Probably Undrafted 2025 Players You Like

Ell Curry · Post #1 » by **Ell Curry** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 2:59 am

Inspired to make this thread by the team I root for, Michigan, having a great coach and so seeing guys who are not really draft prospects play well enough that you could see them as deep bench NBA guys.

The two that come to mind from this Michigan team are:

Vlad Goldin, who is a little soft and unathletic at times but reads the floor well offensively and is 7 feet tall, so might be a 3rd center type who can be a big body and do some Goga/Poeltl type stuff on offence, but a 3rd center version.

Nimari Burnett, struggled to find his role or make an impact after being a 4 star recruit at Bama and Texas Tech, but he's been insanely efficient this year, plays hard on D and has a 6'10 wingspan and can really shoot the 3. He'd definitely be a very low usage NBA player, but he's a 3+D guy who knows he should rarely dribble or do anything but hit 3s, cut and guard wings. Every NBA team needs 1 of those guys somewhere in the 11-15 spots, outside the rotation, along with a big, a PG and 2 young guys who have no idea what they're doing yet. If you put him on the court for 10-15 minutes when someone gets hurt, he'll probably be okay on D and hit 35-38% from 3. I think he'd be Philly's 11th man, for instance, but also straight up would not make most rosters. That kind of dude.

Post #2 » by **165bows** » Mon Apr 7, 2025 2:02 am

Guy I’ve been liking for the Celtics to grab in the second round is Viktor Lakhin. Kind of a Daniel Theis style of guy but a little bigger.

JMAC3 · Post #3 » by **JMAC3** » Mon Apr 7, 2025 8:06 pm

Sion James could be a guy to watch, he might be drafted but he is older so maybe not.
Oumar Ballo probably plays in the league for 5-10 years
PJ Haggerty.
Kobe Johnson is probably a decent role player that goes undrafted after his stock dropped this year.

BigGargamel · Post #4 » by **BigGargamel** » Mon Apr 7, 2025 9:55 pm

Pretty much impossible to predict if a guy will get drafted in the late 2nd or not, but a few guys out of the top 50 who could stick around.

Jamir Watkins
Koby Brea
Ryan Nembhard
Clifford Omoruyi
Kadary Richmond

Chuck Everett · Post #5 » by **Chuck Everett** » Mon Apr 7, 2025 10:51 pm

165bows wrote:Guy I’ve been liking for the Celtics to grab in the second round is Viktor Lakhin. Kind of a Daniel Theis style of guy but a little bigger.

I will be absolutely stunned if Lakhin makes the NBA. What do you feel his calling card would be on the pro level?

Post #6 » by **165bows** » Mon Apr 7, 2025 11:04 pm

Chuck Everett wrote:
165bows wrote:Guy I’ve been liking for the Celtics to grab in the second round is Viktor Lakhin. Kind of a Daniel Theis style of guy but a little bigger.

I will be absolutely stunned if Lakhin makes the NBA. What do you feel his calling card would be on the pro level?

Probably right that he doesn’t make it but I think the mold of guy is a Daniel Theis type where the calling card is the versatility from the big man spot.

Post #7 » by **165bows** » Mon Apr 7, 2025 11:05 pm

JMAC3 wrote:Sion James could be a guy to watch, he might be drafted but he is older so maybe not.
Oumar Ballo probably plays in the league for 5-10 years
PJ Haggerty.
Kobe Johnson is probably a decent role player that goes undrafted after his stock dropped this year.

Sion James is the other guy I like in this area.

Saints14 · Post #8 » by **Saints14** » Tue Apr 8, 2025 1:45 am

I’ve been kind of impressed with Ja’Vier Francis in the tournament. Not much upside but does big man stuff well