself astatine the combine, wherever helium didn't sprout the shot convincingly successful drills, tested poorly and didn't amusement up successful noticeably amended playing shape.
His violative instincts, interior scoring quality and precocious hoops IQ are inactive beardown selling points, but determination was possibly a missed accidental to alteration immoderate of the narratives astir him arsenic a prospect, with scouts wanting to spot him marque large improvements to his framework long-term.
Teams successful request of frontcourt assistance volition surely see him, with Brooklyn (No. 8), Toronto (No. 9), Portland (No. 11) and Chicago (No. 12) each absorbing fits. But determination are besides scenarios wherever helium yet slips further than that, with a wider scope owed to each the different variables successful the lottery. -- Woo
14. Collin Murray-Boyles, PF/C, South Carolina
Height: 6-8 | Age: 19.9 | TS%: 64.0 | PR: 11
Murray-Boyles has been somewhat polarizing for teams drafting successful this range, owed to the utmost contrasts betwixt his strengths and weaknesses, which marque him a amended acceptable for definite situations.
Analytics-heavy teams are intrigued by however good helium rates successful their draught models, acknowledgment to his unsocial blend of passing, escaped propulsion drawing, finishing prowess and antiaircraft lawsuit creation, particularly astatine his age.
Others are acrophobic astir his deficiency of size and 3-point shooting prowess, arsenic good arsenic the information his Gamecocks squad struggled successful SEC play, being overmatched successful presumption of talent.
With measurements akin to those of Golden State's Draymond Green and Trayce Jackson-Davis, Murray-Boyles volition request to find the close acceptable with a squad looking to pat into his antiaircraft versatility and playmaking, arsenic good arsenic a program for improving his shooting, which did not look encouraging successful harvester drills. -- Givony
15. Joan Beringer, C, Cedevita Olimpija (Adriatic League)
Height: 6-11 | Age: 18.5 | TS%: 62.0 | PR: 17
Beringer's Adriatic League run is over, with his squad losing successful the quarterfinals to BC Dubai, but Cedevita Olimpija is inactive playing successful the Slovenian league playoffs, having conscionable precocious to the finals, which volition apt hold his accomplishment successful the United States for different 10 days oregon so. This besides complicates his quality to enactment successful the mandatory draught harvester successful Treviso, Italy, arsenic those finals games volition beryllium held astatine the aforesaid time. Though, the information the campy is held respective hours driving region successful Northern Italy mightiness let him to marque a speedy appearance.
He has garnered important attraction passim the precocious lottery and mid-first portions of the draft, arsenic teams are drawn to his awesome carnal tools, which alteration him to screen crushed connected the perimeter, power onto smaller players and support the rim astatine a precocious level. One of the youngest players successful this draft, Beringer has important imaginable to turn into, particularly since helium lone started playing hoops successful the summertime of 2021. -- Givony
16. Liam McNeeley, SG/SF, UConn
Height: 6-7 | Age: 19.6 | TS%: 53.6 | PR: 15
McNeeley helped himself to an grade simply by showing up steadfast to the combine, wherever helium tested amended than immoderate expected and measured astatine 6-8 erstwhile factoring for shoes.
An ankle wounded constricted immoderate of what helium could bash this play astatine UConn, but helium had respective awesome moments and holds entreaty arsenic a big, versatile complementary helping astatine the NBA level. Although that wounded wounded his chances of rising connected boards in-season, McNeeley should beryllium capable to proceed stabilizing his banal successful workouts.
His past show projects he'll sprout it amended from agelong scope than helium did this season, thing teams volition privation to proceed seeing from him. -- Woo
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Liam McNeeley drains a 3 to spark UConn
Liam McNeeley gets UConn connected the committee with a creaseless three-pointer vs. Florida.
17. Will Riley, SG/SF, Illinois
Height: 6-8 | Age: 19.2 | TS%: 53.8 | PR: 16
Riley is receiving beardown looks from teams successful the 11-to-20 scope of the archetypal round, with nary shortage of involvement surrounding his violative potential. He weighed successful astatine 186 pounds astatine the combine, down from his listed playing value astatine Illinois (195), but besides stands implicit 6-9 successful shoes, pointing to country for betterment physically arsenic helium adds spot implicit time.
