{"id":128933,"date":"2025-06-27T12:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/128933\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:55:12","slug":"sacramento-kings-select-maxime-raynaud-in-2025-nba-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/128933\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings select Maxime Raynaud in 2025 NBA Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stanford<\/a> C Maxime Raynaud<\/a> fully developed over a four-year collegiate career with the Cardinal. Now, one of the more productive bigs in the sport by last season in college is off the board in the NBA Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sacramento Kings have selected Raynaud in the 2025 NBA Draft. They did so with their No. 42 overall pick.<\/p>\n

Raynaud appeared in 129 games, 94 of those being starts, for Stanford, averaging 12.6 points (51.5% FG, 34.7% 3PT), 7.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. That finished him in the Top-10 in program history in scoring, rebounding, field goals, and games played.<\/p>\n

As an upperclassman, though, Raynaud went to another level, posting 17.9 points (51.7% FG, 35.4% 3PT), 10.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.1 blocks. He would, in the first of those seasons as a junior, be Second Team All Pac-12 and Pac-12 Most Improved Player. Then, as a senior putting up a career-best stat line of 20.2 points (46.7% FG, 34.7% 3PT on 1.9 makes), 10.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.4 blocks, Raynaud, tied for the tenth leading scorer in the country, made the All-ACC First Team while being a finalist for the Kareem Abdul Jabbar Award and an honorable mention as an AP All-American.<\/p>\n

Raynaud, out of Paris, France, attended high school at Lycee Henri IV. He\u2019d play internationally for Espoirs Nanterre while also representing his country at the 2023 FIBA U-20 and the 2019 FIBA U16 European Championships.<\/p>\n

What NBA Draft experts are saying about Maxime Raynaud<\/p>\n

On3\u2019s James Fletcher<\/a> is high on Raynaud, even naming him as a player who could have an immediate impact<\/a> in the NBA. That\u2019s with him having the size and scoring ability to contribute as backup big off of someone\u2019s bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaxime Raynaud has one of the most impressive stories in the NBA Draft, going from walk-on to late-rising prospect at center,\u201d Fletcher wrote in May<\/a> following the NBA Draft Combine. \u201cHe has shown an ability to produce offensively for years and Stanford, providing an interesting backup big option for NBA teams. A strong pre-draft process has further led to excitement about his ability to jump levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

RotoWire.com was also sold on the offensive upside in their draft profile for Raynaud<\/a>, comparing him to Frank Kaminsky<\/a> (Wisconsin)<\/a>, Kelly Olynyk<\/a> (Gonzaga)<\/a>, Zach Collins<\/a> (Gonzaga)<\/a>, and Kyle Filipowski<\/a> (Duke)<\/a>. That said, with development left for him to do, including defensively, they\u2019re looking to see him land with a specific franchise if he\u2019s to have early returns in the association.<\/p>\n

\u201cRaynaud is incredibly skilled for his size, showcasing the ability to post up, face up, shoot and attack poor closeouts. He can finish with both hands and uses his footwork to navigate traffic in the paint. Raynaud loves to operate as an offensive hub, finding backdoor cutters or shooters in the corners when too many defensive eyes are on him, but his assist numbers weren\u2019t prolific in college. He isn\u2019t a natural playmaker but is willing to find the open guy, often with a dramatic flair. Raynaud\u2019s intensity on the court was also notable, but it\u2019ll be interesting to see if that continues when he doesn\u2019t have the ball as much as a pro. The big man was productive defensively at Stanford, but his ability to guard the perimeter will have to improve at the next level, especially since his offensive profile suggests he\u2019ll have to play more forward than center in the NBA.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s certainly a blueprint for a player of Raynaud\u2019s skill and size to make it in the NBA, but he\u2019s far from a polished prospect and would likely need to land in an ideal fit to earn consistent playing time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stanford C Maxime Raynaud fully developed over a four-year collegiate career with the Cardinal. Now, one of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,1480],"class_list":{"0":"post-128933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-maxime-raynaud-21-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}