Jay Bilas reveals Top 10 best available for Day 2 of NBA Draft

One round is up with 30 selections made last night in the 2025 NBA Draft. They’ll do it all again tonight from the Barclays Center with 30 more picks to make in the second round.

As the choices came in on Wednesday night, ESPN’s Jay Bilas saw his big board lose many of the top names from it. Now, with those players taken off that board, Bilas has a newly updated one with prospects who will now be second rounders as they enter the association.

Here’s the Top 10 on the board for Bilas now going into Round 2 tonight. The second round kicks off at 8 p.m. EST/7 p.m. CT on ESPN.

1. F Rasheer Fleming | Saint Joseph’s Hawks

Fleming, for Bilas, was the best player left on the board last night in the 2025 NBA Draft. That’s with multiple projections having him as a late pick in the first round coming out of his junior year at St. Joseph’s, averaging 14.7 points (53.1% FG, 39% 3PT on 1.8 makes), 8.5 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, and 1.4 steals, and 1.3 assists as an All A-10 First Team selection.

Flemming stuffed the box score in his final season in college. That production, paired with his size and skillset, makes him a top two-way prospect who will likely have his name called early once the draft resumes tonight.

2. C Maxime Raynaud | Stanford Cardinal

Raynaud is another prospect who previously was in first-round consideration. He did so with a pre-draft process following his four-year career with the Cardinal, which he finished by posting 20.2 points (46.7% FG, 34.7% 3PT on 1.9 makes), 10.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.4 blocks as a selection to the All-ACC First Team.

Raynaud has been one of the best scoring bigs in the nation as an upperclassman the past two seasons in posting 17.9 ppg. (51.7% FG, 35.4% 3PT on 1.3 makes). That could make him a quality option as a backup big, with size and offensive ability, for whichever team picks him tonight.

3. C Ryan Kalkbrenner | Creighton Bluejays

On the flipside, Kalkbrenner is more defensively focused as a center option. That’s with him averaging 2.4 blocks and 6.8 rebounds per game, while also improving his scoring and playmaking in every season with averages of 14.5 points (65.8% FG) and 1.1 assists per game as a four-time selection as Big East Defensive Player of the Year over five years playing for the Bluejays.

Kalkbrenner will be expected to be the same kind of rim protector while continuing to develop his offensive game upon getting to the NBA. That upside, as a backup center with a solid defensive floor already, could have him off the board soon tonight as a second-round selection.

4. G/F Adou Thiero | Arkansas Razorbacks

Adou Thiero developed in each of his three college seasons, with two being at Kentucky and one at Arkansas under John Calipari. That resulted in a career-best year at 15.1 points (54.5% FG), 5.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.6 steals per game this season for the ‘Hogs.

Thiero has a lot to his game, besides a three-pointer to this point, as a prospect. That jump, now paired with some solid measurements and a ton of athleticism, should only continue for him wherever he lands tonight in the second round.

5. G Chaz Lanier | Tennessee Volunteers

Lanier could have been a draft pick last year, coming out of a four-year career at a mid-major in North Florida. However, he, after transferring for his final season at Tennessee, proved even further that he can play at the next level, posting 18 points (43.1% FG, 39.5% 3PT on 3.2 makes), 3.9 rebounds, and 1.1 assists for the Vols as an All-SEC Second Team selection.

Lanier is one of those prospects who is a bit limited right now based on his all-around game. Still, scoring and shooting, at 18.9 points (47.1% FG, 41.8% 3PT on 3.3 makes) over his final two seasons in college, should be more than enough to justify a spot in someone’s rotation as a second rounder at the next level.

6. G Tyrese Proctor | Duke Blue Devils

Proctor has proven much in the backcourt over his three seasons spent in Durham. He, in roles on and off the ball starting, averaged 10.8 points (42.1% FG, 36.5% 3PT on 1.8 makes), 3.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists for the Blue Devils, including 12.4 points (45.2% FG, 40.5% 3PT on 2.3 makes) in his last season as a junior.

Proctor could play both spots at guard depending on which team he lands on in the second round. This would then make him the next pick out of the program after three players from Duke, as well as a transfer who originally committed there before not withdrawing, went in the lottery.

7. F Bogoljub Markovic | Serbia

Markovic, an international prospect, averaged 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2.3 assists over the past two seasons with OKK Beograd and with Mega Basket. Now, as he transitions into the league, defense looks to be more of a question than offense is for whichever team will land him tonight.

“Bogoljub Markovic is an interesting offensive prospect, coming in undersized for a center,” wrote On3’s James Fletcher on Markovic. “He offers the ability to stretch the floor on offense, putting up impressive numbers in Europe. The largest question moving forward centers on his ability to hold up defensively at center, without pushing him to forward reps.”

8. G Koby Brea | Kentucky Wildcats

Koby Brea has been one of the nation’s best three-point shooters over his five-year collegiate career. That’s with him posting 8.8 points (45% FG, 43.4% 3PT on 2.1 makes), 3.1 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game with Dayton and Kentucky, while being up to 11.4 points (49.1% FG, 46.7% 3PT on 2.8 makes) over his final two seasons with the Flyers and Wildcats.

Brea is another one of those prospects that doesn’t currently bring much else to the floor, whether elsewhere on offense or defensively. However, based solely on efficient, volume scoring from three-point range and in this era of the association, he’s going to justify a shot by some team in the second round of the draft.

9. F Noah Penda | France

Penda, another international prospect, posted 10.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.4 steals in 28 appearances this season with Le Mans Sarthe Basket in the LNB Élite. Now, with that resumé overseas, he’ll come over and continue to develop, namely offensively, with whichever team selects him in the United States.

“Noah Penda promises to enter the NBA after establishing his worth on defense during his European basketball run. While he is known for gambling at times, the body type and disruption stats speak for themselves on that end. Developing an offensive game with positive value is the next step in cracking into an NBA rotation,” On3’s James Fletcher wrote of Penda.

10. G Javon Small | West Virginia Mountaineers

Small improved over each of his four seasons spent at East Carolina, Oklahoma State, and West Virginia, averaging 14.2 points (41.5% FG, 35% 3PT on 1.9 makes), 4.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.1 steals per game. That concluded with a stat line of 18.6 points (41.8% FG, 35.3% 3PT on 2.6 makes), 5.6 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game as a First Team All Big-12 selection for the Mountaineers this season.

Small likely won’t have as big of a role, likely more so to be a long-term backup in the backcourt, with whichever team picks him tonight in the draft. Still, there’s enough there, on both sides of the ball, for him to find a place somewhere in a career in the NBA.