The 2025-26 NBA season is just around the corner, and the league’s newest rookies will soon take the court in preseason action.<\/p>\n
As always, the league will be infused with plenty of talent, led by players like Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper and more.<\/p>\n
Below, we’ll evaluate one burning questions for each 2025 lottery pick regarding the upcoming season:<\/p>\n
Having been drafted No. 1 overall with plenty of acclaim, there\u2019s high expectations for Flagg to thrive with the Mavericks immediately. He has the skillset to his the ground running in the NBA, and should look the part of a top pick.<\/p>\n
With De\u2019Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle commanding the bulk of lead guard minutes, Harper will be asked to gel off-ball. Will his shooting, cutting and more be enough to impact the game?<\/p>\n
Edgecombe\u2019s a highly malleable player, and that\u2019s great considering the 76ers have a fairly stacked roster led by three stars. Early in his career he\u2019ll be asked to do the grindy, in-between things.<\/p>\n
The Hornets have frequented the NBA Draft for years, but they could finally be primed for a slight jump with further development and a strong rookie class. Knueppel could very well help the Charlotte youngsters get even better with a connective game.<\/p>\n
Bailey joins the worst team in basketball, likely seeking volume scoring opportunities. He\u2019ll undoubtedly be able to score the rock with athleticism, jump shooting and more, but can he learn good habits in Year 1 next to Lauri Markkanen?<\/p>\n
Johnson enters a Washington team that has some veterans in search of resurgences, but he\u2019ll undoubtedly be a focal point of the team\u2019s rebuild moving forward. How early he earns his way into the starting lineup will depend on his scoring and play-making.<\/p>\n
The Pelicans zagged at the \u201925 draft, taking a few developmental projects, one of which is Fears. With a seemingly win-now roster, what will the team\u2019s expectations be for Fears as a rookie?<\/p>\n
The freshest rebuild in the league, the Nets didn\u2019t have a necessarily popular draft, taking a record five first-round picks. Demin was among their more polarizing picks, needing plenty of work on his game in general. Can he prove he was worth the No. 8 pick this season?<\/p>\n
Murray-Boyles joins a Raptors roster ready to win. He was one of a few highly-selected upperclassmen, and brings defense and a fun offensive skillset. Can he help Toronto win games?<\/p>\n
At 7-foot-2 with an affinity for inside scoring and shot-blocking, Malauch looks the part of a fluid future starting center. But how he fares against more physical fives will determine his NBA readiness.<\/p>\n
Coward played two seasons in the Big Sky conference, before transferring to Washington State. He suffered a major injury just six games in, and missed out on Summer League too. The essential Big Sky to NBA jump will be a large one.<\/p>\n
The Bulls aren\u2019t expecting Essengue to be a finished product anytime soon, but would like to see some progress from Essengue sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
Queen\u2019s skillset is virtually built around his skill, as his athleticism, shooting and more could use a major boost. It\u2019s worked for players such as Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and plenty more. Will Queen as his name to those ranks?<\/p>\n
There\u2019s little question Bryant\u2019s defense will help the Spurs on Day 1. But his offense \u2014 which added just 6.5 points per game for Arizona \u2014 is a question mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025-26 NBA season is just around the corner, and the league’s newest rookies will soon take the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-177486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}