The consensus: Every 2025 NBA mock draft pick for the Phoenix Suns
We are rounding up 2025 NBA mock drafts after the Kevin Durant trade to see who might fit the Phoenix Suns.
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The Phoenix Suns acquired the No. 10 overall pick in the 2025 draft with the Kevin Durant deal, and now it’s time to cram on which draft prospects could be had at that slot. Let’s head to the NBA mock drafts!
Going back to after the Durant deal went down Sunday, we’re rounding up as many reputable mock drafts as we can find to frame the Suns’ options and where they might go come Wednesday’s first round.
Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro notes that Phoenix will prioritize bigs in both the draft and free agency. That could put a different lens on the No. 10 pick — but there’s always a chance that a talented player sliding changes that thought process. one of the draft tiers falls off right before the Suns select, but barrying any sudden fall from a top-eight prospect, there will be boom-or-bust swings they could take at 10th overall.
As of Wednesday morning, South Carolina’s Collin Murray-Boyles and Arizona’s Carter Bryant lead the way as Suns favorites at No. 10, while a pair of centers are being frequently targeted in mocks for Phoenix at 29th.
Here we’ll consider only the first round and look at the internet’s composite of the most frequent picks for the Suns at each of the No. 10 and 29 slots. Below are the number of times each player has been mocked to the Suns.
Below that are the links to individual mocks pulled from the web and included.
NBA mock draft composite: Phoenix Suns picks at No. 10
| Player | Position | School | Number of times mocked to Suns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collin Murray-Boyles | F | South Carolina | 5 |
| Carter Bryant | F | Arizona | 5 |
| Derik Queen | F/C | Maryland | 3 |
| Noa Essengue | F | Ratiopharm Ulm (France) | 2 |
| Thomas Sorber | C | Georgetown | 2 |
| Khaman Maluach | C | Duke | 1 |
| Kon Knueppel | G | Duke | 1 |
| Jase Richardson | G | Michigan State | 1 |
| Kasparas Jakucionis | PG | Illinois | 1 |
| Cedric Coward | G/F | Washington State | 1 |
| Nolan Traore | PG | Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball (France) | 1 |
Phoenix Suns mock draft picks at No. 29
| Player | Position | School | Number of times mocked to Suns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | C | Creighton | 6 |
| Maxime Raynaud | C | Stanford | 5 |
| Drake Powell | G/F | North Carolina | 2 |
| Adou Thiero | F | Arkansas | 2 |
| Walter Clayton Jr. | G | Florida | 2 |
| Rasheer Fleming | F | St. Joe's | 2 |
| Kobe Sanders | G/F | Nevada | 1 |
| Kam Jones | PG | Marquette | 1 |
| Ben Saraf | PG | Ratiopharm Ulm (Israel) | 1 |
June 25
B/R's Final 2025 NBA Mock Draft Including Full 2-Round Projections and Pro Comps (Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman) -- Bryant and Raynaud
Pick predictions off trades, new intel (ESPN's Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo) -- Bryant and Kalkbrenner
Two-Round Projections Entering Draft Day (SI.com staff) -- Queen and Clayton
Ace Bailey slides to Wizards, Spurs add Derik Queen (NBC Sports' Noah Rubin, Kurt Helin, Raphielle Johnson) -- Sorber and Kalkbrenner
Projecting all 59 picks for final time (On3's James Fletcher III) -- Bryant and Fleming
June 24
NBA mock draft (The Ringer's J. Kyle Mann) - Essengue and Kalkbrenner
After Cooper Flagg goes first, expect the unexpected (The Washington Post's Ben Golliver) - Essengue (not mocked past the lottery)
Mock draft 5.0 (Yahoo! Sports' Kevin O'Connor) - Bryant and Kalkbrenner
Final projection for every team's pick in first round (USA Today's Jeff Zillgitt, Lorenzo Reyes and James H. Williams) - Queen and Powell
2025 NBA Mock Draft Post-Finals with Full Predictions, Pro Comps (Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman) - Knueppel and Raynaud
NBADraft.net - Jakucionis and Raynaud
June 23
Projecting where Ace Bailey, Kon Knueppel will be picked after Cooper Flagg to Mavericks (The Sporting New's Gilbert McGregor) - Murray-Boyles and Kalkbrenner
The Picks Are In: NBA Mock Draft Projections for All 30 First-Round Selections (OptaAnalyst's Donald Kolakowski) - Sorber and Thiero
Final First-Round Projections, Including Where Ace Bailey Lands (Sports Illustrated's Kevin Sweeney) - Murray-Boyles and Raynaud
Pick predictions off trades, new intel (ESPN's Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo) - Murray-Boyles and Kalkbrenner
Updated projection with NBA Finals now over (SB Nation's Ricky O'Donnell) - Richardson and Saraf
NBADraft.net - Traore and Sanders
Final predictions for all 59 picks (FanSided's Christopher Kline) - Murray-Boyles and Fleming
What We Would Do (No Ceilings) - Coward and Jones
June 22
Why Ace Bailey is the mystery man of draft week (The Athletic's Sam Vecenie) - Queen and Raynaud
59 picks as trade talks heat up for 30 teams (ESPN's Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo) - Bryant and Clayton
Kevin Durant trade shakes up first round, leaves Suns with complicated decision at No. 10(CBS Sports' Colin Ward-Henninger) - Maluach and Thiero
Tre Johnson moves up, Ace Bailey plummets in latest projections (CBS Sports' Adam Finkelstein) - Murray-Boyles and Powell
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