The Minnesota Timberwolves selected center Joan Beringer with the 17th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft presented by State Farm.
Beringer, 6-11, averaged 5.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 18.2 minutes per game for Cedevita Olimpija in Slovenia this past season, while helping the team win the 2024-25 Slovenian Basketball Cup. During the 2024-25 regular season, he ranked second in the Adriatic League in blocks (1.47 bpg).
Prior to joining Cedevita Olimpija, the Sélestat, France, native competed for France at the 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship, where he averaged 9.1 points and 5.3 rebounds. The now 18-year-old also played for the Strasbourg Saint Joseph-Basket U17 team and the U18 and U21 prospect teams for SIG Strasbourg.
Beringer is one of three French players who have been drafted so far tonight, marking the third consecutive year that at least two French players were selected in the first round of the NBA Draft.
Beringer becomes the third player in franchise history to be selected with the 17th overall pick (Rasho Nesterović; 1998 and Aleksej Pokuševski; 2020).
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
