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Ready to find out how your team did in Round 1 of the 2025 NBA Draft? @johnhollinger.bsky.social and @samvecenie.bsky.social broke down every’s team’s pick. Here’s what they said ⤵️

My best available heading into 2nd round tomorrow 17) Kam Jones 20) Johni Broome 21) Noah Penda 24) Rasheer Fleming 25) Adou Thiero 30) Tyrese Proctor www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...

Reminder that my insta-nalysis of all 30 picks and trades is right here: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

My 30th pick analysis: 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭

My four best remaining -- Kam Jones, Johni Broome, Noah Penda, Rasheer Fleming www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...

Reminder for ATLiens: The pick at 22 is going to Brooklyn, but the "New Orleans" pick at 23 will end up in Atlanta. That is the Hawks' player from this draft.

@blakemurphy.bsky.social wait Riley is from KITCHENER?!?!?

Best available (all in same tier for me) - Jase Richardson, Ben Saraf, Asa Newell, Kam Jones, Kasparas Jakucionis www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...

My top 13 players went in the first 15 picks tonight, but now we're in Crazytown. Had Yang ranked 47th. www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...

If Queen plays NBA games in that baggy long-sleeve T I will rescind my criticism of this trade.

WAIT ... are the Hawks one of the smart teams now? how did this happen? CAAA-CAWWWW!!!!

More here on one of the worst draft-day trades I can remember www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

REMARKABLY. Unless you're Atlanta. In which case ... CAAAA-CAWWWWW!!!!!!!

Hollinger draft board is 4-for-4. Now it gets dicey though. My next two are Fears and CMB. www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...

addition by subtraction!

And now the draft begins

Live updates from me on every pick, plus news and notes from the rest of our crew, right here all night: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

Quick thoughts on VanVleet re-signing in Houston here: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

We have live blogs for the offseason (www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...) and draft (www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...) over at @theathletic.bsky.social. They are good and informative and also feature me saying dumb things sometimes.

one really minor note on this Hawks-Nets-Celtics trade -- to meet "touching" requirements between the three teams, a small amount of cash will change hands.

Trying to figure out what the reaction would be if Nico Harrison traded down tonight

I always appreciate how much time Hollinger and @keithlaw.bsky.social put into these kind of Draft pieces. You cannot fake this shit. You have to do the deep and obsessive research as well as being a thoughtful analyst. (As opposed to me: I can fake plenty of this stuff).

live look at our @samvecenie.bsky.social updating his mock at 2am in Melbourne

ICYMI: My top 75 players for today's draft. www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...

New for @theathletic.bsky.social - caa-caw! With Porzingis trade and more to come, can Hawks soar in weakened East? www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...

19 hours til we draft! Night night

Best part of this deal: Georges Niang, the Bostonest guy that ever Bostoned, is going to Boston.

CAAA-CAWWWW! More words coming soon but needed to get that analysis out

Somehow, some way, C.J. McCollum will still score 43 points against the Grizzlies to lead the Wizards to a shocking December road win in Memphis.

#wellactually try this link instead www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

Wizards-Pelicans trade. I have thoughts ... www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

is that ... Mount Rushmore with four Alex Carusos on it?

This is not a mock draft. Rather, it's a list of our former front office exec's favorite prospects in the upcoming 2025 NBA Draft. Who do you want your team to select? 🔗 http://dlvr.it/TLXKxV

I totally agree with this and also didn’t see what they were ever going to do with Simons. that short term desire to see anything happen is pushing hard against long term question marks. again

Good morning! Got three new pieces for you this morning! First, my take on the Jrue Holiday trade -- how it may portend a series of trades by Boston, and what on earth is Portland doing? www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

"Scathing dissent" would be an incredible name for a punk band if it were not also a grim reminder of our justice system.

One addendum from last night: the New Orleans Pelicans officially have the worst injury luck in NBA history. They traded away Indy's 2026 first five days ago.