2025 NBA Draft ArticlesMatt | July 8, 2025 

 

When you evaluate a basketball player, what do you see? Do you take in the highlights, note the schematic or technical execution or simply look for the skillsets you value? There are infinite ways to watch and evaluate, something I believe is underappr … Read more

   

 

The Orlando Magic achieved their stated goal to find proven offensive talent in Desmond Bane, now what will the Orlando Magic do with 3 picks on draft night? The draft is one of three paths to building a team, and arguably the most important for teams … Read more

   

 

Welcome to Swish Theory’s official Big Board 2.0 for the 2025 NBA draft. Our list features the opinions of ten different Swish draft analysts. Stay tuned for future updates! For our most recent mock draft, featuring written explanations for each pick, … Read more

   

 

1. Washington Wizards: Cooper Flagg, Duke This one is a no-brainer. Flagg is a special prospect, capable of instantly changing the fortunes of any team that selects him. Washington is the fortunate one here, landing their future primary initiator and d … Read more

   

 

I stopped posting draft boards in the 2024 draft cycle because I started to feel like the exercise was futile in a vacuum. “How do you rank and project players without the development context?” It’s a fundamental question of scouting for the NBA Draft … Read more

   

 

Picture this: a defender scrambling to recover, a shooter with just enough daylight, and the crowd rising in anticipation. That fleeting moment—a closeout—opens up a range of unique possibilities to generate points on that possession. You can partially … Read more