The 2025 NBA draft was the 79th edition of the National Basketball
Association's (NBA) annual draft. Like the 2024 draft, this draft took place
over two nights. The draft consisted of 59 picks as opposed to the full 60 due
to the New York Knicks forfeiting a second round pick from a free agency
violation in 2022.
The first round of the draft took place on June 25, while the second took
place on June 26. Both rounds were held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New
York. The time between second-round picks remained four minutes, a change that
was made from the previous year's draft.
The Dallas Mavericks took power forward Cooper Flagg out of Duke University as
the first overall selection. The Mavericks won the draft lottery with only a
1.