Kurt Helin, Raphielle Johnson and Noah Rubin wrote up their picks for the 2025 NBA Draft after the Mavericks won the draft lottery on Monday night.

Bleacher Report’s two-round mock draft, available at NBA.com, went with Tech’s Williams as the 50th overall pick by New York. Coincidentally Williams’ pro comparison was Kevin McCullar, a former Texas Tech and KU wing who transferred from Tech to KU.

The 82 games the Toronto Raptors played between late-October and early-April were a prelude to Monday’s NBA Draft Lottery. With expectations low and winning largely incidental, those games were mostly about evaluating the Raptors’ young players.

With the NBA’s 2025 draft lottery in the books, Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis is a popular early projection to the Rockets at No. 10 overall.

As the odds expected, the Bulls ended up with the 12th pick after the NBA Draft lottery Monday night. ‘‘We’re going to look at everything,’’ Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas said. ‘‘Everything is on the table.’’ Here’s an early look at who might go where in the NBA Draft on June 25.

NBA Draft lottery is now over, and one mock draft predicted John Tonje to potentially share the court with with Giannis Antetokounmpo.

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