7 All-Stars will come out of the 2025 NBA Draft

Leif Thulin and James Barlowe talk about the great performance of VJ Edgecombe for the Bahamas national team and discuss expectations for Cooper Flagg and Khaman Malauch at Duke next season. In the final segment, don't miss James' 7 players in the 2025 class who can be all stars plus who has All-NBA Potential.
NBA Draft analyst Rafael Barlowe from NBA Draft Junkies and current author of the NBA Big Board newsletter is joined by Richard Stayman (@MavsDraft), Sam Ferris (NBA Draft Dummies), and Leif Thulin to breakdown the NBA Draft. Rafael & Team gives passionate NBA Draft fans a deep look into the NBA Draft with great guests, Mock Draft, player rankings, and of course BIG BOARDs. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network.
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[@luniz4209]

Looking forward to this draft for the Pistons, guaranteed to be somebody good left at 5.

[@rodrigopolastre]

Esse ano pistons fica em 8 pós loteria 😂.

[@mikejones9906]

1.Flagg 2.Dylan Harper 3.Ace Bailey 4.Maluach 5.Tre Johnson 6.Carter Bryant 7.Edgecome 8.Aaron Bradshaw 9.Myles Colvin 10.Traore 11.Isaiah Evans 12.Drake Powell 13.Ian Jackson 14.Karter Knox

[@Justfranktbh]

Vj at 7?

[@norrinradd542]

You forgot Hugo Gonzalez somewhere... Then there's probably going to be some HanSen Yang talk. There's some other guys that can challenge too. Good list to start off with.

[@mikejones9906]

@@norrinradd542 Yea I like Hugo, first rounder for sure

[@mikejones9906]

@@Justfranktbh Where should he be?

[@keesxn]

no hugo? wow

[@kevinscott9242]

As a Thunder & Nets fan, w/ my 2 teams owning about a 1/3 of all the 1st rd picks- & all this talent, I'm going to love following this Draft yr.

[@3KRacing]

I'm a Spurs fan, I'm feeling good too!

[@matthewdeheus3124]

Flagg reminds me of Bobby Jones of the old Nuggets / Sixers. He looks like a defenisve minded guy who has offensive hustle moments.

[@RegDolla_]

I’m not the only one who sees it lol. I like going back and watching older players I never watched before and I watched a couple videos on him and him and Cooper have similar measurements too. Everyone gives him AK47 comps but the Bobby Jones one is just as good. Bobby in his prime was getting 2 steals and 2 blocks which is ridiculous. It’s a high bar but Coop could potentially come close to that. Cooper has a higher offensive ceiling just off the fact that it’s a new era and he shoots the ball but we’ll see how good the shot and creation ability is this year at Duke. He also a good playmaker

[@mikejones9906]

Flagg is in the PG13, Kawhi mold. Will be easily the most dominant player in college basketball

[@RegDolla_]

@@mikejones9906 don’t see the PG or Kawhi mold at all. Even on defense. Flagg is good on ball defender but he’s even better off ball and as a helper. On the offensive side he doesn’t have the handle of PG. He could operate as a point forward at Duke but his handle isn’t tight like that. The only thing I really see that’s similar to Kawhi is maybe the mid range pull up because he likes getting to that shot. If I had to give him a comp of a current day player it would probably be Jonathan Issac. He’s one of the most versatile defenders in the league. Flagg has a higher offensive upside because of the playmaking. His shooting and shot creation gonna be his swing skill if he reaches an All-NBA Level

[@mikejones9906]

@@RegDolla_ Cooper has a legit handle, hesi and everything else. Low post, mid post, hi post. He can give it to you however you want it. There seems to be a false narrative floating around that Cooper can’t give you 30 or 40. He will average at least 20 at Duke and have a legendary season cutting down the nets.

[@RegDolla_]

@@mikejones9906 he can handle the ball for sure he’s just not elite which is fine. I’m a Duke fan. I’ve watched Coop play multiple times in person. He’s not averaging 20 at Duke this coming year and even if you think he can he doesn’t need to for us to win. There’s a lot of talent of this year squad for him to average 20. Also there’s better scoring prospects that came to Duke that didn’t average 20. Like Paolo, BI and Tatum all average around 17 a game. Cooper is not better scoring prospect than any of them nor is he on a roster that gonna need him to get 20 every night. He can average between 14-17 and still be the best prospect because of everything he does on the court.

