NBA Draft 2025 Winners & Losers: The Mavs get their man, the best-laid plans of Ace Bailey … and a Special K

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Many learned scholars of NBA basketball have said you can’t judge a draft until at least five years down the line. But as I am not a learned scholar — I am, in fact, Just Some Guy — I say, with all due respect: “Go outside, nerd. Get out. Go. I ain’t got time to be distracted by your worthless chime-ins. Go on.” Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement What follows is a stab at a first draft of history — a thumbnail sketch of who had a pretty good first night of the 2025 NBA Draft and who might wind up looking...