The 2025 NBA draft will mark my 23rd straight year sitting on the main desk for ESPN. In all of those years, there have been hits and misses, we've been right and wrong, but every year, I gain more respect for the process. When I first started, after spending long hours on player evaluations, I probably thought I knew which prospects would hit. I quickly learned that I didn't know. Nobody knows.
All anyone does is "believe." Hands up all for any of those who thought Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a future MVP when he was drafted No.