2025 NBA Draft Thread

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Drake Powell is who I want even if we need to draft him at 13th.

I expect the big men I want to not be available at 13th.

I dig it.

I'd likely trade back a bit to pick him up, but D Powell seems like a solid bet to have a long career.

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I am glad you realize the potential.

43 inch max vertical.

Drake Powell's official measurements from the 2025 NBA Draft Combine include a barefoot height of 6'5 1/4", a weight of 200.4 lbs, a 7'0" wingspan, and a 8'7" standing reach. He also recorded a max vertical leap of 43 inches, which was the top mark at the combine at the time according to Jonathan Givony on X.

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Six More Players Receive Green Room Invitations

June 16th, 2025 at 8:00pm CST • By Dana Gauruder
Noa Essengue (France), Collin Murray-Boyles (South Carolina), Thomas Sorber (Georgetown), Liam McNeeley (UConn), Nolan Traore (France) and Will Riley (Illinois) have been extended green room invitations to next week’s draft, Jonathan Givony of ESPN tweets.

That brings the number of invites to 19. The 13 players previously named included Cooper Flagg (Duke), Dylan Harper (Rutgers), Ace Bailey (Rutgers), V.J. Edgecombe (Baylor), Tre Johnson (Texas), Khaman Maluach (Duke), Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma), Kon Knueppel (Duke), Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois), Egor Demin (BYU), Carter Bryant (Arizona), Derik Queen (Maryland) and Asa Newell (Georgia).

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2025/06/six-more-players-receive-green-room-invitations.html

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Best scorer in this draft:

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ESPN's most recent mock draft:

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looks like he's costing himself some money. Doing all the wrong things at the worst time

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Toronto Raptors Work Out Nolan Traoré Amid Trade-Down Draft Possibilities

The Toronto Raptors have reportedly worked out French guard Nolan Traoré ahead of the NBA Draft next week

https://www.si.com/nba/raptors/toronto-raptors-host-nolan-traore-ahead-of-nba-draft

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13. Atlanta Hawks
USA TODAY Sports: F Noa Essengue, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
Microsoft Copilot AI: F Noa Essengue, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
Google Gemini AI: G/F Cedric Coward, Washington State
Meta AI: G/F Nique Clifford, Colorado State
ChatGPT AI: F/C Derik Queen, Maryland
Grok AI: G Nolan Troare, Saint-Quentin (France)

22. Atlanta Hawks
USA TODAY Sports: G Nolan Traore, Saint-Quentin (France)
Microsoft Copilot AI: F Yaxel Landeborg, UAB/Michigan
Google Gemini AI: F Rasheer Fleming, Saint Joseph's
Meta AI: F Johnni Broome, Auburn
ChatGPT AI: F Noah Penda, Le Mans (France)
Grok AI: F Will Riley, Illinois

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2025/06/18/nba-mock-draft-2025-ai-predictions-cooper-flagg-dylan-harper/84243320007/

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