There were stunning selections. There were trades. There were smart choices and poor ones by the not-so-smart teams that never seem to get the draft right.

Dallas made the easy choice and selected Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 pick. New Orleans was among the teams that went a more questionable route.

Thirty players heard their names called and had their lifelong dreams realized during the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday at the Barclays Center in New York. The Dallas Mavericks selected Cooper Flagg with the first-overall pick.

The Atlanta Hawks drafted Asa Newell with the No. 23 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. The Atlanta Hawks have been making moves this offseason, and so far, in

The Atlanta Hawks selected Derik Queen with the 13th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft and traded his rights to the New Orleans Pelicans.

It sounds like some NBA front offices are happy to see Joe Dumars back in the league as the New Orleans Pelicans' executive vice president of basketball operations.

They agreed to trade Kristaps Porziņģis to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team deal involving the Brooklyn Nets, less than a day after agreeing to trade Jrue Holiday to Portland for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks.

The Boston Celtics reportedly traded Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team deal. The Hawks sent Terance Mann and the No. 22 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft to the Brooklyn Nets, and Georges Niang to the Celtics.