The 2024-25 NBA regular season has concluded, which means the worst teams in the league will not play basketball again for another six months or so. While the best teams are still duking it out for the championship,

The 2025 NBA Draft is set for June 25th, but we'll find out which franchise will have the fortune of picking first on May 12th during the NBA Draft Lottery.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have been arguably the best team in the NBA this season, amassing an NBA-best 68-14 record. Despite being as far from the lottery as possible, the Thunder can claim a handful of top picks in this year's draft after piling up other teams' picks through trades over the last few years.

So it’s important for the Celtics to get a decent player with one or both of their picks in the 2025 draft. And to their credit, they’ve done a good job making the most of their late picks in recent years: The 2025 NBA Draft begins Wednesday, June 25.

Days after winning the college championship with the Huskies, Bueckers was chosen first overall by a Dallas franchise seeking a reboot.