Due to the magnitude of carnal projection required for him to maximize his pro career, the scope of outcomes for Riley is connected the wider side, but his fantabulous violative instincts and projectable 3-point shooing are calling cards that volition animate a squad to put successful his important upside long-term. -- Woo
18. Thomas Sorber, C, Georgetown
Height: 6-10 | Age: 19.4 | TS%: 58.7 | PR: 24
Despite being retired with a toed wounded since mid-February, which required surgery and volition forestall him from conducting workouts oregon playing NBA summertime league successful July, Sorber's banal has risen adjacent without stepping connected the level improbably. His measurements partially explicate the question -- with a 7-6 wingspan and 263-pound framework giving him dimensions akin to Indiana's Thomas Bryant and Denver's DeAndre Jordan.
This year's rugged NBA playoffs, which person emphasized the request for teams to person aggregate large men they tin propulsion connected the tribunal astatine antithetic moments -- sometimes unneurotic astatine the aforesaid clip -- haven't wounded either, with his passing prowess and antiaircraft versatility making him look good suited arsenic a prime improvement enactment for teams to groom long-term.
Several teams picking from the precocious lottery and done the aboriginal 20s could beryllium looking to draught a frontcourt subordinate with an oculus toward the future, giving him plentifulness of imaginable suitors starting with Chicago oregon Atlanta astatine Nos. 12 and 13, respectively, and continuing done Indiana astatine No. 23 or, worst case, the Nets astatine No. 26. -- Givony
19. Danny Wolf, PF, Michigan
Height: 7-0 | Age: 21.0 | TS%: 56.6 | PR: 19
Wolf's harvester measurements underscore however antithetic of a imaginable helium is, offering perimeter versatility and playmaking skills portion lasting adjacent to 7 feet successful shoes with a wingspan implicit 7-2. It's the benignant of premix teams person to deliberation hard about, but besides 1 that makes Wolf's entreaty much fit-specific than different prospects.
While his scope is connected the wider side, Wolf should perceive his sanction called successful the mid-to-late archetypal round, wherever a originative beforehand bureau and coaching unit volition people his accomplishment acceptable and question to plug him successful arsenic a utile relation player. Players of his ilk who tin alteration teams to support size connected the level defensively portion adding worth connected the perimeter connected the different extremity aren't casual to find, making Wolf a situationally charismatic prospect. -- Woo
20. Jase Richardson, PG/SG, Michigan State
Height: 6-3 | Age: 19.6 | TS%: 63.2 | PR: 13
Size and outlier carnal tools typically emergence successful the predraft process, which mightiness propulsion Richardson down the committee aft measuring nether 6-2 successful shoes, 178 pounds with a 6-6 wingspan astatine the NBA predraft camp. Richardson would beryllium somewhat undersized for an NBA constituent guard, but played much of a combo defender relation for Michigan State, adjacent if his show the past 2 months of the play showed his imaginable erstwhile thrust into a much important shot-creation role.
His pace, accomplishment level, consciousness for the crippled and shot-making prowess springiness him an outstanding model to physique on, particularly with the antiaircraft strength and selfless benignant helium brings.
With respective guards expected to travel disconnected the committee successful the 2nd fractional of the archetypal round, and possibly a constricted appetite among teams to sorb each of them, determination volition beryllium sizeable jockeying successful this portion of the draught arsenic prospects look to presumption themselves done backstage squad workouts. -- Givony
21. Asa Newell, PF/C, Georgia
Height: 6-11 | Age: 19.6 | TS%: 62.0 | PR: 21
At the moment, Newell has 1 of the wider ranges successful the archetypal round, receiving looks from teams successful the backmost fractional of the lottery connected down to this scope of the draft. How precocious helium yet goes volition bent heavy connected backstage squad workouts, and whether helium tin play his mode up of immoderate of the different established bigs ranked up of him connected our board.
Teams are funny astir the productivity and shooting flashes helium showed astatine Georgia, the anticipation being that he'll make into a versatile enactment astatine powerfulness guardant (where his harvester measurements suggest he'll apt play best) successful the agelong run. If helium tin go much comfy connected the perimeter and sharpen his habits defensively, Newell has beardown upside to pat into acknowledgment to his size, mobility and motor. -- Woo
22. Nique Clifford, SG, Colorado State
Height: 6-6 | Age: 23.2 | TS%: 60.9 | PR: 25
Clifford has enactment himself connected bully footing aft his breakout play astatine Colorado State, entering June arsenic the oldest subordinate among retired apical 30 successful this list, and a viable plug-and-play seat enactment for immoderate squad that needs contiguous helping help. The bully quality for him is the bulk of teams would payment from adding extent astatine his position.
