2025 NBA draft big board rankings: Top 100 prospects - ESPN


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Key Updates to ESPN's 2025 NBA Draft Big Board

ESPN has released an updated Top 100 ranking of prospects for the 2025 NBA draft, incorporating recent events such as the NCAA tournament and the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. International league regular seasons are also impacting rankings as European prospects compete for playoff spots.

Significant Changes

More than a dozen prospects initially in the Top 100 have opted against entering the draft, with more expected withdrawals before the May 28th deadline. This significantly alters the rankings. The NBA draft combine in mid-May will further refine predictions.

Expert Analysis

ESPN analysts Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo have spent time with scouts to understand league perspectives and front office evaluations of the draft class.

Ranking Details

The updated rankings include player stats such as height, age, and true shooting percentage (TS%). Previous rankings (PR) are also included for comparison. The article mentions a specific example (Height: 6-9 | Age: 18.3 | TS%: 60.0% | PR: 1).

Upcoming Events

The NBA draft is scheduled for June 25-26, to be broadcast on ABC, ESPN, and the ESPN App.

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  • Jonathan GivonyApr 24, 2025, 07:30 AM ET

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      NBA draft analyst and writer Joined ESPN.com in July 2017 Founder and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a private scouting and analytics service used by NBA, NCAA and international teams
It has been a month since the last update of ESPN's Top 100 big board, and plenty has changed ahead of the 2025 NBA draft, including the final two weekends of the NCAA tournament, and the first camp of the predraft process -- the Portsmouth (Virginia) Invitational Tournament.International league regular seasons are wrapping up in the coming weeks, and European prospects are jockeying for playoff positioning as they are about to play some of the most important contests of their career to this point.As the draft's early-entry deadline approaches on Saturday, ESPN draft analysts Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo have gotten a better sense of how this class will look after more than a dozen prospects in our Top 100 rankings have signaled their intent to decline entering the draft altogether, with more expected to withdraw their names from consideration by the NCAA's withdrawal deadline on May 28.The NBA draft combine in Chicago in mid-May will offer even more insight into how the top 10 picks, along with rest of the draft, will ultimately unfold. We've spent significant time on the road in recent weeks alongside scouts, allowing us to take the league's temperature and better gauge how front offices view this group overall.With the draft set for June 25-26 (ABC, ESPN and the ESPN App), here's a look at our updated Top 100 rankings.Notes: True shooting percentage (TS%) is a formula that blends field goal percentage with free throw shooting and 3-point shooting into one catchall ratio. PR = previous ranking in ESPN's Top 100.Last updated: April 23 NBA draft coverage: Kawhi? Pippen? NBA comps for Flagg Latest mock draft | Class of 2026 mock More draft newsHeight: 6-9 | Age: 18.3 | TS%: 60.0% | PR: 1

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