2025 NBA Draft Scouting Report for LA Clippers No. 50 Pick Kobe Sanders

The LA Clippers have selected Kobe Sanders with the No. 50 pick in the 2025 NBA draft. The pick was acquired from the New York Knicks in exchange for the No. 51 pick.

Sanders earned third-team All-Mountain West honors last season with the Nevada Wolf Pack after averaging 15.8 points per game, along with 4.5 assists.

That assist number was good enough to crack the nation's Top 100 overall at No. 84.

As a five-year senior and at 23 years old, nobody is expecting Sanders to be a future All-Star, and he was likely overlooked by teams earlier in the draft because of his limited upside.

However, he is a long forward who shoots threes, makes plays for others and can surprise defenders with a high-flying dunk from time to time despite checking in as a below-average athlete.

Sanders ranks No. 38 on B/R NBA draft expert Jonathan Wasserman's 2025 Prospect Big Board.

Essential Facts and Stats

College: Nevada | Position: SF | Height: 6'7" | Weight: 203 lbs | Age: 23 | Vertical: 36" | Wingspan: 6'8¼" | PPG: 15.8 | RPG: 3.9 | APG: 4.5 | BPG: 0.3 | SPG: 1.1 | FG%: 46 | 3PT%: 34.2

Realistic Pro Comparison: Kyle Kuzma

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Sanders' game resembles that of Milwaukee Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma.

Both have big-wing size, three-level scoring ability and secondary playmaking skills.

Of course, neither is wildly athletic, and their ceilings rely on deepening their bag of offensive tricks. But both have dangerous shotmaking and passing for either forward spot and can be mixed and matched between the 3 and 4 based on matchups.

Strengths

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• Positional size
• Three-level scoring
• Secondary playmaking

Whether at the rim, in the mid-range or beyond the arc, Sanders is a bucket-getter.

His 34.2 percent from deep last season won't blow anyone away, but he has a reliable enough three ball to keep defenses honest.

Weaknesses

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• Athleticism
• Offensive consistency
• Experience

Despite having played five total seasons of college basketball, Sanders' experience against quality opponents was more "small sample size theater" than a regular display.

That isn't a guarantee a player will flop against NBA competition. But it creates questions for scouts until they see him in action getting NBA minutes.