NBA Draft News: Golden State Warriors trade 41st pick Koby Brea to Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns have landed one of college basketball’s most lethal perimeter shooters. The Golden State Warriors selected Koby Brea with the No. 41 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, only to trade his rights to Phoenix in a deal that will be finalized later.

Brea, who played one season at Kentucky after transferring from Dayton, brings top-tier shooting and maturity to a Suns roster looking to add depth and floor spacing.

The Phoenix Suns quietly add elite shooter in Koby Brea

The Phoenix Suns have acquired Kentucky guard Koby Brea from the Golden State Warriors after the 41st overall pick was made. The deal is pending finalization but signals Phoenix’s intent to surround its core with proven shooting talent. As the Warriors posted on X, “As part of a trade to be finalized at a later date, the Golden State Warriors have agreed in principle to trade the draft rights of Koby Brea, the No.

41 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, to the Phoenix Suns.

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Brea was a standout for Kentucky in his lone season, helping Mark Pope’s debut campaign in Lexington reach national attention. A former Dayton Flyer, Brea joined the Wildcats as a graduate transfer and instantly became a threat from beyond the arc. He finished the 2024–25 season hitting 43.5% of his 3-point attempts (93-of-214), the seventh-most makes in a single season in Kentucky history.

His efficiency stretched across all areas of the court, but his perimeter game remained his trademark.

Notably, Brea averaged 11.6 points per game, ranking third on the team behind Otega Oweh and Jaxson Robinson. In a marquee performance against Florida, he exploded for 23 points, including a career-best seven 3-pointers. That shooting outburst led the nation early in the year in 3-point percentage and ultimately finished among the NCAA’s top 10 with a 43.46% mark over 36 games.At the NBA Combine, Brea measured just under 6-foot-6 without shoes and weighed in at 201.8 pounds. While not overly physical, his size and shooting make him a versatile option on the wing. After four seasons at Dayton, he stepped into the SEC spotlight. Arriving at Barclays Center in Brooklyn with his family, Brea was filmed walking in alongside his parents and younger brother. When asked how he was feeling, he smiled and simply said, “Feeling great.

Blessed.”Also Read: Who is Yang Hansen? Here’s what you need to know about Portland Trail Blazers’ shocking first-round pickThere’s another layer of familiarity at play. Suns general manager Brian Gregory once coached at Dayton. It’s no coincidence that Brea, a product of that same program, has now landed in Phoenix. The Suns also picked up another Atlantic 10 product, Saint Joseph’s guard Rasheer Fleming, earlier in the second round in a separate trade.