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Full list of ESPYS 2025 Award winner with Caitlin Clark bagging the Best WNBA Player

July 17, 2025

The 2025 ESPYS just concluded their presentation of the greatest athletes and moments in sports this year, and below are the winners. As a sport, basketball got the most awards this year, with 7 players taking home particular honors. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder received two awards: Best NBA Player and Best Athlete – Men’s Sports. On the women’s side, Caitlin Clark was awarded Best WNBA Player, while Cooper Flagg and JuJu Watkins bagged the Best College Athlete awards for male and female, respectively.

Then we have the legends of the sports, Diana Taurasi and former USWNT player Alex Morgan were honored with the prestigious Icon Award, while former NBA player Oscar Robertson received the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage.

Here’s the full list of winners of the 2025 ESPY Awards.

  • Best Championship Performance: Simone Biles, Olympic gymnastics all-around
  • Best Play: Saquon Barkley’s backwards hurdle
  • Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award: Sloane Stephens
  • Capital One Cup Winners: UNC women and Ohio State men
  • Jimmy V Award for Perseverance: Katie Schumacher-Cawley
  • Icon Award: Alex Morgan and Diana Taurasi

  • Pat Tillman Award for Service: Los Angeles County firefighters David Walters and Erin Regan
  • Gatorade Players of the Year: Jane Hedengren and Cameron Boozer
  • Best Comeback Athlete: Suni Lee, USA Gymnastics
  • Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award: Rishin Tandon, Maegha Ramanathan and Ian Waite
  • Arthur Ashe Award for Courage: Oscar Robertson
  • Best Athlete – Men’s Sports: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder

  • Best Record-Breaking Performance: Alexander Ovechkin, NHL all-time goals leader
  • Best Team: Philadelphia Eagles, NFL
  • Best NBA Player: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
  • Best WNBA Player: Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever

  • Best College Athlete – Men’s Sports: Cooper Flagg, Duke men’s basketball
  • Best College Athlete – Women’s Sports: JuJu Watkins, USC women’s basketball
  • Best Athlete with a Disability: Noah Elliott, Para Snowboarding
  • Best NFL Player: Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles
  • Best MLB Player: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Best NHL Player: Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers
  • Best Driver: Max Verstappen, F1
  • Best UFC Fighter: Merab Dvalishvili
  • Best Boxer: Katie Taylor
  • Best Soccer Player: Christian Pulisic, AC Milan, USMNT
  • Best Golfer: Scottie Scheffler
  • Best Tennis Player: Coco Gauff

Here’s the list of Round 2 of the 2025 NBA Draft

June 28, 2025

I’m just gonna place this here, since there’s not much buzz for the second day/round of the 2025 NBA Draft, this of course for some unexpected trades like Phoenix wanting to get the 31st pick from Minnesota Timberwolves, which they use to pick Rasheer Fleming, a 6’8″ forward with a massive 7-foot-5 wingspan.

Second Round
31. Timberwolves draft Rasheer Fleming (St. Joseph’s) – Traded to Suns
32. Celtics draft Noah Penda (Le Mans Sarthe Basket) – Traded to Magic
33. Hornets draft Sion James (Duke)
34. Hornets draft Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)
35. 76ers draft Johni Broome (Auburn)
36. Nets draft Adou Thiero (Arkansas) – Traded to Lakers (via Suns & Wolves)
37. Pistons draft Chaz Lanier (Tennessee)
38. Spurs draft Kam Jones (Marquette) – Traded to Pacers
39. Raptors draft Alijah Martin (Florida)
40. Wizards draft Micah Peavy (Georgetown) – Traded to Pelicans
41. Warriors draft Koby Brea (Kentucky) – Traded to Suns
42. Kings draft Maxime Raynaud (Stanford)
43. Wizards draft Jamir Watkins (Florida State)
44. Thunder draft Brooks Barnhizer (Northwestern)
45. Bulls draft Rocco Zikarsky (Brisbane) – Traded to Wolves (via Lakers)
46. Magic draft Amari Williams (Kentucky) – Traded to Celtics
47. Bucks draft Bogoljub Marković (Mega Basket)
48. Grizzlies draft Javon Small (West Virginia)
49. Cavaliers draft Tyrese Proctor (Duke)
50. Knicks draft Kobe Sanders (Nevada) – Traded to Clippers
51. Clippers draft Mohamed Diawara (Cholet Basket) – Traded to Knicks
52. Suns draft Alex Toohey (Sydney Kings) – Traded to Warriors
53. Jazz draft John Tonje (Wisconsin)
54. Pacers draft Taelon Peter (Liberty)
55. Lakers draft Lachlan Olbrich (Illawarra Hawks) – Traded to Bulls
56. Grizzlies draft Will Richard (Florida) – Traded to Warriors
57. Magic draft Max Shulga (VCU) – Traded to Celtics
58. Cavaliers draft Saliou Niang (Trento)
59. Rockets draft Jahmai Mashack (Tennessee) – Traded to Grizzlies (via Warriors & Suns)
* The 2025 second round pick for the Knicks was rescinded by the NBA.

