2025 NBA Draft grades: How each team fared in the first round
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The Post’s Zach Braziller grades the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft.
Grade: A: Entering draft night, the bigger question for the Mavericks was whether Jason Kidd would still be their coach next year, rather than who they would take with the No. 1 pick. This was a lock the moment Dallas somehow won the draft lottery with only 1.8 percent odds of doing so. The do-it-all Flagg, the youngest player in the draft, is that transcendent of a draft prospect.
Grade: A: He has the size (6-foot-6), the pedigree (the son of five-time NBA champion Ron Harper) and the talent (averaged 19.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a freshman) to be an immediate impact player. And he won’t be asked to carry too large of a burden, joining Victor Wembanyama and Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle.
Grade: A: Ace Bailey’s loss is Edgecombe’s gain. The Rutgers star’s refusal to work out for Philadelphia leads the 76ers to taking the Bahamian standout, an elite athlete who some scouts have compared to Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade.
Matt Rempe continues to gradually fight his way back to the Rangers’ lineup.
Edwin Diaz explained his decision to leave the Mets for the Dodgers. The closer headed west for a three-year, $69 million contract with the two-time defending World Series Champions over the same terms and $3 million fewer with the Mets — who reportedly “had some wiggle room” on their initial offer.But it wasn’t just about the money, the 31-year-old said in his first Los Angeles press conference on Friday.
LAS VEGAS — Rivalries usually don’t form in just the regular season — heated playoff matchups are typically needed for that.
This weekend might be a trial run for Fernando Mendoza.
Chris Kreider was back on a sheet of ice in New York on Thursday morning but in no mood to reminisce.
David Stearns has made bold moves before and been willing to let go of top players.
Brady Cook will get his first career start Sunday after all.
The Jets’ quarterback situation in Thursday’s practice appeared to be exactly what it was Wednesday, which was rookie Brady Cook taking the majority of the first-team reps.
Just when it was going so well for the Islanders, they lost another key player to injury.
Pete Alonso gave Mets fans a tearjerker on Thursday.
Just as the Knicks got one key piece of their rotation back, they’ll need to operate without another for at least the immediate future.
Joe Burrow doesn’t appear to be having very much fun right now.
CHICAGO — Less than a year after suffering a season-ending injury, Adam Edstrom has another injury just 30 games into a new campaign.