The NBA Summer League is often a small blip in the grand scheme of a player's career (or the fate of a draft class), but the NBA's annual gathering in Las Vegas once again served as a showcase for incoming rookies, who debuted their talents in front of the league over an 11-day span.
Over the course of the 76-game schedule in Las Vegas, the environment for evaluation was imperfect. However, it was an opportunity for players to make an impression and a forum where team management could begin working to understand how each player fits in.
In the wake of the 2024 NBA draft, which was scrutinized by all 30 teams and came into draft night with little palpable consensus for the top picks — including the Atlanta Hawks selecting Zaccharie Risacher at No. 1 — we took the pulse of the league, gauging early opinions after the majority of the rookie class took the floor in Las Vegas.
ESPN's Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo polled 20 NBA executives and scouts, asking them for their predictions and opinions on the league's new rookies. And we get to hear the executives' thoughts on how they liked the NBA's first two-day draft and which player will be the No. 1 pick in 2025 in what's already shaping up to be a talent-laden draft.
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