UConn Huskies freshman wing Liam McNeeley is undoubtedly a 2025 NBA lottery pick, so Huskies fans need to appreciate his fleeting moment in Storrs.
in the draft, a more conservative estimate is that he’ll land somewhere in the late lottery range .— which takes into account NBA teams’ current records as an indicator of their projected draft position — has McNeeley falling to the San Antonio Spurs at No. 12.
The Spurs are currently sitting just outside the Western Conference Play-In at 13-13. San Antonio also owns the Atlanta Hawks’ unprotected first-rounder, but Atlanta has been surging of late and may end up outside of the lottery. It’s usually frivolous to speculate on a player’s potential NBA team with the draft more than six months away, but a McNeeley-Spurs union is fun to think about because Liam would be joining up with former UConn star
San Antonio is one of the fastest-rising teams in the NBA due to the emergence of Castle as a young star alongside Victor Wembanyama. Add McNeeley to that mix, and the Spurs might begin to resemble an updated version of the Oklahoma City Thunder. But enough with the speculation … McNeeley is a Husky , and college basketball fans get to watch him in a UConn uniform for an entire BIG EAST season and subsequent NCAA Tournament.Colin Keane is a contributing journalist for "UConn Huskies On SI." Born in Illinois, Colin grew up in Massachusetts as the third of four brothers. For his high school education, Colin attended St. Mark's School , where he played basketball and soccer and served as student body president.
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