2025 NBA Draft Notebook: Final Thoughts and Unfiltered Reactions
Inside the Picks, The Tears, and The Unexpected Moves
The 2025 NBA Draft is officially in the books, and as I sit here in Lyon, France, waiting on a train to Lausanne, Switzerland, to scout the FIBA U19 World Cup – or really to get a head start on the 2026 NBA draft – I’ve finally had a couple of days to reflect on what was, in my opinion, one of the most interesting drafts we’ve seen in recent years.
From unexpected first-round risers to teams doubling down on positional redundancies, this draft reminded me once again that no matter how confident you are in your mock or intel, there’s always going to be a front office ready to throw a curveball. And for me, no pick better encapsulated that than what Portland did at sixteen.