Gary Bell’s 2025 NBA Draft Preview: Major Movez Sports Media’s MIND-BLOWING Top Picks Are Here to IGNITE Your Soul!
Gary Bell’s 2025 NBA Draft Preview: Major Movez Sports Media’s MIND-BLOWING Top Picks Are Here to IGNITE Your Soul!
YO, HOOP HEADS!!! It’s your man Gary Bell from Major Movez Sports Media, and I’m ABSOLUTELY LOSING IT with excitement to drop our RED-HOT, ELECTRIFYING 2025 NBA Draft predictions right in your lap! We’re just THREE WEEKS away from the total CHAOS of June 25-26 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and the basketball universe is EXPLODING with energy! The NBA DRAFT field is SET, prospects are tearing it up in team workouts, and the hype is so THICK you can feel it in your BONES! Rumors are flying faster than a fast break, and we’re here to SLAM DUNK the truth straight to you with some picks that’ll have you SCREAMING!
Across the globe in Treviso, Italy, the international ballers who missed the NBA Draft Combine are putting on a SHOW—getting measured, flying through athletic tests like SUPERHEROES, and splashing shots that have scouts’ jaws on the FLOOR! Meanwhile, most prospects are JET-SETTING across the country on their workout tours, and the BUZZ is so LOUD it’s shaking the rafters! Here at Major Movez Sports Media, we’ve been chasing down every single whisper, every rumor, and—HOLD UP—we’ve got a straight-up EARTHQUAKE of a change: a NEW PLAYER just EXPLODED into our top-five projections like a 360 WINDMILL DUNK! Let’s DIVE into this madness RIGHT NOW, fam!
1. Dallas Mavericks: Cooper Flagg (Duke, PF)
Size: 6'8", 221 lbs | Age: 18 | Nationality: USA
Pro Comps: Jalen Johnson, Franz Wagner
MAVS NATION, GET READY TO ERUPT—COOPER FLAGG IS YOUR NO. 1 PICK AND HE’S ABOUT TO SET DALLAS ON FIIIIIIRE!!! This kid’s been the TOP DOG since the combine, measuring just under 6'8" barefoot, showing off athleticism that’ll make your eyes POP, and shooting EXACTLY as expected! The Mavericks are SALIVATING over how Flagg fits their system—he’s a two-way BEAST who can dominate RIGHT NOW and be the FACE of the franchise for the next DECADE, especially with Kyrie Irving’s injury concerns creeping into 2025-26! But HOLD THE PHONE—the drama’s THICKER than ever! Rumors are SWIRLING that the Milwaukee Bucks might drop a BOMBSHELL with a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade offer! Still, we’re betting Dallas sticks with Flagg’s GENERATIONAL talent—this kid’s about to LAUNCH a new dynasty in Big D! LET’S GOOOOOO!
2. San Antonio Spurs: Dylan Harper (Rutgers, PG/SG)
Size: 6'5", 213 lbs | Age: 19 | Nationality: USA
Pro Comps: Cade Cunningham, De’Aaron Fox
SPURS FANS, GET READY TO LOSE YOUR EVER-LOVIN’ MINDS—DYLAN HARPER IS COMING TO SAN ANTONIO AT NO. 2 AND HE’S BRINGING STRAIGHT-UP HEAT!!! This dude was a LIVING HIGHLIGHT REEL at the combine—6'4.5" barefoot, 213 pounds of PURE POWER, and a 6'10.5" wingspan that’s got scouts SCREAMING! Harper’s got the size, the strength, and moves so SLICK they’ll make you dizzy, even if his fit with De’Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle has some folks scratching their heads about spacing. But listen up—at Rutgers, he showed he’s a BEAST off-ball, NAILING 44.8% of his spot-up shots and slicing through defenses like a HOT KNIFE through butter on cuts and screens! The Spurs might be on the horn with Milwaukee about a Giannis trade, but if they stay put, Harper’s UNSTOPPABLE talent is about to TURN UP the Alamo City! Y’ALL READY FOR THIS?!
3. Philadelphia 76ers: Ace Bailey (Rutgers, SF)
Size: 6'8", 203 lbs | Age: 18 | Nationality: USA
Pro Comps: Brandon Miller, Michael Porter Jr., Rashard Lewis
SIXERS FANS, IT’S TIME TO GO WILD—ACE BAILEY IS STORMING INTO PHILLY AT NO. 3 AND HE’S BRINGING BUCKETS THAT’LL BLOW YOUR MIND!!! Some scouts whined about his 6'7.5" barefoot measurement, but with a 7'0.5" wingspan, this scoring wing is a straight-up PROBLEM for defenses! Philly might eye VJ Edgecombe’s explosive athleticism, but with Paul George hitting 35 after a rough year and Joel Embiid’s durability up in the air, Bailey’s shot-making ceiling is ABSOLUTELY BONKERS and too good to pass up! This kid’s about to drop BOMBS on the scoreboard and light a FIRE under the Sixers’ roster—Philly, get READY to ROAR!!!
