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79th edition of the NBA draft From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2025 NBA draft will be the 79th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft. Like the 2024 draft, this draft will take place over two nights. The draft will consist of 59 picks as opposed to the full 60 picks due to the New York Knicks losing a second round pick from a free agency violation in 2022.[1]
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The first round of the draft will take place on June 25, 2025, while the second round will take place on June 26. Both rounds will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The time between second-round picks will remain four minutes, a change that was made from the previous year's draft.[2][3]
The first overall selection will be made by the Dallas Mavericks, who won the draft lottery despite only having a 1.8% chance.[4]
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Draft picks
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PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
# | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
~ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year |
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Trades involving draft picks
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Pre-draft trades
Prior to the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between teams:
- February 9, 2023: Phoenix Suns to Brooklyn Nets (four-team trade with Indiana and Milwaukee)[5]
- Phoenix received Kevin Durant and T. J. Warren
- Brooklyn acquired Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Draft rights to Juan Pablo Vaulet (2015 No. 39), 2023, 2025, 2027, and 2029 PHX first-round pick, 2028 right to swap first-round picks, 2028 MIL second-round pick, and 2029 second-round pick
- Indiana received George Hill, Serge Ibaka, Jordan Nwora, 2023 second-round pick, 2024 MIL second-round pick, 2025 IND second-round pick, and Cash considerations
- Milwaukee received Jae Crowder
- Brooklyn acquired 2025 BKN first-round pick swap right relinquished and 2026 BKN first-round pick returned
- Houston acquired 2025 PHX first-round pick swap right, 2027 PHX first-round pick, 2029 first-round pick, and 2029 first-round pick swap right
- July 6, 2022: Sacramento Kings to Atlanta Hawks[7]
- Atlanta acquired Maurice Harkless, Justin Holiday, and 2025 protected first-round pick
- Sacramento acquired Kevin Huerter
- June 30, 2022: Atlanta Hawks to San Antonio Spurs[8]
- San Antonio acquired Danilo Gallinari, 2023, 2025 and 2027 first-round picks, and 2026 rights to swap first-round picks
- Atlanta acquired Dejounte Murray and Jock Landale
- November 24, 2020: Detroit Pistons to Houston Rockets[9]
- Houston received Christian Wood (sign and trade), a future first-round pick, and a future second-round pick from the Los Angeles Lakers
- Detroit received Trevor Ariza, the draft rights to Isaiah Stewart, a future Houston second-round pick, and cash considerations
- Houston received the draft rights to Alperen Şengün
- Oklahoma City received two future first-round draft picks
- Oklahoma City received the draft rights to Ousmane Dieng
- NY Knicks acquired 3 protected first-round picks
- New York acquired Karl-Anthony Towns and the draft rights to James Nnaji
- Minnesota acquired Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Keita Bates-Diop, first-round pick (from DET)
- Charlotte acquired Charlie Brown, DaQuan Jeffries, Duane Washington Jr., 2 future second-round picks from NYK, a 2025 second-round pick from MIN, and cash considerations
- February 6, 2025: Memphis Grizzlies to Washington Wizards (three-team trade with Sacramento)[13]
- Memphis acquired Marvin Bagley III, Johnny Davis, 2025 and 2028 second-round picks
