UConn ahead Liam McNeeley is coming into the 2025 NBA draft, reports Jonathan Givony of ESPN.
McNeeley, a 19-year-old coming off his freshman 12 months, averaged 14.5 factors, 6.0 rebounds, and a couple of.3 assists in 32.1 minutes per recreation throughout 27 outings (26 begins) for the Huskies. He was the Large East Freshman of the 12 months and earned a spot on the All-Large East third workforce.
Though McNeeley was considered coming into his school profession as an environment friendly outdoors shooter, the 6’7″ ahead made simply 38.1 % of his makes an attempt from the ground and 31.7 % of his three-pointers throughout his freshman season. Nonetheless, Givony and fellow ESPN draft professional Jeremy Woo nonetheless have McNeeley ranked 14th general on their top-100 list, projecting him as a possible lottery choose.
Givony and Woo say that the teenager’s “positional dimension, really feel for the sport, toughness and flexibility” proceed to enchantment to NBA groups, including that he was most likely given an excessive amount of shot-creating accountability on a workforce that lacked dynamic ball handlers.
Givony’s report doesn’t point out something about McNeeley testing the draft waters whereas retaining his NCAA eligibility, so it feels like his intention is to go professional.
