The NBA has invited 24 top prospects to the green room for the upcoming 2025 NBA draft on June 25.
ESPN NBA draft analyst Jonathan Givony provided the full list of invitees in a post on X Thursday. Those who are invited to the NBA draft green room are usually expected to be first round picks, as is highlighted by this year’s list.
FINAL: 24 players invited to the NBA Draft green room thus far:
Cooper Flagg
Dylan Harper
Ace Bailey
VJ Edgecombe
Tre Johnson
Khaman Maluach
Jeremiah Fears
Kon Knueppel
Kasparas Jakucionis
Egor Demin
Carter Bryant
Derik Queen
Asa Newell
Noa Essengue
Collin Murray-Boyles
Thomas… pic.twitter.com/YxAsE5FgeA— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) June 19, 2025
Duke freshman phenom Cooper Flagg is the consensus No. 1 pick in this year’s draft and tops Givony’s list of invitees. Other star freshmen also received an invitation to the green room, including Rutgers’ Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, Baylor guard VJ Edgecombe and Texas’ Tre Johnson.
Some other notable names in college basketball with NBA draft invites include Walter Clayton and Collin Murray-Boyles. International players who broke into the college basketball scene also made the list, like BYU’s Egor Demin and Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis.
Fans can look at Givony’s post for a full list of prospects invited to the NBA draft green room and can tune in on June 25 to see which professional teams pick up these top stars.
Cooper Flagg opens up on the end of Duke’s March Madness run
Cooper Flagg will likely be the No. 1 pick in the upcoming NBA draft but before his professional career begins, he’s reflecting on the end of his time at Duke. The freshman forward sat down with Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated to discuss the Blue Devils’ NCAA Tournament run coming to an end.
Flagg thrived in his sole season at Duke, leading the squad in every major stat category with 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per game. The young talent guided the Blue Devils to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but the team’s postseason run came to an end in the Final Four.
Duke faced off against fellow No. 1 seed Houston in the Final Four and led by six points with 35 seconds remaining. The Cougars drowned a three-pointer and added a dunk to cut the Blue Devils’ lead to one. In the next possession, a foul by Flagg gave Houston two free throws to take the lead.
Flagg took the final shot from nine feet but missed off the front of the rim to end Duke’s season at the Final Four.
Flagg opened up to Sports Illustrated about that final shot.
“I’m not going to beat myself up over whether I could have taken one more dribble or whether I could have done something different,” Flagg said.
“It was a tough shot, but I don’t think you’re going to get an easy shot in that opportunity. If you look at any game-winner at any level, I don’t think there’s a lot of wide-open [ones]. You get to a spot, you raise up, and you trust the work that you put in over time. I’m just going to live with what I trusted.”
Flagg has made peace with the unfortunate end of his college career and is now looking ahead to the NBA.
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