With the 2025 NBA Draft set to get underway Wednesday night, a pair of Kentucky Wildcats continue to move up in ESPN's latest mock draft.
ESPN's Jonathan Givony is projecting UK sharpshooter Koby Brea up five spots to No. 42 overall (Sacramento Kings) and center Amari Williams up three spots to No. 53 (Utah Jazz).
The 2025 NBA Draft is slated for June 25-26 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The first round will air June 25 on ABC, ESPN and the ESPN App. The second round on June 26 will air on ESPN and the ESPN App.
Since 2010, no school has produced more No. 1 overall picks (3), top-10 picks (17), lottery picks (25), first round picks (37) and total NBA Draft picks (49) than Kentucky. Since the NBA went to a two-round draft in 1989, the Wildcats now have the most players drafted overall with 65, 48 of which have come in the first round.
UK has also had at least one player drafted in 17 consecutive drafts, the longest active streak of any school, and a first round pick in 15 straight drafts, the longest streak in the common era. The Cats have produced multiple draft picks in 15 consecutive drafts.
At the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago, Brea once again proved himself to be one of the top shooters in the draft, shooting 70% off the dribble (21 of 30) and 15 of 25 in the 3-point star drill. His 57% composite percentage ranked among the top 10 prospects at the combine. He also measured at 6'5 ¾" barefoot, 201.8 pounds with a 6'5 ¼" wingspan and 8'5 ½" standing reach.
After spending his first four collegiate seasons at Dayton, Brea averaged 11.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in 36 games with 16 starts while shooting 47% from the floor, 43.5% from 3-point range and 91.4% from the free throw line in his lone season with the Wildcats.
He scored in double figures in 22 games with seven games of 20+ points, including 23 points on 7 of 9 3-pointers in a 106-100 win over No. 6 and eventual national champion Florida in the Wildcats' SEC opener at Rupp Arena on Jan. 4 and 23 points on 10 of 16 shooting in an 84-75 win over Illinois in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Brea made at least one 3-pointer in 35 of 36 games, multiple 3s in 27 games, and three or more 16 times. His 93 triples are tied for seventh on Kentucky's single-season list for made 3s and are the most since Malik Monk made 104 during the 2016-17 season.
"There's no doubt in my mind Brea has a chance to be a specialist at the NBA level," Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman said. "With his size and just a very projectable stroke and you have a very believable NBA shooter. If you're an NBA team late in the second round and you need shooting, I don't know how you don't consider Brea. He checks every box."
Williams, who received an invitation to the G League Elite Camp, did a little bit of everything for Kentucky, averaging 10.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.2 blocks while starting all 36 games for the Wildcats this season.
Williams, along with Cliff Hagan (1951-52) and Antoine Walker (1995-96), became just the third player in school history to record 300+ rebounds and 100+ assists in the same season. His 115 assists this season are the most ever by any Kentucky player 6-foot-9 or taller.
The fifth-year senior also recorded just the fourth triple-double in school history with 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in a 98-84 loss at No. 25 Ole Miss on Feb. 4, joining Chris Mills (1988), De'Aaron Fox vs. Arizona State (2016), and Isaiah Briscoe (2016).