NBA Draft Scouting Reports

Leonard Miller was extremely productive for the G-League Ignite, showcasing an intriguing blend of size, athleticism, and burgeoning skill that should have NBA Draft teams sold on his upside.  The majority of attention spent on the G-Leauge Ignite this season was directed at Scoot Henderson, but he wasn’t the only viable first-round prospect on the team.
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A strong performance at the NBA Draft Combine cemented Santa Clara’s Brandin Podziemski as a potential first-round pick and a strong sleeper candidate.  After barely playing as a freshman at Illinois, Brandin Podziemski transferred to Santa Clara and immediately emerged as the best player in the WCC. He was conference player of the year, averaging
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Jett Howard hails from NBA royalty and he could be one of the most polished offensive players in the upcoming NBA Draft. Jett Howard played his freshman season at Michigan under the watchful eye of head coach Juwan Howard, a 19-year NBA vet who also happens to be Jett’s father. The early returns were promising,
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Taylor Hendricks has the potential to be a foundational defensive presence for his future NBA team.  Taylor Hendricks entered his freshman season at Central Florida mostly off the radar. He certainly wasn’t considered a one-and-done prospect. Flash forward a few months, and Hendricks is now expected to be a lottery pick in June. He has
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A rigorous defender who profiles as one of the more complete two-way players in the draft, Cason Wallace is the latest Kentucky guard destined for NBA success.  A lot of talented guards populate the 2023 NBA Draft class, especially in the lottery range. Cason Wallace doesn’t possess flashy, high-flying athleticism to make scouts go nuts,
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A fluid athlete and effortless shooter, Gradey Dick has the kind of skill set every NBA team can benefit from.  The NBA is a 3-point shooter’s league. There are several factors that contribute to a team’s ability to win games, but broadly speaking, every elite offense happens to align with elite shooting numbers. Winning the
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Hailed by many as Victor Wembanyama’s less-appreciated co-star in France, Bilal Coulibaly’s explosive athleticism and massive two-way potential could land him as high as the lottery.  Not many prospects have as much momentum heading into the pre-draft process as France’s Bilal Coulibaly. One of the youngest players in the 2023 NBA Draft, the 18-year-old wing
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The best player on the best team in college basketball, Brandon Miller’s dominant regular season with Alabama elevated him into the top-2 conversation.  Brandon Miller was the best freshman in college basketball by a comfortable margin, carrying a massive offensive burden for Alabama, the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. While the Crimson
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Anthony Black is a big playmaking guard who projects as valuable connective tissue for aspiring contenders in the NBA.  Anthony Black walked into a difficult situation at Arkansas. The Razorbacks were littered with elite freshmen and potential NBA prospects, making the path to consistent production and relevance harder than it may have been with a
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Cam Whitmore could be the NBA’s next star wing.  On the surface, Cam Whitmore’s numbers don’t really stack up with his lottery-bound peers. Villanova hasn’t been able to rely on Whitmore as a primary scoring threat every night and his consistency has wavered in the wake of injury. So, with only 22 games on his
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Jarace Walker combines Defensive Player of the Year upside with singular power and finesse on the offensive end.  “Versatility” has become something of a buzzword in the NBA discourse. It is, if nothing else, a rather versatile word. It can apply to a broad number of attributes, many different facets of the game. What makes
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Injuries might be the only thing holding Nick Smith Jr. back from emerging as the best NBA Draft prospect in college basketball.  Nick Smith Jr. has played five games (119 total minutes) for the Arkansas Razorbacks. For reasons termed “right knee management,” Smith has been out indefinitely with no clear return date. Whether he returns
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Arguably the most complete guard in recent NBA Draft history, Scoot Henderson is much more than the projected consolation prize in the Winless for Wemby sweepstakes.  Scoot Henderson is almost universally pegged as the second overall pick in 2023 mock drafts. Were it not for the glaring generational talent of Victor Wembanyama, he would be
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Victor Wembanyama is a once-in-a-generation prospect who has the potential to contend for MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the not so distant future.  Welcome to the Wemby Show. Next season will mark the beginning of a potentially historic career: at least, that’s what the NBA Draft hype machine would have you believe.
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A nutty athlete with a wing’s size and a point guard’s mind, Amen Thompson’s star potential jumps off the screen.  Some NBA and college basketball fans might have trouble watching Amen Thompson this season. He’s playing for the Overtime City Reapers, part of Overtime Elite — Atlanta’s six-team professional league for players 16-20 years old.
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After starring for tiny California Baptist University, Milan Acquaah is looking to make an enormous leap to the NBA next season.  Milan Acquaah started his basketball career under the brightest lights — as teammate of Lonzo Ball‘s at Chino Hills and then at Washington State University in the Pac-12. But he eventually transferred to California
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Once heralded as the top point guard in the nation, Cole Anthony’s stock has suffered a hit after a rough freshman campaign at North Carolina. Which teams make the most sense for the divisive scoring guard? One of the expressions that will assuredly be hammered to death throughout the 2020 NBA Draft cycle is that
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