Seven “Frenchies” aim to join Victor WembanyamaZaccharie Risacher or Nicolas Batum in the NBA. This Tuesday, the North American League of basket-ball announced the official list of 106 candidates “anticipated” at the Draft 2025, which will be held in New York on June 25 and 26. Among them, six French: Noa Essenue, 18 -year -old strong winger (ULM, Germany); Mohamed Diawara, 20 -year -old winger (Cholet); Joan Beringer, 18 -year -old pivot (Cedevita Olimpija, Slovenia); Zaion Nebot, 21 -year -old rear (Le Havre); Nolan Traoré, 18-year-old leader (Saint-Quentin) ; Noah Penda, 20 -year -old winger (Le Mans).
A list to which is added Maxime Raynaud, 22 -year -old, automatically eligible for the draft after four years spent in Stanford (California). Unless surprised, France will not place its representatives in the top 10 choices made by the 30 NBA franchises, after two exceptional years, marked by Victor Wembanyama, number one in 2023, Zaccharie Risacher, number one in 2024, or even Alexandre Sarr, number two in 2024.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that 106 players have filed as early entry candidates for NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm, which will be held Wednesday, June 25 (First Round) and Thursday June 26 (Second Round) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New… pic.twitter.com/e4mr12UrBa
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According to projections carried out by the specialized media Bleacher Reportthe highest would be Noa Essengue, which could be chosen in 13th position. NOLAN TRAORÉ follow, projected in 19th place, Noah Penda, in 24th place, or Joan BERINGER, in 28th place. Maxime Raynaud, first placed in the second round, could finally enter the top 30, in 29th position. Mohamed Diawara and Zaion Nebot are not projection for the time being.