- Washington acquired Colby Jones, Alex Len, Marcus Smart, 2025 MEM protected first-round pick
- Sacramento acquired Jake LaRavia
- November 24, 2020: Milwaukee Bucks to New Orleans Pelicans (four-team trade with Denver and Oklahoma City)[14]
- Milwaukee received Jrue Holiday and rights to Sam Merrill
- New Orleans acquired Steven Adams, Eric Bledsoe, 2024 right to swap first-round pick with MIL, 2025 MIL first-round pick, 2026 right to swap first-round pick with MIL, and 2027 MIL first-round pick
- Denver received rights to R. J. Hampton
- Oklahoma City received Zylan Cheatham (sign and trade), Josh Gray (sign and trade), George Hill, Darius Miller, Kenrich Williams (from New Orleans) (sign and trade), 2023 DEN protected first-round pick, 2023 WAS second-round pick, and 2024 CHA second-round pick
- New Orleans acquired C. J. McCollum, Larry Nance Jr. and Tony Snell
- Portland acquired Josh Hart, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Tomáš Satoranský, Didi Louzada, a protected first-round draft pick, and two second-round picks
- Portland received Jerami Grant and Draft rights to Ismaël Kamagate
- Detroit acquired Draft rights to Gabriele Procida, 2025 MIL protected first-round pick, 2025 DET second-round pick, and 2026 second-round pick
- Detroit received Kemba Walker and Draft rights to Jalen Duren
- NY Knicks acquired 2025 MIL protected first-round pick
- July 6, 2024: New York Knicks to Brooklyn Nets[18]
- New York acquired Keita Bates-Diop, Mikal Bridges, Draft rights to Juan Pablo Vaulet (2015 No. 39), and 2026 second-round pick
- Brooklyn acquired Bojan Bogdanović, Mamadi Diakite, Shake Milton (sign-and-trade), 2025 MIL protected first-round pick, 2025 NYK first-round pick, 2025 BKN second-round pick, 2027 NYK first-round pick, 2028 NYK first-round pick swap, 2029 NYK first-round pick, and 2031 NYK first-round pick
- February 6, 2025: Golden State Warriors to Miami Heat (five-team trade with Detroit, Toronto, and Utah)[19]
- Golden State received Jimmy Butler
- Miami acquired Kyle Anderson, Davion Mitchell, Andrew Wiggins, and 2025 GSW protected first-round pick
- Detroit received Dennis Schröder, Lindy Waters III, and 2031 second-round pick
- Toronto received P. J. Tucker, 2026 LAL second-round pick, and Cash considerations
- Utah acquired KJ Martin, Josh Richardson, 2028 second-round pick, 2031 second-round pick, and Cash considerations
- July 6, 2022: Minnesota Timberwolves to Utah Jazz[20]
- Utah acquired Walker Kessler, 2023, 2025, 2027, and 2029 first-round picks, and 2026 right to swap first-round picks
- Minnesota acquired Rudy Gobert
- February 6, 2019: Los Angeles Lakers to New Orleans Pelicans (three-team trade with Washington)[21]
- LA Lakers acquired Anthony Davis
- New Orleans acquired Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Brandon Ingram, Draft rights to De'Andre Hunter, 2021 LAL protected first-round pick, 2025 LAL first-round pick, 2023 LAL first-round pick swap, and Cash considerations
- Washington acquired Isaac Bonga, Jemerrio Jones, Moritz Wager, and 2022 second-round pick
- New Orleans acquired Dejounte Murray
- Atlanta acquired Dyson Daniels, E. J. Liddell, Larry Nance Jr., Cody Zeller (sign-and-trade), 2025 LAL first-round pick, and 2027 first-round pick
- July 19, 2019: Los Angeles Clippers to Oklahoma City Thunder[23]
- Oklahoma City acquired Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Danilo Gallinari, 2022, 2024, and 2026 first-round selections, Miami's 2021 and 2023 first-round selections, and right to swap 2023 and 2025 first-round picks
- L. A. Clippers acquired Paul George
- March 25, 2021: Denver Nuggets to Orlando Magic[24]
- Denver acquired Gary Clark and Aaron Gordon
- Orlando acquired R. J. Hampton, Gary Harris, and 2025 DEN first-round pick
- September 3, 2022: Cleveland Cavaliers to Utah Jazz[25]