He's drafting looks higher than this arsenic a result, arsenic a well-rounded violative subordinate with consciousness who besides offers antiaircraft versatility. His property does bounds immoderate of the semipermanent ceiling, but arsenic agelong arsenic Clifford continues to marque shots astatine a passable clip, helium should adhd worth connected an NBA roster. -- Woo
23. Hugo Gonzalez, SG/SF, Real Madrid (Spain)
Height: 6-7 | Age: 19.3 | TS%: 51.9 | PR: 22
Gonzalez has seen an summation successful playing clip implicit the past month, averaging astir 20 minutes per crippled and delivering awesome moments connected some ends of the floor. Gonzalez is enjoying a small much state offensively, allowing him to amusement disconnected his explosiveness, passing and finishing prowess, portion making a large interaction defensively, flying each implicit the tribunal and making plays connected and disconnected the ball. It's been a stark reminder for wherefore Gonzalez started the play a projected lottery pick, starring immoderate scouts to wonderment wherever his draught banal would beryllium astatine if helium were successful a much favorable playing situation.
With Gonzalez's regular play yet to finish, and a apt agelong playoff tally successful store with Real Madrid arsenic the No. 1 seed, its astir a certainty teams volition beryllium incapable to measure him successful a workout setting. It besides remains to beryllium seen if helium volition beryllium capable to fulfill his medical, measurements and NBA harvester enactment arsenic his play mightiness not beryllium done by June 25. -- Givony
24. Maxime Raynaud , C, Stanford
Height: 7-1 | Age: 22.1 | TS%: 56.1 | PR: 35
Raynaud was arguably the biggest victor coming retired of the draught combine, with an fantabulous showing successful 5-on-5 helping to propel him into a first-round projection. He measured astatine a legit 7-feet barefoot, showed beardown mettle defensively, and holds intrigue arsenic a late-blooming prospect, besides trending toward being a reliable floor-spacer from agelong range. In a draught people somewhat devoid of accepted centers, Raynaud possesses worth to teams looking to adhd and make size up front.
The arrow with Raynaud seems to beryllium pointing up arsenic the draught draws closer, with a beardown likelihood helium has played his mode into the archetypal round. The question present is however precocious he'll emergence connected the board. -- Woo
25. Nolan Traore, PG, Saint-Quentin (France)
Height: 6-5 | Age: 19.0 | TS%: 49.7 | PR: 18
Traore's play ended with a nonaccomplishment to Dijon past week successful the French league play-in tournament, with Traore fouling retired successful 18 minutes.
Traore played immoderate of his champion hoops of the play implicit the past 2 months, hitting 43% of his 3s implicit the last 10 games, showcasing his awesome ballhandling, playmaking and creativity. Still, this was a decidedly uneven twelvemonth for the just-turned 19-year-old, struggling with turnovers, finishing astir the basket, and connected defense. He converted 32% of his wide 3-pointers done 44 games successful each competitions.
Next, Traore volition be the draught harvester successful Treviso, Italy, from June 2-4, to behaviour measurements, diversion testing, shooting drills, a thorough aesculapian examination, and interviews with NBA teams. Then he'll person 2 weeks to question astir the United States moving retired astatine NBA signifier facilities, which could assistance amended his outlook with immoderate of the teams successful the backmost fractional of the archetypal circular that mightiness beryllium looking to bolster their backcourt depth. -- Givony
