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0:31NBA Draft Grades: Mavericks Select Sergio De Larrea No. 25 Overall
Draft Scouting Report
Pro Comparison: Cormac Ryan
Summary
De Larrea is a Spanish native who made his senior EuroLeague debut when he was just 17 years old. In 2023, he helped Spain win the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup. Most recently, the 20-year-old played important minutes for a Valencia team that was one of the EuroLeague’s best this season, averaging 7.1 points, 2.9 assists, and 2 rebounds in 14.3 minutes while shooting 45/41/82.
About
- Selected to the Spanish ACB Best Young Players Team in both 2025 and 2026.
- MVP of the 2025 Spanish Super Cup after helping Valencia to the championship. - Has played with Spanish national teams in FIBA competitions every year since 2022, including his first stint with the Senior National Team in 2025.
Strengths
- Big guard with the excellent perimeter size that should enable him to play multiple positions.
- Excellent passer with good feel for the game and ability to navigate and make reads off ball-screens. Dictates his own pace and rarely gets sped up.
- Made notable strides as a shooter and became a reliable floor-spacer, albeit with a fairly elongated release that is powered primarily through his upper body.
Weaknesses
- Has some athletic limitations that are exasperated by playing upright with limited bend or flexibility in his body mechanics.
- Struggles to get all the way to the rim, especially in the half-court. Also a limited finisher in traffic.
- Relies on his size and IQ defensively, but has had similar struggles to hold his own on that end of the floor in EuroLeague play.
Top Sergio de Larrea News
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Mavericks' Sergio De Larrea: Now heading to Dallas
The Lakers selected De Larrea with the No. 25 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft and traded his rights to the Knicks, who then traded his rights to the Mavericks, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.
De Larrea will ultimately join the Mavericks as part of a deal in which the Knicks will acquire five second-round picks. The 20-year-old combo guard can play on and off the ball thanks to his size and catch-and-shoot ability. However, it's worth noting that he could return to Spain and may become a draft-and-stash prospect. The 20-year-old Spanish guard is coming off an excellent development cycle with Valencia Basket, where he earned Liga Endesa Best Young Player honors while averaging 9.7 points per game and displaying an advanced feel for the game. Standing at 6-foot-6 barefoot with a 6-foot-9 wingspan, De Larrea boasts elite positional size that allows him to survey the floor, pick apart defenses in the pick-and-roll and comfortably see over opposing guards. He was lethal from deep against professional competition this past season, draining 40.7 percent of his three-pointers on respectable volume.
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Knicks' Sergio De Larrea: Taken by NY after draft-day trade
The Lakers selected De Larrea with the No. 25 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft and traded his rights to the Knicks, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.
The Knicks traded down one spot with the Lakers to secure De Larrea at No. 25, adding an incredibly polished and crafty international playmaker to their backcourt. The 20-year-old Spanish point guard is coming off an excellent development cycle with Valencia Basket, where he earned Liga Endesa Best Young Player honors while averaging 9.7 points per game and displaying an advanced feel for the game. Standing at 6-foot-6 barefoot with a 6-foot-9 wingspan, De Larrea boasts elite positional size that allows him to survey the floor, pick apart defenses in the pick-and-roll and comfortably see over opposing guards. He was lethal from deep against professional competition this past season, draining 40.7 percent of his three-pointers on respectable volume. While there are legitimate concerns about his lack of elite vertical explosion and foot speed translating to the NBA defensive spacing, his high basketball IQ and patient pacing make him a very stable prospect. Because the newly crowned champion Knicks boast a locked-in backcourt anchored by Jalen Brunson, New York has the luxury of playing the long game with De Larrea. He represents an ideal draft-and-stash candidate or a low-pressure backup floor general who can refine his physical tools before stepping into a multi-positional secondary playmaking role at the next level.
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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-5, 178 lbs |
| Age: 20 |