The 2025 NBA Draft is underway — taking place over two days — and The Athletic’s draft expert Sam Vecenie and front office insider John Hollinger are analyzing each pick as it happens. Read ...

Now that we’ve had some time to evaluate the picks and trades from Wednesday, Rookie Wire went through and graded all 30 picks from the first round.

Did not have a first-round pick; the Knicks have traded significant draft capital (no first-round picks in 2025, 2027, 2029 and 2031) to build this team. Back-to-back 50-win seasons and an Eastern Conference finals appearance this season are the results so far.

Now that we’ve had some time to evaluate the picks and trades from Wednesday, Rookie Wire went through and graded all 30 picks from the first round.

2025 NBA Draft first-round recap, including all 30 first-round picks, trade details, analysis, reaction to selections as they happened June 25, 2025.

The 2025 NBA Draft started Wednesday with Cooper Flagg and more prospects taking the stage. Follow along to catch all the picks, analysis and more.

Analysis: Like Morant, Melo has first-round talent, but the uncertainty about either his current team (they stink) or his new team (if I’m Charlotte, I’d totally blow it up), making him an iffy early-round pick.

On Saturday, some of baseball's brightest prospects will gather at Truist Park in Atlanta for MLB's 2025 Futures Game. The Futures Game is MLB's annual showcase of the sport's best prospective big leaguers,