APSaint Joseph’s Rasheer Fleming plays during an NCAA college basketball game in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
College standouts took center stage as the 2025 NBA Draft resumed with the second round at Brooklyn鈥檚 Barclays Center in New York on Thursday night. Rasheer Fleming, a versatile forward from Saint Joseph鈥檚, was the first selection at No. 31, going to the Phoenix Suns after a reported trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 36th pick and two future second-rounders. Several other NCAA stars quickly followed, underscoring the continued impact of college basketball talent on the league. Teams looked to bolster depth and potential with experienced, battle-tested players.ALSO READ – NBA Draft Round 2: Full list of second-round picks鈥淚t was a long day now that I think about it,鈥 Fleming said. 鈥淏ut like everything has happened so fast 鈥 like, this was a great experience. Like, it鈥檚 kind of a crazy feeling. Not even kind of. Crazy feeling.鈥滾ive Events鈥 NBADraft (@NBADraft) Former college standouts Ryan Kalkbrenner and Johni Broome were among the early second-round selections in the draft. Kalkbrenner, a four-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year at Creighton, went No. 34 overall to the Charlotte Hornets, who had just selected Duke鈥檚 Sion James at No. 33.Broome, a consensus first-team All-American and The Sporting News鈥 National Player of the Year from Auburn, was picked at No. 35 by the Philadelphia 76ers after averaging 18.6 points and 10.8 rebounds last season.Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Lakers landed Arkansas forward Adou Thiero at No. 36. who changed hands from Minnesota to the Brooklyn Nets to the Lakers, while NCAA champion Will Richard of Florida was picked 56th by the Golden State Warriors via a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies.鈥 Lakers (@Lakers) The 2025 NBA Draft concluded with just 59 picks instead of the usual 60, as the New York Knicks forfeited their second-round selection. The penalty stemmed from a tampering violation related to their 2022 signing of Jalen Brunson, after the league determined the Knicks had engaged in premature negotiations with the guard before officially acquiring him from the Dallas Mavericks.(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)
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