Apr 15, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) flexes after making a free throw against the Memphis Grizzlies in the fourth quarter at the Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images / Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images
The NBA Draft is just over two weeks away, but most of the excitement happened when the lottery spit out the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs as the teams with the top two picks. That'll more than likely give the Mavericks Cooper Flagg from Duke and the Spurs Dylan Harper from Rutgers. After that, it's anybody's guess.
Harper and his college teammate Ace Bailey are both top-five talents in the draft, according to most evaluators. But both Rutgers stars got a ringing endorsement from one of the game's greatest.
Mar 12, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Rutgers Scarlet Knights guard Dylan Harper (2) shoots the ball while USC Trojans guard Desmond Claude (1) defends in the second half at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images / Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images
Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry discussed the two players during the season, and the quote was resurfaced by the NBA Draft X/Twitter page in anticipation of the draft.
"Those two guys individually, obviously, they're super talented, but talent can only take you so far, like what's your mentality about how much better can you get? How hard do you work? Are you coachable? Stuff like that, and they showed that," Curry said.
"Dylan especially, he was funny, he guarded me in a couple pick-up runs we had, I might not have scored on him, and I think he was mic'ed up or something, and he was counting my stats in our matchup," he added. "But you love that competitiveness, because they're there to get better."
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> Steph Curry on 2025 Draft prospects Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper ⤵️ [pic.twitter.com/GGOEVI1syY](https://t.co/GGOEVI1syY)