Milos Uzan to Declare for 2025 NBA Draft After Houston's NCAA Title Loss to Florida

Houston guard Milos Uzan is declaring for the 2025 NBA draft, his agent Aman Dhesi told ESPN's Jonathan Givony.

Uzan has one year of college eligibility remaining and has until May 28 to decide whether he wants to remain in the draft or return to school. If he takes the latter route, Dhesi said he would return to Houston.

Uzan had a strong junior season, averaging 11.4 points and 4.3 assists while shooting 42.8 percent from the field for the NCAA tournament's runners-up. He had a number of excellent performances in March Madness, including a 16-point game in the first round, a seven-point, eight-assist showing in the second round and a 22-point, six-assist effort in the Sweet 16, which included the game-winning layup against Purdue.

His ability to affect the game as a playmaker, defender and scoring could make him attractive to NBA teams, though it would be a major loss for a Houston team already losing top scorer L.J. Cryer and J'Wan Roberts to graduation.

Where he would go in the draft remains to be seen. B/R's Jonathan Wasserman projected Uzan to go No. 36 overall to the Brooklyn Nets, noting that his "three-point shooting, an elite floater game and outstanding assist-to-turnover ratio should earn Uzan mentions in every teams' second-round discussion."

Yahoo Sports' Kevin O'Conner has him ranked No. 42 on his big board, meanwhile, calling him a "high-IQ combo guard who knits teams together with his playmaking skills and defensive hustle, and he's since honed his jumper to give him the skill-set to thrive as a connective piece in a multi-creator offense."

And ESPN's Jeremy Woo and Givony projected Uzan to go No. 42 overall to the Sacramento Kings in their latest mock.

So at this point, it seems likely that the Houston guard will be a second-round selection. If he doesn't feel like another year in college will meaningfully change his draft stock, however, heading to the NBA now would make sense.