The best, worst and most surprising of the NBA draft: Favorite picks, classes and rookie-year predictions

Shams Charania Is Chasing the Future — the NBA’s and His Own

Shams Charania’s debut as part of ESPN’s NBA Draft coverage last week doubled as a herculean exercise in restraint. In past years, he famously used X (formerly known as Twitter) to reveal team draft picks before league commissioner Adam Silver could announce them, leaving fans — and, undoubtedly his current employer, ESPN — at least a little peeved at his acts of spoilery. As unnatural as it was, for the 2025 NBA Draft, he abstained from the tra…

The best, worst and most surprising of the NBA draft: Favorite picks, classes and rookie-year predictions

Who was the steal of the draft? Which teams made risky moves? Our experts share their postdraft superlatives.

The best, worst and most surprising of the NBA draft: Favorite picks, classes and rookie-year predictions

Who was the steal of the draft? Which teams made risky moves? Our experts share their postdraft superlatives.