You can check the full list of the Round 1 of the 2025 NBA Draft here.

Now that the 2025 NBA Draft is in the books, we can checkout the Rookies and the Sophomores in action in this year’s NBA 2K26 Summer League 2025 in Las Vegas this July 10th.

Full list of the Round 1 of the 2025 NBA Draft, Cooper Flagg selected by Dallas at No. 1

June 26, 2025

NBA just concluded the 1st Round (day 1) of its annual draft. As expected, the Dallas Mavericks selected Duke’s Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick, he is the second youngest no. 1 pick, second only to Lebron James.

ESPN writes, “The 6-foot-8, 221-pound Flagg, who will not turn 19 until Dec. 21, arrived at Duke with immense expectations and lived up to the hype. He was a consensus All-American and won multiple national player of the year honors, including the Wooden Award and the Naismith Award, averaging 19.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.4 steals while leading the Blue Devils to a 35-4 record and a Final Four appearance.”

Here’s the full list of Round 1 of the 2025 NBA Draft;
First Round
1. Mavericks draft Cooper Flagg (Duke)
2. Spurs draft Dylan Harper (Rutgers)
3. 76ers draft VJ Edgecombe (Baylor)
4. Hornets draft Kon Knueppel (Duke)
5. Jazz draft Ace Bailey (Rutgers)
6. Wizards draft Tre Johnson (Texas)
7. Pelicans draft Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma)
8. Nets draft Egor Demin (BYU)
9. Raptors draft Collin Murray-Boyles (South Carolina)
10. Rockets draft Khaman Maluach (Duke) – Traded to Suns
11. Trail Blazers draft Cedric Coward (Washington State) – Traded to Grizzlies
12. Bulls draft Noa Essengue (Ratiopharm Ulm)
13. Hawks draft Derik Queen (Maryland) – Traded to Pelicans
14. Spurs draft Carter Bryant (Arizona)
15. Thunder draft Thomas Sorber (Georgetown)
16. Grizzlies draft Yang Hansen (Qingdao) – Traded to Trail Blazers
17. Timberwolves draft Joan Beringer (Cedevita Olimpija)
18. Wizards draft Walter Clayton Jr. (Florida) – Traded to Jazz
19. Nets draft Nolan Traoré (Saint-Quentin BB)
20. Heat draft Kasparas JakuÄŤionis (Illinois)
21. Jazz draft Will Riley (Illinois) – Traded to Wizards
22. Hawks draft Drake Powell (North Carolina) – Traded to Nets
23. Pelicans draft Asa Newell (Georgia) – Traded to Hawks
24. Thunder draft Nique Clifford (Colorado State) – Traded to Kings
25. Magic draft Jase Richardson (Michigan State)
26. Nets draft Ben Saraf (Ratiopharm Ulm)
27. Nets draft Danny Wolf (Michigan)
28. Celtics draft Hugo González (Real Madrid)
29. Suns draft Liam McNeeley (Connecticut) – Traded to Hornets
30. Clippers draft Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Penn State)

Round 2 will be this Thursday, June 26 (8 ET) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Here’s the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery Results

May 14, 2025

The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery took place on Monday, May 12, 2025, and determined the draft order for the first 14 picks of the 2025 NBA Draft.

Here are the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery Results:
1. Dallas
2. San Antonio
3. Philadelphia
4. Charlotte
5. Utah
6. Washington
7. New Orleans
8. Brooklyn
9. Toronto
10. Houston
11. Portland
12. Chicago
13. Atlanta
14. San Antonio

The Mavs is expected to select Duke forward Cooper Flagg, who is also present at the NBA Draft Lottery.

If you want to know the full order, 1 – 59, of the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery Results you can go here.