- Cleveland received the rights to Donovan Mitchell
- Utah acquired Ochai Agbaji, Lauri Markkanen, Collin Sexton (sign-and-trade), 2025 CLE first-round pick, 2026 right to swap first-round picks, 2027 CLE first-round pick, 2028 right to swap first-round picks, and 2029 CLE first-round pick
- Phoenix received 2025, 2027, and 2029 first-round pick
- Utah acquired 2031 PHX first-round pick
- February 9, 2023: Utah Jazz to Minnesota Timberwolves (three-team trade with LA Lakers)[27]
- Utah received Damian Jones, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Russell Westbrook, and 2027 LAL protected first-round pick
- Minnesota acquired Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Mike Conley, 2024 second-round pick, 2025 and 2026 UTA second-round pick
- LA Lakers received Malik Beasley, D'Angelo Russell, and Jarred Vanderbilt
- January 21, 2020: Portland Trail Blazers to Sacramento Kings[28]
- Sacramento acquired Kent Bazemore, Anthony Tolliver, 2024 and 2025 second-round selections
- Portland acquired Trevor Ariza, Wenyen Gabriel, and Caleb Swanigan
- Toronto acquired Davion Mitchell, Aleksandar Vezenkov, Draft rights to Jamal Shead (No. 45), and 2025 POR second-round pick
- Sacramento acquired Jalen McDaniels
- June 26, 2023: Phoenix Suns to Washington Wizards (three-team trade with Indiana)[30][31]
- Washington acquired Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, the draft rights to Bilal Coulibaly, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2030 second-round picks, rights to swap first-round picks in 2024, 2026, 2028 and 2030, and cash considerations
- Phoenix acquired Bradley Beal, Jordan Goodwin, and Isaiah Todd
- Indiana acquired the draft rights to Jarace Walker, 2028 PHX second-round pick, and 2029 WAS second-round pick
- July 6, 2019: Miami Heat to Indiana Pacers (three-team trade with Phoenix)[32]
- Miami acquired Draft rights to KZ Okpala
- Indiana acquired T. J. Warren, 2022, 2025 and 2026 MIA second-round pick
- Phoenix acquired Cash considerations
- Indiana received Draft rights to Juan Pablo Vaulet
- Brooklyn acquired Edmond Sumner and 2025 MIA protected second-round pick
- Brooklyn received Reece Beekman, De'Anthony Melton, 2026 ATL second-round pick, 2028 ATL second-round pick, and 2029 GSW second-round pick
- Golden State acquired Dennis Schröder and 2025 MIA protected second-round pick
- August 11, 2021: Chicago Bulls to San Antonio Spurs[35]
- Chicago acquired DeMar DeRozan (sign-and-trade)
- San Antonio received Al-Farouq Aminu, Thaddeus Young, 2022 second-round pick, 2025 CHI protected first-round pick, and 2025 CHI second-round pick
- San Antonio acquired Jalen McDaniels, 2031 SAC second-round pick, and Cash considerations
- Sacramento received 2025 CHI protected second-round pick
- Sacramento received Sidy Cissoko, Zach LaVine, 2025 CHA protected first-round pick, 2025 CHI second-round pick, 2027 SAS first-round pick, 2028 DEN protected second-round pick, 2028 SAC second-round pick, and 2031 MIN first-round pick
- Chicago acquired Zach Collins, Kevin Huerter, and Tre Jones
- San Antonio received De'Aaron Fox and Jordan McLaughlin
- February 2, 2025: Los Angeles Lakers to Utah Jazz (three-team trade with Dallas)[38]
- LA Lakers received Luka Dončić, Maxi Kleber, Markieff Morris, and Cash considerations
- Utah acquired Jalen Hood-Schifino, 2025 second-round pick, and 2025 LAC second-round pick
- Dallas received Max Christie, Anthony Davis, 2029 LAL first-round pick, and Cash considerations
- November 24, 2020: Atlanta Hawks to Oklahoma City Thunder[39]
- Atlanta acquired Danilo Gallinari (sign and trade) and cash considerations
- Oklahoma City acquired 2025 ATL protected second-round pick
- July 8, 2024: Sacramento Kings to Chicago Bulls (three-team trade with San Antonio)[40]
- Sacramento received DeMar DeRozan (sign-and-trade)
