With 22 teams no longer in the mix for the 2025 Championship, most teams now have their sights set on the 2025 NBA Draft.
Unfortunately, unless they receive a mini-miracle, the Sacramento Kings will not have a first round pick in this draft. As you'll recall, the Kings traded a first round pick to the Atlanta Hawks in 2022 when they acquired the services of Kevin Huerter. The pick started out as a lottery-protected first in 2024, but since the Kings finished in the top 14, it became a top 12 protected first in 2025.
The Kings finish the season with the 13th-worst record in the NBA. The way the lottery is set up, at their current spot, the Kings can only be the 13th or 14th overall pick, or be a top four pick. So, if they don't leapfrog to the top four, the Kings will give their pick to the Atlanta Hawks.
Given how likely it is that they end up in the top four (3.8%), major publications have been creating their mock drafts in anticipation of the Hawks having the Kings' first round pick. This includes The Athletic, who recently put out an updated 2025 Mock Draft.
The Athletic predicts the Hawks to take a big man with 13th overall pick
In that edition of their mock draft, The Athletic projected the Hawks to add some more depth at center, selecting Georgetown's Thomas Sorber with the 13th overall pick.
You can read their full explanation in their article (linked above). But the premise of it was that while the Hawks have Onyeka Okongwu, he is a little small (6'9), and Sorber gives them a much-needed boost in that department (6'10 with a roughly 7'4 wingspan). He is also a capable scorer and passer off the roll, which pairs well with their star point guard, Trae Young.
Sorber spent a single season with the Hoyas. In that time, he left quite the mark, starting in 23 of his 24 games and averaging 14.5 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 2.4 APG, 2.0 BPG, and 1.5 SPG on 58% true shooting.
Sorber was a highly-touted prospect coming out of high school. According to 247 Sports, Sorber was a four-star prospect, ranking 46th overall in his class and tenth among centers.
The last player from Georgetown to be drafted in the first round (or at all, for that matter) was Otto Porter Jr., who was selected 3rd in the 2013 NBA Draft.