With the NBA playoffs in full swing, draft festivities are to shortly follow. The NBA draft lottery is set for Monday, May 12, where we’ll find out the order for the lottery-decided first 14 picks and the winner of the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes.
Flagg headlines the 2025 draft class, but there are plenty of highly touted prospects, both domestic and international players, who will make an impact on an NBA roster next season. Although draft workouts are already underway, the NBA draft combine is the first public opportunity to get eyes on 2025 prospects during their pre-draft process.
The league invited 75 prospects to compete in this year’s draft combine, which takes place in Chicago. Five of Flagg’s Duke teammates—Khaman Maluach, Kon Knueppel, Sion James, Isaiah Evans and Tyrese Proctor—received the call. Plenty of March Madness heroes will compete at the combine, too, like Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr., Maryland’s Derik Queen and Auburn’s Johni Broome.
The combine also gives fans an opportunity to get to know some highly regarded international prospects. Some have already played NBA preseason games with their international clubs, like Noa Essengue (France) and Ben Saraf (Israel) who both played for Ratiopharm Ulm in Germany over their pre-draft season.
Ahead of the combine, here’s each prospect who received an invite to showcase their skills in front of NBA decision makers in Chicago.
The NBA announced 75 prospects who will compete at the draft combine which will take place from May 11-18 at Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis in Chicago.
The 75 initial names will not be the full field at the combine, though. The NBA G League Elite Camp takes place leading up to the draft combine. The G League Elite Camp gives draft-eligible prospects a showcase opportunity in front of league scouts, both from the NBA and the G League. A select few standouts from the event receive an invite to the NBA draft combine to further improve their stock amongst NBA teams and make a case to get drafted in June.
Here are the 75 players who already received an invite to this year’s NBA draft combine:
|
Prospect |
College / Club (Country) |
|---|---|
|
Izan Almansa |
Perth (Australia) |
|
Neoklis Avdalas |
Peristeri (Greece) |
|
Ace Bailey |
Rutgers |
|
Joan Beringer |
Cedevita Olimpija (Slovenia) |
|
Koby Brea |
Kentucky |
|
Johni Broome |
Auburn |
|
Carter Bryant |
Arizona |
|
Miles Byrd |
San Diego State |
|
Walter Clayton Jr. |
Florida |
|
Nique Clifford |
Colorado State |
|
Alex Condon |
Florida |
|
Cedric Coward |
Washington State |
|
Egor Demin |
BYU |
|
Eric Dixon |
Villanova |
|
VJ Edgecombe Jr. |
Baylor |
|
Noa Essengue |
Ulm (Germany) |
|
Isaiah Evans |
Duke |
|
Jeremiah Fears |
Oklahoma |
|
Cooper Flagg |
Duke |
|
Boogie Fland |
Arkansas |
|
Rasheer Fleming |
St. Joseph’s |
|
Vladislav Goldin |
Michigan |
|
Hugo Gonzalez |
Real Madrid (Spain) |
|
PJ Haggerty |
Memphis |
|
Dylan Harper |
Rutgers |
|
Ben Henshall |
Perth (Australia) |
|
Kasparas Jakucionis |
Illinois |
|
Sion James |
Duke |
|
Tre Johnson |
Texas |
|
Kam Jones |
Marquette |
|
Ryan Kalkbrenner |
Creighton |
|
Karter Knox |
Arkansas |
|
Kon Knueppel |
Duke |
|
Chaz Lanier |
Tennessee |
|
Yaxel Lendeborg |
UAB |
|
RJ Luis Jr. |
St. John’s |
|
Khaman Maluach |
Duke |
|
Bogoljub Markovic |
Mega Beograd (Serbia) |
|
Alijah Martin |
Florida |
|
Liam McNeeley |
Connecticut |
|
Jalon Moore |
Oklahoma |
|
Collin Murray-Boyles |
South Carolina |
|
Grant Nelson |
Alabama |
|
Asa Newell |
Georgia |
|
Otega Oweh |
Kentucky |
|
Dink Pate |
Mexico City (G League) |
|
Micah Peavy |
Georgetown |
|
Noah Penda |
Le Mans (France) |
|
Tahaad Pettiford |
Auburn |
|
Labaron Philon |
Alabama |
|
Drake Powell |
North Carolina |
|
Tyrese Proctor |
Duke |
|
Derik Queen |
Maryland |
|
Maxime Raynaud |
Stanford |
|
Jase Richardson |
Michigan State |
|
Will Riley |
Illinois |
|
Michael Ruzic |
Joventut (Spain) |
|
Hunter Sallis |
Wake Forest |
|
Kobe Sanders |
Nevada |
|
Ben Saraf |
Ulm (Germany) |
|
Mark Sears |
Alabama |
|
Max Shulga |
VCU |
|
Javon Small |
West Virginia |
|
Thomas Sorber |
Georgetown |
|
Adou Thiero |
Arkansas |
|
John Tonje |
Wisconsin |
|
Alex Toohey |
Sydney (Australia) |
|
Nolan Traore |
Saint Quentin (France) |
|
Milos Uzan |
Houston |
|
Jamir Watkins |
Florida State |
|
Brice Williams |
Nebraska |
|
Darrion Williams |
Texas Tech |
|
Danny Wolf |
Michigan |
|
Hansen Yang |
Qingdao (China) |
|
Rocco Zikarsky |
Brisbane (Australia) |