- Chicago acquired Chris Duarte, RaiQuan Gray, 2025 SAC second-round pick, 2028 SAC second-round pick, and Cash considerations
- San Antonio received Harrison Barnes and 2031 first-round pick swap right
- November 18, 2020: Milwaukee Bucks to Cleveland Cavaliers[41]
- Milwaukee acquired the rights to İlkan Karaman (2012 No. 57)
- Cleveland received removal of protection on 2022 MIL first-round pick and a 2025 MIL second-round pick
- November 20, 2020: Memphis Grizzlies to Boston Celtics (three-team trade with Portland)[42]
- Memphis received Mario Hezonja and rights to Desmond Bane
- Boston acquired 2023 second-round pick and 2025 MEM second-round pick
- Portland received Enes Kanter and cash considerations
- Boston acquired Moses Brown, Al Horford, and 2023 second-round pick
- Oklahoma City received Kemba Walker, 2021 BOS first-round pick, and 2025 second-round pick
- Oklahoma City received Draft rights to Dillon Jones
- New York acquired 2025 second-round pick, 2026 GSW second-round pick, 2027 MIN second-round pick, 2027 second-round pick, and 2027 second-round pick
- June 24, 2022: Minnesota Timberwolves to Houston Rockets[45]
- Minnesota received the rights to Wendell Moore Jr.
- Houston acquired the rights to TyTy Washington Jr., 2025 and 2027 MIN second-round pick
- Houston received Dillon Brooks, Draft rights to Alpha Kaba (2017 No. 60), 2026 LAC second-round pick, and 2027 MEM second-round pick
- Atlanta acquired Usman Garuba, TyTy Washington Jr., 2025 MIN second-round pick, 2028 HOU second-round pick, and Cash considerations
- LA Clippers received Kenyon Martin Jr.
- Memphis received Josh Christopher and Draft rights to Vanja Marinković (2019 No. 60)
- Oklahoma City acquired Patty Mills, 2024, 2029 and 2030 HOU second-round pick
- Atlanta received the rights to Bones Hyland and Terance Mann
- LA Clippers acquired Bogdan Bogdanović, 2025 MIN second-round pick, 2026 MEM protected second-round pick, and 2027 LAC second-round pick
- February 9, 2023: Los Angeles Clippers to Los Angeles Lakers (four-team trade with Denver and Orlando)[48]
- LA Clippers received Bones Hyland
- LA Lakers acquired Mo Bamba, Davon Reed, 2024 and 2025 LAC second-round pick
- Denver received Thomas Bryant
- Orlando received Patrick Beverley, 2024 DEN second-round pick, and Cash considerations
- February 1, 2024: Houston Rockets to Memphis Grizzlies[49]
- Memphis acquired Victor Oladipo and three future second-round picks
- Houston received Steven Adams
- March 25, 2021: Boston Celtics to Orlando Magic[50]
- Orlando acquired two future second-round picks
- Boston received Evan Fournier
- July 25, 2018: Oklahoma City Thunder to Atlanta Hawks (three-team trade with Philadelphia)[51]
- Atlanta acquired Carmelo Anthony, Justin Anderson, and a protected 2022 first-round pick (protected top 14 in 2022, else 2024 and 2025 second-round picks)
- Oklahoma City acquired Dennis Schröder and Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
- Philadelphia acquired Mike Muscala
- Houston acquired Justin Holiday, Frank Kaminsky, 2024 and 2025 OKC second-round pick
- Atlanta acquired Bruno Fernando and Garrison Mathews
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Combine
The 11th G League Elite Camp took place on May 9–11, from which certain participants were selected to join the main draft combine.[53]
The primary portion of the 2025 NBA draft combine will be held from May 11–18 in Chicago, Illinois.[53]
Draft lottery
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The NBA draft lottery was held on May 12.[54]
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Eligibility and entrants
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The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2023 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players' union.
