Arizona Wildcats center Motiejus Krivas (14), left, guard KJ Lewis (5) and guard Jaden Bradley (0) collapse on Alabama forward Sam Walters (24) during a game in Phoenix on December 20, 2023. All three Wildcats were listed in ESPN's early mock 2025 NBA Draft.

ESPN's mock 2025 NBA Draft includes four Arizona Wildcats, including freshman forward Carter Bryant at the tail end of the lottery and two others in the first round.

After the 2024 NBA Draft finished on Thursday, well-connected ESPN analysts Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo complied a mock draft that included Bryant at No. 14, sophomore center Motiejus Krivas at No. 19 and sophomore guard KJ Lewis at No. 27. Junior point guard Jaden Bradley was projected to be taken at No. 45, squarely in the middle of the second round.

In its final mock draft leading up to the 2024 selections, ESPN projected Pelle Larsson at 40 and Keshad Johnson at 51. Larsson was taken at 44 and went to Miami, while Johnson agreed to a two-way deal with the Heat as an undrafted free agent right after the draft.

Yahoo, meanwhile, did not project any UA players going in the 2025 first round but did list two UA transfers -- Kylan Boswell (Illinois) at 23 and Adama Bal (Santa Clara) at 27. Yahoo did not project the second round, while CBS went only into lottery projections.


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