Should there be on-court concerns about Ace Bailey at the next level? How do Tre Johnson and Jeremiah Fears translate in the NBA? Were Egor Demin and Cedric Coward deserving of lottery selections?
To answer some of the burning questions following the 2025 NBA draft, ESPN spoke to nearly a dozen college basketball coaches -- the people who have watched and game-planned against these players for the past few years -- about the biggest storylines and top prospects.
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The top two picks
The next tier of picks
More first-round storylines
Other notable first-rounders
Second-round notes
Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper in their own tiers
Since Flagg announced in August 2023 that he planned to reclassify into the 2024 high school class, there has been very little question about the top of this class.