- All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players who were eligible for the 2025 NBA draft must have been born on or before December 31, 2006.
- Since the 2016 draft, the following rules are, as implemented by the NCAA Division I council for that division:[55]
- Declaration for the draft no longer results in automatic loss of college eligibility. As long as a player does not sign a contract with a professional team outside the NBA or sign with an agent, he retains college eligibility as long as he makes a timely withdrawal from the draft.
- NCAA players now have 10 days after the end of the NBA Draft Combine to withdraw from the draft. Since the combine is normally held in mid-May, the current deadline is about five weeks after the previous mid-April deadline.
- NCAA players may participate in the draft combine and are allowed to attend one tryout per year with each NBA team without losing college eligibility.
- NCAA players may now enter and withdraw from the draft up to two times without loss of eligibility. Previously, the NCAA treated a second declaration of draft eligibility as a permanent loss of college eligibility.
Early entrants
Players who were not automatically eligible had to declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than at least 60 days before the event. For the 2025 draft, the date fell on April 26. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration deadline, which usually falls 10 days before the draft at 5:00 pm EDT (2100 UTC). Under current NCAA rules, players usually have until 10 days after the draft combine to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility.[53]
A player who has hired an agent for purposes of negotiating with professional teams[c] retains his remaining college eligibility regardless of whether he is drafted after an evaluation from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee. Players who declare for the NBA draft and are not selected have the opportunity to return to their school for at least another year only after terminating all agreements with their agents,[d] who must have been certified.[56]
On April 29, 2025, the NBA announced the 106 players who filed as early entry candidates.[57]
College underclassmen
Ace Bailey – F, Rutgers (freshman)
John Blackwell – G, Wisconsin (sophomore)
Jaden Bradley – G, Arizona (junior)
Carter Bryant – F, Arizona (freshman)
Miles Byrd – G, San Diego State (sophomore)
Rueben Chinyelu – F, Florida (sophomore)
Alex Condon – F, Florida (sophomore)
Tae Davis – F, Notre Dame (junior)
Silas Demary Jr. – F, Georgia (sophomore)
Egor Demin – G, BYU (freshman)
Jerry Deng – F, Florida State (sophomore)
Treysen Eaglestaff – G, North Dakota (junior)
VJ Edgecombe – G, Baylor (freshman)
Jeremiah Fears – G, Oklahoma (freshman)
Elijah Fisher – G, Pacific (junior)
Cooper Flagg – F, Duke (freshman)
Rasheer Fleming – F, Saint Joseph's (junior)
PJ Haggerty – G, Memphis (sophomore)
Dylan Harper – G, Rutgers (freshman)
Chris Howell – G, UC San Diego (junior)
Josh Hubbard – G, Mississippi State (sophomore)
Kasparas Jakučionis – G, Illinois (freshman)
Tre Johnson – G, Texas (freshman)
Karter Knox – F, Arkansas (freshman)
Kobe Knox – G, South Florida (junior)
Kon Knueppel – G, Duke (freshman)
Tobi Lawal – F, Virginia Tech (junior)
Brenen Lorient – F, North Texas (junior)
Jaland Lowe – G, Pittsburgh (sophomore)
RJ Luis Jr. – G, St. John's (junior)
Khaman Maluach – C, Duke (freshman)
Nick Martinelli – F, Northwestern (junior)
Camron McDowell – G, Northwestern Oklahoma State (junior)
Devin McGlockton – F, Vanderbilt (junior)
Liam McNeeley – F, UConn (freshman)
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Mackenzie Mgbako – F, Indiana (sophomore)
Muodubem Muoneke – G, Green Bay (junior)
Collin Murray-Boyles – F, South Carolina (sophomore)