[@nazcraz11]

My Spurs really need to figure out a creative way to tank while also developing the talent that they have. Too bad they already exhausted the 'Sochan at PG' thing. Lol.

[@rcnyoplait]

Damn yall greedy lol

[@cheeto8960]

We are going to give wesley the chance to be PG

[@nazcraz11]

@@rcnyoplait Have you looked at our roster? Like really looked? Lol. We need this!

[@TimeMachine7773]

Without tanking, there is a chance the Spurs get 4 firsts. The hawks were the 13th worst team and got the number one pick. If the Spurs have 3 or 4 picks next year, they can get a ton of talent.

[@nazcraz11]

@@TimeMachine7773 I have no confidence in the Charlotte pick and little confidence in the Bulls picks.

[@user-pl8ds1mj5p]

Dylan Harper got MVP the Jordan classic and Call MVP on the McDonald’s on American dude is on fire You will see when college basketball starts.

[@michaelmcphee2006]

I don't follow high school BB that much, but is the 2026 class potentially even better than this one? At least at the top with Boozer and AJ.

[@nrw38]

Let's go Duke!!

[@mikejones9906]

There are a lot of big time wings that should flood the lottery.

[@chancebaker6042]

Will Riley should be right up there with Cooper Flagg

[@mikejones9906]

lol yea right, not even close to Cooper.

[@C-4-C]

Dink Pate x Gradey Dick on the same team would set the world on fire 😅

[@mikejones9906]

James Barlowe’s favorite prospects will always be international players lol

[@mikejones9906]

Cooper Flagg is on another level in this class. He will have one of the most dominant seasons in college basketball history.

[@Jamar-lg9ob]

He top 7

[@mikejones9906]

@@Jamar-lg9obTop 7?!

[@Jamar-lg9ob]

@@mikejones9906 yeah overrated

[@mikejones9906]

@@Jamar-lg9ob Go watch the Chipotle Tournament

[@Skygooose]

Rocco > Malauch

[@colegilfillan8502]

The Flagg AK47 comp is not great. My comp, Flagg is like a small ball Kevin Garnett.

[@norrinradd542]

Way too early top 50 BB Cooper Flagg Ace Bailey Khaman Maluach Dylan Harper Tre Johnson Jayden Quaintance Hugo Gonzalez Hansen Yang Nolan Traore Jalil Bethea VJ Edgecomb Boogie Fland Karter Knox Flory Bidunga Ian Jackson Donnie Freeman Rocco Zikarsky Dink Pate Asa Newell Egor Demin Collin Murray-Boyles Isaiah Evans Ian Jackson Drake Powell Derik Queen Noa Essengue Dame Sarr Hamad Mousa Michael Ruzic Derrion Reid Joson Sanon Billy Richmond Elmarko Jackson PJ Haggerty Carter Bryant Zoom Diallo Jackson McAndrew Naas Cunningham Jase Richardson Labaron Philon Cam Scott Kanon Catchings John Bol Jaland Lowe Kanaan Carlyle Caleb Foster Aaron Bradshaw Zvonimir Ivisic Trevon Brazile Mackenzie Mgbako

[@mikejones9906]

My Lord what a deep class, I forgot about some of these guys.

[@norrinradd542]

@@mikejones9906 Yes it is... I didn't realize Quaintance is a 2026 guy... I'd put Malique Lewis at the end of the list to replace him...

[@4ktkaram395]

I promise u maybe only 2 of these guys will be all stars 😂

[@dannewth7149]

The Spurs don't have it in them to tank. they already have too much talent.

[@mikejones9906]

As their roster is presently constructed, they can realistically get another high lottery pick.

[@goodhair420]

Spurs definitely don’t have to much talent lol what

[@norrinradd542]

You guys gotta get Sam Ferris out of the show credits and replace him with James Barlowe... the stripes have been earned and we're better now with James... Some good can't miss candidates on this episode!!!