4. Charlotte Hornets: Khaman Maluach (Duke, C)
Size: 7'1", 253 lbs | Age: 18 | Nationality: South Sudan
Pro Comp: Dereck Lively II
HORNETS HIVE, GET READY TO BUZZ LIKE NEVER BEFORE—KHAMAN MALUACH IS CRASH-LANDING IN CHARLOTTE AT NO. 4 AND HE’S AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER!!! This 7’1” GIANT had scouts FREAKING OUT at the combine with a 7'7" wingspan, a 9'6" standing reach, and hands so HUGE they could grab a UFO! His pro day in L.A. was like watching a BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE, and his workouts are showing a sneaky shooting touch that didn’t pop at Duke! With Flagg, Harper, and Bailey off the board, Maluach’s stock is SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF—he’s the rim-protecting, lob-slamming BEAST the Hornets need to take their young core to the STRATOSPHERE! Charlotte, it’s time to UNLEASH THE BEAST!!!
5. Utah Jazz: VJ Edgecombe (Baylor, SG)
Size: 6'4", 193 lbs | Age: 19 | Nationality: Bahamas
Pro Comps: Andrew Wiggins, Victor Oladipo, Iman Shumpert
JAZZ FANS, HOLD ON TIGHT—VJ EDGECOMBE JUST EXPLODED INTO OUR TOP FIVE AT NO. 5 AND HE’S BRINGING THUNDER TO UTAH!!! This Bahamian PHENOM weighed in 13 pounds heavier than his Baylor listing, showing he’s ready to SLAM DOWN dunks that’ll SHAKE THE ARENA! Edgecombe’s got BOUNCE that defies gravity, DEFENSE that’ll lock up anyone, and an assist-to-turnover ratio so clean it SPARKLES—making him the PERFECT partner for Keyonte George! He drained 52 threes at Baylor and flashed creation skills that have scouts YELLING from the rooftops—this kid’s scoring upside is OFF THE CHARTS, and he’s about to IGNITE Salt Lake City with his JAW-DROPPING game! Utah, are you READY TO RUMBLE?!
6. Washington Wizards: Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma, PG)
Size: 6'3", 180 lbs | Age: 18 | Nationality: USA
Pro Comp: Dejounte Murray, Kevin Johnson
WIZARDS CREW, GET READY TO SCREAM—JEREMIAH FEARS IS YOUR MAN AT NO. 6 AND HE’S ABOUT TO TAKE D.C. TO ANOTHER DIMENSION!!! With Harper gone, teams desperate for backcourt wizardry are going NUTS for this 18-year-old SUPERSTAR! Fears ended Oklahoma’s season like a VOLCANO ERUPTING, dropping 22.3 points and 4.8 assists over his last nine games! He’s got 38 made threes and a BUTTERY 42.6% midrange game, but he’s gotta prove that outside shot in workouts to shut down the haters! Yeah, he’s got some turnovers to clean up, but his rim pressure and playmaking are EXACTLY what a guard-starved team like Washington needs to LIGHT IT UP! Fears is about to DROP BOMBS—Wizards fans, LET’S GET HYPE!!!
7-30: Blazing Highlights for the Rest of the First Round
7. New Orleans Pelicans: Tre Johnson (Texas, SG) – This sharpshooting SNIPER with a 6’10” wingspan is a LOCK for the top 10—NOLA’s about to EXPLODE with his firepower!
8. Brooklyn Nets: Noa Essengue (Ratiopharm Ulm, PF) – Essengue just DROPPED 22 points and 14 boards in the German BBL Semis—he’s a RISING STAR ready to SHINE in Brooklyn!
9. Toronto Raptors: Kon Knueppel (Duke, SF) – Knueppel’s silky-smooth shooting is about to make Raptors fans JUMP OUT OF THEIR SEATS with joy!
10. Houston Rockets (via Suns): Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois, PG/SG) – Jakucionis’ size and shooting-passing combo are a STEAL in the lottery—Houston’s getting a straight-up GEM!
11-30: From Asa Newell (No. 11, Portland) to Noah Penda (No. 30, Clippers), this first round is PACKED with talent that’ll BLOW YOUR MIND—check out the FULL, HEART-POUNDING mock draft on the Major Movez Sports Media site!
Gary’s Final Take: Draft Night Is Gonna Be PURE MADNESS!
This draft is absolutely WILD, y’all—I’m SHAKING with excitement! Cooper Flagg is a SLAM DUNK at No. 1, but those Giannis trade rumors are keeping us on the EDGE OF OUR SEATS! VJ Edgecombe’s meteoric rise into our top five has the whole league BUZZING, and Jeremiah Fears is DROPPING JAWS with his late-season heroics! Who’s your top pick? SMASH the comments and let’s get this party ROCKIN’—this is Gary Bell, signing off with all the LOVE and HYPE for the game! LET’S GOOOOOOO!!!
