WVU’s Javon Small Taken in Latest ESPN Mock Draft

Javon Small will still have to wait more than a month to learn if his name will be called in the NBA Draft, but ESPN has him being taken with one of the last picks in its latest two-round mock draft.

ESPN has the former Mountaineer star being selected at No. 56 by the Memphis Grizzlies. That spot is one of the last in the 59-pick draft.

Javon Small, West Virginia’s point guard during the 2024-25 season, led the Mountaineers to a 19-12 record, just missing out on the NCAA Tournament. He finished second in the Big 12 in scoring, averaging 18.6 points per game while earning first-team All-Big 12 honors. He was also third in the league in assists (5.6 per game) and sixth in three-point shooting (35.3%). Small scored double-digit points in all but two games this season. He reached 20 points 14 times and had a season-high 31 points in the team’s upset win over Gonzaga in The Bahamas.

Small will be attending the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago this week. The 2025 NBA Draft is scheduled for June 25 and 26 in the Barclays Center in New York.

Small’s draft position has been difficult to pin down. While ESPN now projects him to be selected at the end of the second round, other outlets — like CBS Sports, Yahoo Sports and The Ringer — don’t even rank him as a draftable prospect. Last month, ESPN ranked Small as the 65th-best prospect in the draft.

In addition to Small, other Big 12 players projected to be picked in ESPN’s mock draft include Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe (4th, Charlotte), BYU’s Egor Demin (12th, Chicago), Arizona’s Carter Bryant (14th, San Antonio), Houston’s Milos Uzan (43rd, Utah) and Texas Tech’s Darrion Williams (45th, Chicago).

If selected, Small would be just the second former Mountaineer to be drafted since Jevon Carter was taken in the second round in 2018. Deuce McBride went No. 36 to the New York Knicks in 2021. WVU has produced five draft picks since 2000.

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