Arizona’s Carter Bryant invited to green room for 2025 NBA Draft

Arizona wing Carter Bryant earned an invite to the 2025 NBA Draft green room, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony first reported on Tuesday.

Bryant is viewed as a late-lottery pick, coming in at ninth on The Athletic’s Top 100 and 14th on ESPN’s mock draft, both of which were updated Tuesday.

The 19-year-old impressed NBA clubs with his combine performance, making 23 of his 46 shots across two 3-point drills. He also had the fourth-best vertical leap of the combine with a 39.5-inch jump.

Bryant measured in at 6-foot-6.5 out of shoes with a 6-foot-11.75 wingspan, weighing in at 214.8 pounds.

He eased his way into Arizona’s rotation as a true freshman early, notching a strand of three consecutive starts. He became a much more integral contributor once conference play rolled around after the frontcourt rotation worked through the loss of 7-foot-2 big man Motiejus Krivas.

He averaged 7.4 points (40.5% from 3), 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game over his final 26 contests, forgoing his remaining eligibility to be the program’s latest one-and-done.

Which 2025 NBA Draft prospects received green room invites?

The first round of the draft will take place on June 25 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The second round of picks will come the following day.

Here’s a look at who received the first 13 invites, per Givony, and where they rank on ESPN’s top 100:

• Cooper Flagg (Duke); No. 1
• Dylan Harper (Rutgers); No. 2
• Ace Bailey (Rutgers); No. 3
• VJ Edgecombe (Baylor); No. 4
• Tre Johnson (Texas); No. 5
• Khaman Maluach (Duke); No. 6
• Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma; played final prep year at AZ Compass Prep in Chandler); No. 7
• Kon Knueppel (Duke); No. 8
• Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois); No. 10
• Egor Demin (BYU); No. 11
• Carter Bryant (Arizona); No. 12
• Derik Queen (Maryland); No. 13
• Asa Newell (Georgia); No. 21

The only players in ESPN’s projected lottery to not receive an initial invite were French wing Noa Essengue (No. 9), who is still in-season overseas, and South Carolina forward Collin Murray-Boyles (No. 14). Givony said 11 more invites will still be sent out in waves.

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