MIES (Switzerland) - The 2025 NBA Draft is just days away and the lives of players will change when they hear their names in the two rounds of the draft on June 25 and 26. There will be a massive FIBA influence among the 59 picks with nearly 60 percent having played in international competitions or a FIBA-NBA Basketball Without Borders camp.

International players are having more and more impact on the NBA and the 30 NBA franchises are recognizing that and bringing in more players from around the world. We examined the various mock drafts out there and created our own list - highlighting the players' participation in FIBA events.

This is the first installment with picks 46-59. It will be followed by three more in the days to come.

RJ Luis was born in Miami to two parents born outside the United States - mother from Ecuador and father from Dominican Republic. It was for his father's homeland that Luis played internationally - at the FIBA U17 CentroBasket 2019. Luis played his freshman season at the University of Massachusetts and this past year at St. John's University. He helped the Red Storm to the Big East Championship this season. He hopes to be the first Ecuadorian-American to play in the NBA.

Izan Almansa may have had the greatest FIBA youth career in history as he won three MVP trophies in two summers - winning the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2023 and FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2022 and finishing second at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022. Almansa left Europe in 2021 to play two seasons in the Overtime Elite league, one campaign in the NBA G-League before playing this past season with Perth in the Australian NBL.

Almansa, who also played at the FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2024, debuted with Spain's senior national team in two windows for the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers.

Brice Williams played the last two seasons with Nebraska after previous playing at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His father Henry Williams played nearly a decade in Italy, including winning the FIBA Saporta Cup with Benetton Treviso in 1999 and was also a member of the USA team that took third at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 1990. Brice Williams won two post-season competitions: College Basketball Invitational and College Basketball Crown - both for teams that were not selected for the NCAA tournament.

Mark Sears played five years of college basketball - the first two at Ohio University and then the final three seasons at University of Alabama. The point guard declared for the 2023 NBA Draft but returned for his senior season. He ended his collegiate career with 2,839 points - moving into the top 20 in all-time scorers in NCAA history.

Vladislav Goldin played the past season at the University of Michigan after three years at Florida Atlantic University, which came after his first campaign at Texas Tech University. The Russian 7-footer moved to the United States in 2019 for one season of high school basketball. That came after he played in two competitions for his country - the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019 and FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2019.

Eric Dixon played five seasons at Villanova University, leading the nation in scoring in 2024-25 with 23.3 points per game. The forward finished his collegiate career as Villanova's all-time leading scorer with 2,314 points - breaking Kerry Kittles' record which had stood for 29 years. He was named to the First Team All-Big East in 2025 after being named to the Second Team the previous two years.

Lachlan Olbrich enters the draft after helping Australian club Illawarra to the NBL league title in 2025 - scoring 13 and 12 points in Illawarra's final two wins in the NBL Grand Final. The big man spent the 2022-23 season in college basketball in the USA at University of California at Riverside. Olbrich made his debut for the Australian senior national team, playing two games for the Boomers in the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers.

John Tonje played six seasons of college basketball, his senior season at University of Wisconsin where he named First Team All-Big Ten as he scored 19.9 points. The wing played four years at Colorado State University and then spent the 2023-24 campaign at University of Missouri. Tonje competed with Cameroon - the home country of his father - at the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 Nigeria, averaging 4.3 points.

Brooks Barnhizer spent four years at Northwestern University - gaining a spot on the Third Team All-Big Ten in 2024. He won the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award in 2025. The wing became the first Big Ten player since Michael Redd to reach at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, and 200 assists within his first 96 career games.

Amari Williams spent his final collegiate season at University of Kentucky after four years at Drexel University. The 7-footer starred at Drexel, three times being named the Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Years and twice being named to the First Team All-CAA. Williams played two summers for Great Britain's youth teams - at the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2018, Division B and FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2019.

Kobe Sanders played this past season with University of Nevada at Reno after four years at Calfornia Polytechnic State University. The guard earned All-Big West Honorable Mention honors in 2024 and was named to the Third Team All-Mountain West in 2025.

Dink Pate played the 2024-25 season with Mexico City Capitanes in the NBA G League. The 19-year-old wing spent the previous year with the NBA G League Ignite team, becoming the youngest professional player in US history, surpassing Scoot Henderson.

Javon Small starred this past season with West Virginia University as the point guard was named First-Team All Big 12 after averaging 18.6 points and 5.6 assists. Small played two seasons at East Carolina University and had a strong 2023-24 campaign at Oklahoma State University.

Hunter Sallis finished his college career with two strong seasons at Wake Forest University, twice being named First-Team All-ACC. The shooting guard averaged 18+ points in both seasons. He played the previous two years at Gonzaga University. Sallis was named to the USA team for the 2021 Nike Hoop Summit but the event was not played due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The opinions expressed are purely those of the author and for fan entertainment purposes only. These are not in any way an official FIBA ranking. 

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