Will Clayton

@willclayton.bsky.social

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I used to root for bad sports teams. I still do too. Probably talking about DC sports. || Still trying to get the nerve up to record an album.

2025 NBA Draft 2025 Mock Draft Top 100 Prospects 4. PROJECTED TRADE: WASHINGTON WIZARDS Ace Bailey | 6-8 wing/forward | 18 years old | Rutgers (Wizards trade No. 6 and No. 18 to Sixers for No. 4 and Eric Gordon) Again, I project the Sixers trade down. Why would the Wizards jump the Utah Jazz for No. 6? It's hard to figure out what the Jazz will do at No. 5. With a new key decision-maker in Austin Ainge, league sources want to see how he operates after nearly 15 years in the Boston Celtics' front office. So if Washington wants a certain player, it will probably need to jump Utah (and any other team that would be talking trade with Philadelphia in this instance). The price point here is No. 18 and taking the Gordon deal into the trade exception that the Wizards created in the Johnny Davis deal at the deadline. It's not small, but it's a worthwhile move if they love someone, and the Wizards have several young players on rookie-scale deals on the roster already in Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Bilal Coulibaly, AJ Johnson and Kyshawn George.
A man sitting in a golf cart wearing a Washington Wizards polo.
NBA COMMUNICATIONS 645 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10022 TIES BROKEN FOR ORDER OF SELECTION IN NBA DRAFT 2025 PRESENTED BY STATE FARM NEW YORK, April 21, 2025 - Five ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm. The drawings were conducted by NBA President of League Operations Byron Spruell at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Marc Dieli, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young. The results of the drawings: • The Phoenix Suns (36-46) won a tiebreaker with the Portland Trail Blazers. • The Dallas Mavericks (39-43) won a tiebreaker with the Chicago Bulls. • The Sacramento Kings (40-42) won a tiebreaker with the Atlanta Hawks. • The Memphis Grizzlies (48-34) won a tiebreaker with the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Milwaukee and Golden State, respectively. • The Los Angeles Lakers (50-32) won a tiebreaker with the Denver Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers, and the LA Clippers. Second, third, and fourth place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Indiana, the LA Clippers, and Denver, respectively. NBA Draft Lottery 2025 presented by State Farm will be held on Monday, May 12 and air live on ESPN at 6:30 or 7:00 p.m. ET (depending on the schedule of playoff games that day). The first round of NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm will take place on Wednesday, June 25, and the second round will take place on Thursday, June 26. Below is the order of selection for NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm and the probability of being awarded the first overall draft pick for teams in NBA Draft Lottery 2025 presented by State Farm.
Bucks receive • Kyle Kuzma • Jericho Sims • 2025 second-round pick Wizards receive • Khris Middleton • AJ Johnson • 2028 first-round pick swap Knicks receive • Delon Wright • Cash considerations Spurs receive • Patrick Baldwin Jr. • Cash considerations
Final score: 126 Portland | 133 Utah
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