Green House s first 13-man list is released! The top pick is the top scorer, and Yang Hansen s market may have a bullish chance

On June 11, according to ESPN draft expert Givony, 13 players have received live invitations from New York for the 2025 NBA Draft and will enter the "Green House" waiting field, leading Duke University's top pick Cooper Flag. The so-called "Green House" is a gathering area in front of the NBA draft stage, where popular rookies and their families and agents are waiting for President Xiao Hua to read his name. Each player can invite 6 people to accompany him to take the seat. The first list of invitations was announced today, including Flag, Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey, VJ Edgecom, Trey Johnson, Kaman Maruach, Jeremiah Fels, Conk Napel, Casparas Jacucionis, Yegor Deming, Carter Bryant, Derek Quinn and Asa Newell.

sources said that 11 other invitations will be distributed in batches.

The invitation list must be determined to communicate with the president or general manager of the teams in the first round: the team must vote to select the expected top 25 selected players to avoid players waiting in front of national TV audiences. Receiving invitations is often seen as a bullish signal for draft picks, but there have been cases of Green House players sliding to the second round in history, such as Bol Pole, Deyonta Davis, Nick Clarkston, Machey Lamper and Rashad Lewis. Last year, Johnny Ferfey and Filipovsky fell to the second round on the first top 20 invitations.

Starting last year, the NBA draft has been changed to two days. The first round of this year will be held on June 26, with both rounds of draft picks at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The outside world may pay more attention to the screening of the final Green House invitation list to avoid the situation where players and their families need to wait one more day before they can hear the name.

In ESPN's latest simulation draft, the first 13 invited players, except for Newell of the University of Georgia, were predicted as lottery picks. Noah Essenge, who is expected to be in the playoffs for the top 10 picks, is currently representing Germany's Ulmretio Pharmaceuticals team. His participation schedule may affect attendance at the draft - the fifth game of the German BBL Finals is scheduled to be held on June 27 (the day after the first round of the draft). Chinese player Yang Hansen is currently participating in separate trials of multiple teams. The draft market is bullish and there are already predictions that he will be selected in the second half of the first round. Does he have the chance to wait for a Green House invitation? Let's wait and see.