The list of the first batch of 13 people in the Green House is released! Champion favorite Flagg leads Yang Hansen bullish or has a chance

On June 11, Beijing time, according to ESPN draft expert Givony, 13 players have received live invitations to the 2025 NBA Draft in New York and will enter the "Green House" waiting room, led by Duke University's top pick Cooper Flagg. The so-called "Green House" is a staging area in front of the NBA draft table, where hot rookies and their families and agents wait for President Shaw to read their names. Each player can invite 6 people to accompany them to their seats.

The first invitations were announced today and include Flagg, Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey, VJ Edgecombe, Trey Johnson, Carman Maluachi, Jeremiah Fels, Con Knappel, Casparas Yakusionis, Yegor Deming, Carter Bryant, Derek Quinn and Asa Newell.

Another 11 invitations will be issued in batches, the source said.

The list of invitees is determined by communicating with the president or general manager of each team in the first round: the team will need to vote for the top 25 players expected to be selected in order to avoid waiting long in front of a national television audience. Receiving an offer is often seen as a bullish sign for the draft, but there have been instances in history of Green House players slipping to the second round, such as Bol Bol, Deyongta Davies, Nick Claxton, Maciej Lampe, and Rashad Lewis. Last year, Johnny Foffey and Filippowski were in the first list of top 20 invitees, but they ended up dropping to the second round.

Since last year, the NBA Draft has been changed to two days. This year's first round will be held on June 26, Beijing time, and both rounds of the draft will be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The outside world may pay more attention to the selection of the final Green House invitation list to avoid a situation where players and their families have to wait an extra day to hear their names.

In ESPN's latest mock draft, the first 13 invited players, with the exception of Newell of the University of Georgia, were all predicted to be lottery picks. Noah Essenguet, who is expected to be a top-10 pick, is currently playing for Ulmretio Pharma in Germany, and his schedule could affect the draft, with Game 5 of the German BBL Finals scheduled for June 27, the day after the first round of the draft. China's Yang Hansen is currently participating in separate tryouts with multiple teams, and the draft market is bullish, with predictions that he will be selected in the second half of the first round. Does he have a chance to wait for a Green House invitation? Let's wait and see.