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2 days ago | nba.com | Ben Couch

• 2025 NBA Draft: Complete coverage• Prospects | Teams | News & NotesBROOKLYN – On what is now Day 2 of the NBA Draft, everyone is hoping for a Taco Bell miracle of their own, after the Nuggets famously drafted Nikola Jokić at No. 41 during a commercial break in 2014. Draymond Green’s selection at No. 35 (2012) played a key role in four Warriors championships, while Manu Ginobili (No. 57, 1999) did the same in four for the Spurs.

3 days ago | nba.com | Ben Couch

• 2025 NBA Draft: Complete coverage• Prospects | Teams | News & NotesBROOKLYN – The first five minutes of the 2025 NBA Draft ticked off the clock, and it started as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver walked out to the podium. A guttural utterance, the bass building as thousands of voices joined:Coooooop! Coooooop!And with one announcement, a year of expectation transformed into reality as Cooper Flagg ascended to the stage at Barclays Center, claiming his spot as the latest No. 1 pick.

4 days ago | nba.com | Ben Couch

• 2025 NBA Draft: Complete coverageNEW YORK – Cooper Flagg left Florida’s Monteverde Academy the likely No. 1 prospect in this 2025 NBA Draft class, and then played a season at Duke that cemented it. He is widely praised for his basketball skill, on-court IQ and overall maturity of spirit. So much so that what passes for a scandal with the Maine product is drawn out by high school teammate and fellow first-round talent Liam McNeeley, crashing a press conference while transitioning out of his own.

1 week ago | nba.com | C.J. Moore

• 2025 NBA Draft: Complete coverageEditor’s Note: Read more NBA coverage from The Athletic here. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA or its teams. * * *Throughout the year, NBA scouts ask questions of the college coaches who face the prospects they’re evaluating to get a handle on the upcoming draft class. You can get a good assessment of a player from his own coaches, but the most honest assessments come from those who face him.

1 week ago | nba.com | Taylor C. Snow