Warriors add 7-foot-3 center out of Australia in second round of new ESPN mock draft
Although Wednesday marks the start of the 2025 NBA draft, the Golden State Warriors will likely have to wait until Thursday to make their only selection of the draft. Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Steve Kerr will be on the clock in the second round with the No. 41 overall pick.
Before the Warriors make their pick, last-minute mock drafts are being filed with different predictions for what player could come off the board at No. 41. In the latest mock draft from ESPN, the Warriors landed a 7-foot-3 center out of Australia.
In Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo's new mock draft at ESPN, Australian center Rocco Zikarsky was penned to the Warriors at No. 41.
Check out the full mock draft with predictions for both the first and second rounds of the 2025 NBA draft here.
The 18-year-old big man has played 18 games for the Brisbane Bullets in the 2024-25 season, averaging 4.6 points on 52.4% shooting from the field to go along with 3.4 rebounds in 11.8 minutes per game.
In his second season in Brisbane, Zikarsky tallied double figures in four games, scoring a season-high 13 points twice.
Rocco Zikarsky showing NBA teams how he moves at 7-foot-4 at the NBA draft combine pro lane agility drill pic.twitter.com/wCcAeKdyXA
Zikarsky signed with the Bullets in the NBL in 2023 at 16-years-old, becoming the youngest player in the Brisbane program history.
7-foot-4 Australian Rocco Zikarsky showing his outrageous 9'6 1/2 standing reach in the standing vertical jump test at the NBA draft combine pic.twitter.com/hyP9WZVTgX
Zikarsky could add to Golden State's young frontcourt with former second-round picks Trayce Jackson-Davis and Quinten Post.
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