Where did 2025 NBA Draft Round 1 selections play high school basketball?

The 2025 NBA Draft took place over two days at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The first round occurred on June 25, while Round 2 happened a day later. There will only be 59 total picks because the NBA rescinded the New York Knicks’ second-round pick.

As expected, the Dallas Mavericks selected Cooper Flagg (Duke) as the top overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft. The former Duke standout played high school basketball at Maine’s Nokomis Regional before transferring to Florida’s Montverde Academy.

Flagg is one of four Montverde Academy alums selected in Round 1 of the 2025 NBA Draft. The Atlanta Hawks selected Derik Queen (Maryland), but he will join the New Orleans Pelicans. Coincidentally, the Pelicans selected former Montverde standout Asa Newell (Georgia), but traded him to Atlanta. Liam McNeeley (UConn) completes the Montverde quartet.

These selections had Florida leading the way with seven former high school basketball players selected in the first round. Meanwhile, the other 2025 NBA Draft first-round selections also played high school basketball in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin.

Likewise, some international players who spent playing club basketball in Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Russia, Senegal, Slovenia, and Spain also went off the 2025 NBA Draft board in the first 30 picks.

List of 2025 NBA Draft Round 1 Selections

1. Dallas Mavericks – Cooper Flagg, PF, Nokomis Regional (ME) and Montverde Academy (FL)

2. San Antonio Spurs – Dylan Harper, CG, Don Bosco Preparatory School (NJ)

3. Philadelphia 76ers – VJ Edgecombe, SG, Victory International Institute (FL) and Long Island Lutheran (NY)

4. Charlotte Hornets – Kon Knueppel, SF, Wisconsin Lutheran (WI)

5. Utah Jazz – Ace Bailey, SF, Boyd-Buchanan School (TN) and McEachern (GA)

6. Washington Wizards – Tre Johnson, SG, Lake Highlands (TX) and Link Academy (MO)

7. New Orleans Pelicans – Jeremiah Fears, PG, Joliet West (IL) and Compass Prep (AZ)

8. Brooklyn Nets – Egor Demin, PG, Trinta School/Moscow Basketball Academy (Russia) and Real Madrid (Spain)

9. Toronto Raptors – Collin Murray-Boyles, PF, A.C. Flora (SC) and Wasatch Academy (UT)

10. Houston Rockets – Khaman Maluach, C, NBA Academy Africa (Senegal) (traded to Suns)

11. Portland Trail Blazers – Cedric Coward, SG/SF, Central East (CA) (traded to Grizzlies)

12. Chicago Bulls – Noa Essengue, PF, CFBB (France), Ratiopharm Ulm and Orange Academy (Germany)

13. Atlanta Hawks – Derik Queen, C, St. Frances Academy (MD), and Montverde Academy (FL) (traded to Pelicans)

14. San Antonio Spurs – Carter Bryant, SF, Fountain Valley, Sage Hill School, and Centennial (CA)

15. Oklahoma City Thunder – Thomas Sorber, PF/C, Trenton Catholic Academy (NJ) and Archbishop Ryan (PA)

16. Memphis Grizzlies – Yang Hansen, C, Qingdao Guoxin Haitian Club and Qingdao Eagles (China) (traded to Trail Blazers)

17. Minnesota Timberwolves – Joan Beringer, C, SIG Strasbourg (France) and Cedevita Olimpija (Slovenia)

18. Washington Wizards – Walter Clayton Jr., PG, Lake Wales and Bartow (FL) (traded to Jazz)

19. Brooklyn Nets – Nolan Traore, PG, INSEP, Centre Federal, and Saint-Quentin (France)

20. Miami Heat – Kasparas Jakucionis, PG/SG, Perlas Vilnius (Lithuania) and FC Barcelona (Spain)

21. Utah Jazz – Will Riley, SF, Southwest Academy Prep, Preston High School, Grand River Collegiate Institute (Canada); The Phelps School (PA) (traded to Wizards)

22. Atlanta Hawks – Drake Powell, SG, Northwood (NC) (traded to Nets)

23. New Orleans Pelicans – Asa Newell, PF, Choctawhatchee High School and Montverde Academy (FL) (traded to Hawks)

24. Oklahoma City Thunder – Nique Clifford, SG, The Vanguard School (CO) (traded to Kings)

25. Orlando Magic – Jase Richardson, SG, Bishop Gorman (NV) and Columbus (FL)

26. Brooklyn Nets – Ben Saraf, PG/SG, Elitzur Netanya and Ironi Kiryat Ata (Israel); Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)

27. Brooklyn Nets – Danny Wolf, C, Lake Forest Academy (IL) and Northfield Mount Hermon (MA)

28. Boston Celtics – Hugo Gonzalez, SF, Real Madrid (Spain)

29. Phoenix Suns – Liam McNeeley, SF, Pearce and John Paul II (TX); Montverde Academy (FL) (traded to Hornets)

30. Los Angeles Clippers – Yanic Niederhauser, C, Ehingen Urspring (Germany)