Danny Chau
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The Ringer’s 2025 NBA Draft Guide
Everyone’s trying to capture the Flagg, but after the no. 1 overall pick it’s wide open. Here’s our ranking of this year’s lottery picks.
The Ringer’s NBA Draft Show
Can Cooper Flagg Win an MVP? Plus, Khaman Maluach’s Defensive Potential, Al Horford’s Hips, and the Draft Guide Process.
About the episode
The Ringer’s NBA Draft Show is back! Join J. Kyle Mann and Danny Chau as they share their experience building this year’s NBA Draft Guide, from their process for ranking the prospects to how they came up with the comp clouds (01:55). They then debate the MVP potential of Duke’s Cooper Flagg and Rutger’s Dylan Harper (14:06). Next, they discuss why they love to watch Alabama’s Labaron Philon (26:30), the huge defensive upside of Duke’s Khaman Maluach (31:40), why Georgetown’s Thomas Sorber is ranked higher (38:05), and how BYU’s Egor Demin could potentially succeed at the next level (41:57).
Check out The Ringer’s 2025 NBA Draft Guide for all the latest prospect rankings, draft grades, and more!
Host: J. Kyle Mann
Guest: Danny Chau
Associate Producer: Jessie Lopez
Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz
Social: Keith Fujimoto
Cooper Flagg Isn’t Your Typical Future No. 1 Overall Pick
Cooper Flagg Isn’t Your Typical Future No. 1 Overall Pick
A showstopping season at Duke has solidified Flagg as the top pick in the 2025 draft, but the freshman phenom is different from other unanimous no. 1s in one crucial way