2025 NBA Draft Lottery Thread (Rockets get #10 Pick)

I've seen a few of these posts, MJ does not own the Hornets anymore. He sold his stake in 2023, there were some rumors that his gambling addiction was extreme (hundreds of millions in debt) to the point that he needed the money. I'm not sure if I believe it given his residuals from Nike, but the fact that he is now willing to go on TV after all of these years, there may be some truth to this.

 

via Jonathan Givony:

•Cooper Flagg: 6’7 ¾ barefoot, 221 lbs, with a 7’0” wingspan and 8’10 ½" standing reach
•Dylan Harper: 6’4 1/2 barefoot, 213.2 lbs with a 6’10 ½" wingspan and 8’6" standing reach
•Ace Bailey: 6’7 1/2 barefoot, 202.8 lbs with a 7’0 ½" wingspan and 8’11" standing reach
•VJ Edgecombe: 6’4 barefoot, 193.2 lbs with a 6’7 ½" wingspan and 8’5 ½" standing reach
•Jeremiah Fears: 6’2 ½ barefoot, 179.6 lbs with a 6’5 ¼" wingspan and 8’2 ½" standing reach
•Tre Johnson: 6’4 ¾ barefoot, 190.4 lbs with a 6’10 ¼" wingspan and 8’5" standing reach
•Kon Knueppel: 6’5 barefoot, 219 lbs with a 6’6 ¼" wingspan and 8’5 ½" standing reach
•Derik Queen: 6’9 ¼ barefoot, 247.8 lbs with a 7’0 ½" wingspan and 9’1 ½" standing reach
•Collin Murray-Boyles: 6’6 ½ barefoot, 239.2 lbs with a 7’0 ¾" wingspan and 8’10 ½" standing reach
•Khaman Maluach: 7’0 ¾ barefoot, 252.8 lbs with a 7’6 ¾" wingspan and 9’6" standing reach
•Kasparas Jakučionis: 6’4 ¾ barefoot, 205.2 lbs with a 6’7 ¾" wingspan and 8’4" standing reach
•Jase Richardson: 6’0 ½ barefoot, 178.4 lbs with a 6’6" wingspan and 8’2 ½" standing reach
•Carter Bryant: 6’6 ½ barefoot, 214.8 lbs with a 6’11 ¾" wingspan and 8’10” standing reach
•Walter Clayton Jr.: 6’2" barefoot, 199 lbs with a 6’4” wingspan and 8’1 ½" standing reach
•Egor Demin: 6’8 ¼ barefoot, 199.2 lbs with a 6’10 ¼" wingspan and 8’9 ½" standing reach
•Asa Newell: 6’9 barefoot, 223.8 lbs with a 6’11 ¼" wingspan and 8’11 ½"standing reach
•Johni Broome: 6’9 ¼" barefoot, 249.4 lbs with a 7’0 ¼" wingspan and 9’0 ½" standing reach
•Thomas Sorber: 6’9 ¼ barefoot, 262.8 lbs with a 7’6” wingspan and 9’1"standing reach
•Rasheer Fleming: 6’8 ¼" barefoot, 232.4 lbs with a 7’5 ¼" wingspan and 9’1 ½" standing reach
•Liam McNeeley: 6’6 ¾ barefoot, 214.6 lbs with a 6’8 ½" wingspan and 8’4" standing reach
•Labaron Philon: 6’2 ¾" barefoot, 174.6 lbs with a 6’6 ¼" wingspan and 8’3 ½" standing reach
•Will Riley: 6’8 ¼ barefoot, 185.6 lbs with a 6’8 ¾" wingspan and 8’8” standing reach
•Danny Wolf: 6’10 ½ barefoot, 251.8 lbs with a 7’2 ¼" wingspan and 9’1” standing reach
•Nique Clifford: 6’5 ¼" barefoot, 202 lbs with a 6’8” wingspan and 8’6 ½" standing reach
•Adou Thiero: 6’6 ¼" barefoot, 218.4 lbs with a 7’0” wingspan and 8’8 ½" standing reach
•Cedric Coward: 6’5 ¼" barefoot, 213 lbs with a 7’2 ¼" wingspan and 8’10” standing reach
•Maxime Raynaud: 7’0 ¼" barefoot, 236.8 lbs with a 7’1 ¼" wingspan and 9’2” standing reach
•Drake Powell: 6’5 ¼" barefoot, 200.4 lbs with a 7’0” wingspan and 8’7” standing reach
•Vlad Goldin: 7’0" barefoot, 253.4 lbs with a 7’5 ¼" wingspan and 9’3” standing reach
•Michael Ružić: 6’11” barefoot, 221.4 lbs with a 7’0 ¾" wingspan and 9’0” standing reach
•Alex Condon: 6’11 ¼" barefoot, 221.8 lbs with a 7’0 ¾" wingspan and 8’11 ½" standing reach
•Ryan Kalkbrenner: 7’1" barefoot, 257.4 lbs with a 7’6" wingspan and 9’4” standing reach
•John Tonje: 6’4 ¾" barefoot, 211.8 lbs with a 6’9” wingspan and 8’7” standing reach
•Tahaad Pettiford: 6’0 ¼" barefoot, 168.8 lbs with a 6’5 ½" wingspan and 8’0” standing reach
•Alex Toohey: 6’7 ¾" barefoot, 222.8 lbs with a 6’10 ¾" wingspan and 8’8 ½" standing reach
•Karter Knox: 6’5" barefoot, 214.2 lbs with a 6’10 ¼" wingspan and 8’6 ½" standing reach
•Miles Byrd: 6’4 ¾" barefoot, 181.8 lbs with a 6’10” wingspan and 8’6 ½" standing reach
•Ben Henshall: 6’5 ½" barefoot, 193.4 lbs with a 6’6 ½" wingspan and 8’3 ½" standing reach
•Darrion Williams: 6’4 ½" barefoot, 236 lbs with a 6’6” wingspan and 8’5” standing reach

 

Keep Flagg

 

Ouch @ Ace Bailey...

 

Does anyone know if they start showing the results at 6, or is that when they do the lottery behind closed doors?

 

Damn didn't know Harper's wingspan was 6'10. He should be a defensive menace at this level with some excellence, effort and energy. Van Gundy quote

 

ESPN talking heads talk for 5-10 minutes, introduce team reps, do the lottery 14-3, take a 5 minute commercial break, do top 3.

 

This is the whole reading the picks out loud and coaches / team representatives are there and shown for the final 4? How long does it take?

If Rockets do not land #1 pick, I want Hornets or Kings, those franchises deserve something good.

 

it’s like a 30 min process. But it’s done before it starts aka Adam silver rigged it.

 

Basically it.

who’s reppin the rockets? I hope it’s Patrick

 

Those measurables on Maluach look pretty juicy

If not Flagg, i hope we can land him

 

The Dream

 

Maluach and Kalkbrenner are both legit 7 ft.. Not so much for Wolf.

 

really?

 

Hakeem on stage, Sam Strantz in drawing room

Spoiler

 

Excellent measurements for a wing, similar to Tatum, Brandon Miller.

 

FWIW my sources saying we get pick 4

 

He looked terrible against us.
UH made him appear meek and timid...soft.

 

It's been 23 years since the Rockets had the first pick in the draft. By far the longest drought in franchise history - 2002, 1984, 1982, 1976, 1968.