2025 NBA Mock Draft: Baylor's VJ Edgecombe makes late jump, Duke's Kon Knueppel cracks top five
The 2025 NBA Draft is set to showcase a phenomenal crop of one-and-done talent that passed through college basketball in the 2024-25 season. In fact, each of the first 10 picks in this mock took the one-and-done route on their way to the draft, which begins Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Though there are plenty of international talents and multi-year college players in this class, the cream of the crop were freshmen who capitalized on their NIL earnings potential to make nice one-year paydays on temporary stop-offs through the college game.
Half of the top-10 in this mock came from just two schools, as Duke (3) and Rutgers (2) are each poised to have multiple players selected early next Wednesday. Players from Texas, Baylor, Illinois, Oklahoma and Arizona round out this mock's top 10.
Just a few years ago, collegiate alternatives such as G League Ignite, Overtime Elite and Australia's NBL had emerged as major competitors for pre-NBA talent because of their ability to compensate players. Now that playing in college can bring significant financial reward, the balance of power in recruiting has shifted back to high-major universities.
With the draft just days away, here's the full 1-30 mock detailing how things could play out.
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