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26. Rasheer Fleming, PF, Saint Joseph's | Age: 20.8
27. Walter Clayton Jr., PG, Florida | Age: 22.2
28. Noah Penda, SF/PF, Le Mans | Age: 20.3
29. Cedric Coward, SF, Washington St | Age: 21.7
30. Ben Saraf, PG/SG, Ratiopharm Ulm | Age: 19.1
31. Drake Powell, SG/SF, North Carolina | Age: 19.7
32. Adou Thiero, PF, Arkansas | Age: 21
33. Ryan Kalkbrenner, C, Creighton | Age: 23.3
34. Yanic Konan Niederhauser, C, Penn St | Age: 22.2
35. Hansen Yang, C, Qingdao | Age: 19.9
36. Alex Toohey, SF/PF, Sydney | Age: 21
37. Chaz Lanier, SG, Tennessee | Age: 23.4
38. Bogoljub Markovic, PF/C, Mega Superbet | Age: 19.8
39. Jamir Watkins, SG/SF, Florida St | Age: 23.8
40. Johni Broome, C, Auburn | Age: 22.8
41. Rocco Zikarsky, C, Brisbane | Age: 18.8
42. John Tonje, SF, Wisconsin | Age: 24
43. Tyrese Proctor, PG, Duke | Age: 21.1
44. Michael Ruzic, PF/C, Joventut | Age: 18.6
45. Eric Dixon, PF, Villanova | Age: 24.3
46. Sion James, SF, Duke | Age: 22.4
47. Kam Jones, PG/SG, Marquette | Age: 23.2
48. Koby Brea, SG/SF, Kentucky | Age: 22.5
49. Javon Small, PG, West Virginia | Age: 22.4
50. Vladislav Goldin, C, Michigan | Age: 24
51. Neoklis Avdalas, SF, Peristeri | Age: 19.3
52. Lachlan Olbrich, PF/C, Illawarra | Age: 21.4
53. Viktor Lakhin, C, Clemson | Age: 23.8
54. Mouhamed Faye, C, Reggio Emilia | Age: 20.3
55. Kobe Sanders, SG/SF, Nevada | Age: 22.9
56. Dink Pate, SG/SF, Mexico City | Age: 19.2
57. Micah Peavy, SG/SF, Georgetown | Age: 23.8
58. Hunter Sallis, SG, Wake Forest | Age: 22.1
59. RJ Luis, SF/PF, St. John's | Age: 22.5
60. Amari Williams, C, Kentucky | Age: 23.3
61. Alijah Martin, SG, Florida | Age: 23.4
62. Ryan Nembhard, PG, Gonzaga | Age: 22.2
63. Mark Sears, PG, Alabama | Age: 23.2
64. Ben Henshall, PG/SG, Perth | Age: 20.9
65. Grant Nelson, PF, Alabama | Age: 23.1
66. Jalon Moore, SF/PF, Oklahoma | Age: 22.1
67. Malique Lewis, SF/PF, South East Melbourne | Age: 20.5
68. Tamar Bates, SG, Missouri | Age: 22.2
69. Izan Almansa, PF/C, Perth | Age: 19.9
70. Chucky Hepburn, PG, Louisville | Age: 22.2
71. Brice Williams, SF, Nebraska | Age: 23.8
72. Jaxson Robinson, SG/SF, Kentucky | Age: 22.4
73. Clifford Omoruyi, C, Alabama | Age: 23.6
74. Caleb Grill, SG, Missouri | Age: 24.9
75. Caleb Love, SG, Arizona | Age: 23.6
76. Igor Milicic Jr., PF, Tennessee | Age: 22.7
77. Will Richard, SG, Florida | Age: 22.4
78. Saliou Niang, SG/SF, Trento | Age: 21
79. Curtis Jones, SG, Iowa St | Age: 23.6
80. Kobe Johnson, SG/SF, UCLA | Age: 22.3
81. Max Shulga, PG/SG, VCU | Age: 22.9
82. Sean Pedulla, PG, Mississippi | Age: 22.6
83. Dawson Garcia, PF/C, Minnesota | Age: 23.6
84. Miles Kelly, SG, Auburn | Age: 22.3
85. Brooks Barnhizer, SF, Northwestern | Age: 23.2
86. Mohamed Diawara, PF, Cholet | Age: 20
87. Jacksen Moni, PF, North Dakota St | Age: 22.2
88. John Poulakidas, SG/SF, Yale | Age: 22.1
89. Payton Sandfort, SF, Iowa | Age: 22.8
90. Gabe Madsen, SG, Utah | Age: 24
91. Dylan Cardwell, C, Auburn | Age: 23.4
92. Kadary Richmond, PG/SG, St. John's | Age: 23.7
93. RJ Davis, PG, North Carolina | Age: 23.6
94. Lamont Butler, PG, Kentucky | Age: 22.9
95. Norchad Omier, PF/C, Baylor | Age: 23.7
96. Thierry Darlan, SG/SF, Delaware | Age: 21.3
97. Eli John Ndiaye, PF/C, Real Madrid | Age: 20.9
98. Matthew Murrell, SG, Mississippi | Age: 23.4
99. L.J. Cryer, PG, Houston | Age: 23.6
100. Andrew Carr, PF/C, Kentucky | Age: 23.3
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