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Top NBA Draft Prospects, According to Advanced Stats: Which Players Excel — and Which Underperform
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Top NBA Draft Prospects, According to Advanced Stats: Which Players Excel — and Which Underperform

Some top prospects fail the analytics test

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Jeremias Engelmann
Jan 13, 2025
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The 2025 NBA Draft is one of the most anticipated we’ve seen — particularly the top of the draft, with several potential stars available.

Here’s a brief overview of how the top prospects are faring across several advanced and standard box-score stats.

As the draft process rolls along, advanced metrics play a larger and larger role in player evaluation. Between now and the June 25 draft, we should expect mock drafts and prospect rankings to move closer to what advanced stats are telling us.


Are Cooper Flagg (R) and Kon Knueppel (L) living up to the hype? Advanced stats can help us with the answer. (Lance King/Getty Images)


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