NBA Draft June 25, 2025 8 PM EST With The 55th Pick

We have this guy on Tankathon as our projected second round draft pick

 

Currently on nbadraft.net

 

Here’s 5 hours worth of highlights of who I hope we get: Klutch client Hansen Yang

 

lol five hours. i randomly picked a spot like 9 minutes in and it's just him airballing a leaning-yet-standstill baseline jumper.

 

I mislabeled it as highlights lol a chair has better defensive instincts than the guy

 

If only they listened to draft express mock draft 2 seasons ago...they had us taking gg jackson, the youngest player in that draft, perfect 3D wing sz ala Hunter...instead they drafted jhs who couldnt shoot

 

JHS was a stupid pick. DK needs some burn next season. If he can be serviceable defensively, i dont see why he doesn’t deserve at least 15 mins per game honestly. He’s that good offensively, and we suck offensively.

 

It’s locker room politics, Dalton was worth the gamble this series and JJ did not play him at all

 

You think he didn't want to offend Austin or something?

 

We have some big guys who are projected to be 2nd rounders or might be undrafted, my favorite is



Hopefully he falls, so very bad lol

 

55th pick? take the wildest swing on the highest upside, even if they're five years away.

i wonder if we'll buy in this year. doubt it, but we've done it a fair amount.

 

If Rich Paul still wants to be in the Laker biz, I'd gladly welcome him pushing his client from the early 20s to the second round so we can buy a pick

(He's going to pop in workouts and will probably push him into the teens... but for now, he's mocked in the early 20s)

 

I hope we trade up somehow to get into the 40's for 2nd round pick...would be nice to get a steal in this draft

 

Like we got last year except he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed and didn’t even know when the called play was specifically for him.

 

i've seen him mocked as high as late lotto already.

 

I said this in another thread, but we should go for some long term project Center.

 

Let’s start rumors about his addiction to weed and hoes.

 

We only have Len's roster spot available right? Which should go to a center FA target I imagine.
We may open a roster spot through a consolidation trade but we usually keep one open for the buyout market or 2-way conversion.
So I don't imagine we get anyone in the draft that gets a full roster spot.
Makes sense too as we start the first iteration of Luka's team while having Bron's window closing.
If we go for someone, it should be a project that we can develop in the G-league in the next couple of years, I think

 

morris and milton's spots can be cleared with no penalty. milton's contract is fully unguaranteed until 7/20, so it's kind of built to be trade salary ballast.