Asa Newell – F, Georgia (freshman)
Yanic Konan Niederhauser – F, Penn State (junior)
Kebba Njie – F, Notre Dame (junior)
AK Okereke – F, Cornell (junior)
Otega Oweh – G, Kentucky (junior)
Tahaad Pettiford – G, Auburn (freshman)
Labaron Philon – G, Alabama (freshman)
Drake Powell – G, North Carolina (freshman)
Tyrese Proctor – G, Duke (junior)
Devon Pryor – F, Texas (sophomore)
Derik Queen – C, Maryland (freshman)
Jase Richardson – F, Michigan State (freshman)
Will Riley – F, Illinois (freshman)
Joson Sanon – G, Arizona State (freshman)
Raysean Seamster – F, UT Arlington (junior)
Thomas Sorber – F/C, Georgetown (freshman)
Adou Thiero – F, Arkansas (junior)
Bruce Thornton – G, Ohio State (junior)
Milos Uzan – G, Houston (junior)
Brandon Walker – F, Montana State (junior)
Darrion Williams – F, Texas Tech (junior)
Money Williams – G, Montana (sophomore)
Danny Wolf – C, Michigan (junior)
College seniors
"Redshirt" referred to players who were redshirt seniors in the 2024–25 season and who have college eligibility remaining.
Chad Baker-Mazara – F, Auburn
Quincy Ballard – C, Wichita State
Nathan Bittle – C, Oregon
Tayton Conerway – G, Troy
Melvin Council Jr. – G, St. Bonaventure
Cedric Coward – G, Washington State
Dominick Harris – G, UCLA
Yaxel Lendeborg – PF, UAB
Jaron Pierre Jr. – G, Jacksonville State
Omar Rowe – G, Morehouse
Jamir Watkins - G, Florida State
International players
Izan Almansa – F, Perth Wildcats (Australia)
Mohammad Amini – F, Nancy Basket (France)
Alec Anigbata – F, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
Neoklis Avdalas – F, Peristeri (Greece)
Bassala Bagayoko – C, Bilbao (Spain)
Joan Beringer – C, Cedevita Olimpija (Slovenia)
Mohamed Diawara – F, Paris Basketball (France)
Asim Đulović – F, OKK Beograd (Serbia)
Noa Essengue – G, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
Momo Faye – C, Pallacanestro Reggiana (Italy)
Lazar Gačić – C, OKK Beograd (Serbia)
Hugo González – G, Real Madrid (Spain)
Ben Henshall – G, Perth Wildcats (Australia)
Malique Lewis – F, South East Melbourne Phoenix (Australia)
Mathias M'Madi – G, CB Morón (Spain)
Bogoljub Marković – F, Mega Basket (Serbia)
Paul Mbiya – C, ASVEL Basket (France)
Ousmane N'Diaye – C, Granada (Spain)
Eli Ndiaye – F, Real Madrid (Spain)
Zaion Nebot – G, STB Le Havre (France)
Saliou Niang – F, Aquila Basket Trento (Italy)
Noah Penda – F, Le Mans (France)
Michael Ružić – G, Joventut Badalona (Spain)
Ben Saraf – G, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
Alex Toohey – G, Sydney Kings (Australia)
David Torresani – G, Treviso (Italy)
Nolan Traoré – G, Saint-Quentin (France)
Yang Hansen – C, Qingdao Eagles (China)
Rocco Zikarsky – C, Brisbane Bullets (Australia)
Other
Thierry Darlan – G, Delaware Blue Coats (NBA G League)
Isaac Nogués – G, Rip City Remix (NBA G League)
Dink Pate – G, Mexico City Capitanes (NBA G League)
Automatically eligible entrants
Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
- They have no remaining college eligibility.
- If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
- They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under the contract.
Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
- They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates players born on or before December 31, 2003, are automatically eligible for the 2025 draft.
- They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.
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Notes
- Due to changes in rules regarding student athlete compensation in the 2020s, players can hire agents to manage appearances and endorsements while retaining college athletic eligibility.
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References
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