Day 2 of the 2025 NBA Draft tipped off with trades on the high of Spherical 2 with the Phoenix Suns transferring as much as the No. 31 choose to pick Rasheer Fleming.
Loads of trades had been made, notably with the No. 36 choice, which moved amongst 4 groups on Thursday earlier than the Los Angeles Lakers lastly chosen a participant.
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Whereas some groups took an opportunity on worldwide gamers, loads of names acquainted to those that adopted faculty basketball throughout the common season and NCAA match acquired the chance to proceed their careers within the NBA.
Fleming, a 6-foot-9 wing from St. Joseph’s was the primary participant chosen within the second spherical. Yahoo Sports activities’ Kevin O’Connor had this scouting report on him:
“Fleming is a hustler who drains spot-up jumpers and brings power on protection, swatting pictures and snagging boards. However he has some actual warts as a ball-handler with a scarcity of expertise towards high-level competitors, so groups must really feel actual assured his function participant skill-set will translate.”
Listed below are the 59 alternatives from Thursday’s 2025 NBA Draft second spherical:
31. Phoenix Suns – Rasheer Fleming, St. Joseph’s
32. Orlando Magic – Noah Penda, France
33. Charlotte Hornets – Sion James, Duke
34. Charlotte Hornets – Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
35. Philadelphia 76ers – John Broome, Auburn
36. Los Angeles Lakers – Adou Thiero, Arkansas
37. Detroit Pistons – Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
38. San Antonio Spurs – Kam Jones, Marquette
39. Toronto Raptors – Alijah Martin, Florida
40. New Orleans Pelicans – Micah Peavy, Georgetown
41. Phoenix Suns – Koby Brea, Kentucky
42. Sacramento Kings – Maxime Reynaud, Stanford
43. Washington Wizards – Jamir Watkins, Florida State
44. Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder – Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
45. Los Angeles Lakers – Rocco Zikarsky, Australia
46. Orlando Magic – Amari Williams, Kentucky
47. Milwaukee Bucks – Bogoljub Marković, Serbia
48. Memphis Grizzlies – Javon Small, West Virginia
49. Cleveland Cavaliers – Tyrese Proctor, Duke
50. Los Angeles Clippers – Kobe Sanders, Nevada
51. New York Knicks – Mohamed Diawara, France
52. Golden State Warriors – Alex Toohey, Australia
53. Utah Jazz – John Tonje, Wisconsin
54. Indiana Pacers – Taelon Peter, Liberty
55. Chicago Bulls – Lachlan Olbrich, Australia
56. Golden State Warriors – Will Richard, Florida
57. Orlando Magic – Max Shulga, VCU
58. Cleveland Cavaliers – Saliou Niang, Senegal
59. Phoenix Suns – Jahmai Mashack, Tennessee
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The second spherical had solely 29 alternatives as an alternative of the same old 30 as a result of the New York Knick forfeited the No. 56 choose when an NBA investigation discovered the Knicks tampered with Jalen Brunson earlier than signing him as a free agent in June 2022. New York had contacted Brunson and agreed to a four-year, $104 million contract earlier than the league’s official free-agency interval started.
Please check out the grades for the 29 second-round picks from Thursday with evaluation on every of the alternatives from O’Connor. And the total checklist of 59 gamers who had been chosen at Barclays Heart in Brooklyn, New York can be seen here.
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Right here is how the second spherical of the 2025 NBA Draft progressed on Yahoo Sports activities’ dwell weblog of Thursday’s proceedings.
