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2025 NBA Draft: Top 30 prospects -- and a few to know for Day 2

![NCAA Basketball: NCAA Tournament Second Round-Baylor at Duke](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/25749709.jpg)Mar 23, 2025; Raleigh, NC, USA; Baylor Bears guard VJ Edgecombe (7) reacts after a play as Duke Blue Devils center Khaman Maluach (9) looks on during the second half in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Lenovo Center. Mandatory Credit: Zachary Taft-Imagn Images

Cooper Flagg planted his flag as the No. 1 prospect in the 2025 NBA Draft long before he guided Duke to the Final Four as an 18-year-old freshman.

The 6-foot-9 forward is viewed as the surefire top pick in the draft Wednesday, but how the rest of the class will develop behind him is anyone's guess.

Here's a look at our top 30 players, ranked Flagg to 30, available in this year's draft with a few others to keep an eye on early on Day 2:

1\. F Cooper Flagg, Duke

2\. G Dylan Harper, Rutgers

3\. F VJ Edgecombe, Baylor

4\. G Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma

5\. F Ace Bailey, Rutgers

6\. G Kon Knueppel, Duke

7\. C Khaman Maluach, Duke

8\. C Derik Queen, Maryland

9\. G Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois

10\. G Tre Johnson, Texas

11\. F Carter Bryant, Arizona

12\. G Cedric Coward, Washington State

13\. G Jase Richardson, Michigan State

14\. G Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina

15\. F Asa Newell, Georgia

16\. G Noa Essengue, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)

17\. F Nique Clifford, Colorado State

18\. F Rasheer Fleming, Saint Joseph's

19\. F Thomas Sorber, Georgetown

20\. G Egor Demin, BYU

21\. F Nolan Traoré, Saint-Quentin (France)

22\. F Noah Penda, Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France)

23\. F Liam McNeeley, Connecticut

24\. G Will Riley, Illinois

25\. C Danny Wolf, Michigan

26\. C Joan Beringer, Cedevita Olímpija (Slovenia)

27\. G Walter Clayton Jr., Florida

28\. G Hugo González, Real Madrid (Spain)

29\. G Ben Saraf, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)

30\. F Adou Thiero, Arkansas

If your team is holding a selection at the top of the second round when the clock starts ticking on Thursday night, here are the names you are hoping to hear called:

F Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Penn State

F Hansen Yang, Qingdao (China)

G Kam Jones, Marquette

F Maxime Raynaud, Stanford

G Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest

G Chaz Lanier, Tennessee

\--Ethan Ward, Field Level Media

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