by The Brooklyn nets have only a few hours before the first round of the NBA design of 2025 starts on Wednesday in Barclays Center. Brooklyn originally entered the design with five picks in total, including four in the first round, before they carried out a trade with the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics to gain a first round pick.
It is said that the nets are one of the teams to be active this season outside the design and in free agency because of how much concept capital and CAP space they have compared to the rest of the competition. Brooklyn has, as in the trade with the Hawks and Celtics, the chance to use their CAP space to help other teams shed wage list for the exchange of design capital.
That said, the nets still have to make some choices in the coming design, because the introduction of the organization with young talent is still the most important part of this low season after a record of 26-56 during the 2024-25 season. That said, here is the fake design for Brooklyn for all six of their choices:
#8: Noa Essengue, F, Ratiopharm Ulm
Most fake concepts in the industry have the nets that bring French to NOA Essengue with the eighth general choice in the design and it is easy to see why. Essengue, mentioned on 6-foot-10 and 198 pounds, seems to be the kind of player that could play at the Power Forward spot in the NBA from the start and looks like it belongs because of his physical profile.
Based on different trial versions, it seems that Essengue should be available as the eighth general choice, but according to the latest Mock from Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo there is a chance that the guard Tre Johnson in Texas will be available at the pick. Anyway, Essengue fits in with the form of what Brooklyn tries to build in terms of the fielding of Lange, Rangy -athletes that can be disturbing on the circumference, while the potential for future offensive impact can be.
#19: Asa Newell, F, Georgia
NEWELL is an interesting prospect, given that he proved that he can be an effective player in the paint thanks to his 6-foot-9, 224-pound frame, but also some flashes of an inside-out threat has shown as a great one. Newell could be one of the players who try to develop the nets during the rebuilding, because he represents an archetype of player that would prove to be valuable if he could fulfill his potential.
Newell, as Givony and Woo noticed, is expected to take a broader concept range than most prospects are taken in the first round, because there are some mocks that go to the late lottery, while others have taken him near the 1920s. Newell has a good chance of achieving it until 19 and Brooklyn could do it worse than taking a player who has shown the kind of versatility that Newell has during his university career and his predraft training.
#22: Nolan Traore, G, Saint-Quentin
The rumor is that Traore has now been a target of the nets for a while, especially since Traore has had a number of good moments during the predraft process of a guard who can lead an attack on a fixed level. Part of what makes Traore attractive for teams, however, is his physical profile, because he is on 6-foot-3 and 175 pounds while he displays the self-confidence of a real point guard.
To be clear, the most important mistake of Traore is his shooting, which is part of the reason that he went from a locked lottery-pick to a man who will still be taken into the first round, but what warts has on his profile. With the 22nd choice, the nets cannot ask much more than a man who has a usually positive profile that if the player development can achieve success with him, he could be the Point Guard of the future that the team is looking for since Kyrie Irving.
#26: Nique Clifford, G/F, Colorado State
Clifford, 23, is one of the oldest prospects in this concept class, but that does not mean that teams will not be interested in him long before the concepts get the 26th general choice. During his time in Colorado State, Clifford showed his ability to play with the ball in his hands, especially when it came to his scoring and playing for a rams without much NBA level talent on the Roster.
Clifford seems to be the kind of man that can be inserted in an NBA rotation of the season opener and does not look like a deer in headlights considering his experience and track record. Brooklyn is still in the early stages of his rebuilding, so it’s hard to say that Clifford does not fit in with the team’s timeline, but if he goes to Brooklyn, he will have a decent runway to show how much he can contribute as an older player.
#27: Rasheer Fleming, F, Saint Josephs
Fleming is an interesting prospect to discuss, given that his concept stock always seemed to be in the first round, but in the course of the prediction process he seems to fall off the board. Fleming ended the college season as one of the attackers who profiles as a wing that can contribute to the offensive ending, while the ability and competitiveness also have a solid defender.
Due to the Predraft process, Fleming turned out to have some positive measurements, which was on 6-foot-8 and 232 pounds while he had a 7-foot-5 span, that only had to increase his draft stock. However, that may be the kind of slide that the nets benefit by taking him late in the first round and seeing what head coach Jordi Fernandez and the development of the player can do with the 20-year-old Fleming.
#36: Yang Hansen, C, Qingdao (China)
While international prospects such as Hansen come to the NBA design with the expectation that they have to prove that they can deal with NBA competition, he proved exactly during the NBA -Maaidorser in Chicago. Hansen, who stands on 7-foot-1 and 253 pounds, is perhaps not the most effective edge protector that the NBA Hardhout has seen, but he has a number of promising properties in his game.
Hansen is effective around the basket, but he also showed his ability to work in the mail, not only with his footwork to score against his opponent, but also with his vision and shooting skills on a long distance. Under General Manager Sean Marks, Brooklyn would rather roast Bigs who can move over the floor without many problems, so that Yang has to change or prove that he can contribute as he is.
