2025 NBA Draft

[CFAN38]

I haven't been able to watch many college games this season and have had very little focus on this years draft but the past week I have started looking to see if anyone projected in the late 1st/early 2nd stands out to me as potential Celtics picks.

The two guys who stand out so fare are

Eric Dixon from Villanova, he is about as old of a college NBA prospect as you will see at 24.4 on draft night. This is historically a red flag but for a Celtics team that will be looking for cheap plug in role players Dixon is an interesting fit. His shooting splits are elite for any position let along a 6'8 (with out shoes), 265lb, 7'ws big man. He is currently shooting 42% from 3 on 7 attempts and 84% from FT on just under 6 attempts! He is the same level of shooting prospect out of college that Scheierman was last draft. His ability to defend will be the question but that is typically not an issue for Villanova prospects.

Maxime Raynaud from Stanford, he is a 7'1 french center who is having a statistically dominate senior season at 20pts 11rb. At 7'1 he is very effective dribbling, passing and shooting at the college level. That coupled with his international experience/success playing for the French junior team makes him a high floor big man prospect on my board. If Luke leaves as a FA he is a nice developmental option to plug into the big rotation who may yield a higher than expected ceiling, in much the same way Santi Aldama has surprised for Memphis.

[perks-a-beast]

A couple guys I like in our range

Johni Broome. C. Auburn. Strong canidate for player of the year. 6"10 center who can pass, defend, handle the ball, and shoot a little bit. From what i've seen he's a little Horford-esque.

Darrion Williams. SF. Texas Tech . Seasoned senior with a well rounded game. Looks like this years Terrence Shannon Jr.

Ryan Kalkbrenner. C. Creighton. Baylor Scheiermans former teammate at Creighton. Huge center, a force on defense and can step out and shoot the three a bit. Brook Lopez-light.

I like this draft a lot. I really wouldnt mind seeing the Celtics do something like the T-Wolves did last year and try to trade up into the lottery, where there are a multitude of promising players. Asa Newell, Derek Queen, Collin Murray-Boyles, Danny Wolf are guys i like a ton...we need a big!!!

[Goldstar88]

Will have a better idea next month, during the tournament. Have really only been watching Duke games for Flagg. According to Tankathon mock, the Blue Devils will have 3 players taken in the top 10.

[Boss_D]

1st Round  : Rasheer Fleming / Johni Broome / Danny Wolf (whoever is still available)

2nd Round : Rocco Zikarsky / Ryan Kalkbrenner / Alex Condon / Miles Byrd (whoever is still available, probably ends up in Maine squad)

Undrafted : Grant Nelson