Emmanuel Mudiay has a high bar for the certainty of his combination of skill and athleticism, but the true question is whether he can sustain his level of play on a nightly basis to become a high efficiency 20, five and eight player. Read more »

Karl-Anthony Towns is perhaps the most jack of all trades center prospect in NBA history and he really could become a master of them all to become one of the best two or three players in the league. Read more »

People watch Jahlil Okafor's preternatural post game and think he just wasn't made for these times. Outside shooting has never been more important, but low post scorers that command a double team can be transformative to an offense. Read more »

While Phil Greene IV is still far from a lock to be drafted, he's done enough to spark some late NBA interest. He has the intangibles and work ethic to become a true sleeper in the upcoming draft. Read more »

In the midst of the predraft workouts and interviews, the tale of Darrell Willliams has struck NBA executives: In jail just three years ago, and now in the NBA 2015 Draft process. Williams was wrongly convicted on a sexual assault charge, a contributing reserve at Oklahoma State cut from his team and vanquished from a career in basketball. Read more »

While upside and athleticism may rise as the draft nears, basketball IQ and toughness may get overlooked in the process. As a player that exemplifies both of the latter categories, here's why T.J. McConnell may surprise and make an NBA roster next season. Read more »

While making a living by scoring with your back to the basket isn't going to work for the vast majority of young big men coming into the league, the rules that apply to the 99 percent don't necessarily hold true for the 1 percent. Jahlil Okafor. DeMarcus Cousins. Joel Embiid. Karl Towns. Post play may be gone for now but that doesn't mean it will be gone forever. Read more »

Okafor and Randle both want to play around the rim on offense and makes you confident in their ability to anchor an NBA defense. The worst case scenario is they would end up getting in each other's way on one end of the floor and leave the paint unprotected on the other. Read more »

Prospects sometimes emerge late in the draft process, even after their senior year. Rakeem Christmas, Darion Atkins, Cady Lalanne, Pat Connaughton and Richaun Holmes are five such players. Read more »

The 76ers will soon work out Jamal Jones, who is aware of the franchise’s interest and its possibility to make him a domestic draft-and-stash. Read more »

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Bryce Dejean-Jones will be examined for every headline in his college career. He'll be interviewed about the apartment incident, the moodiness surfacing around teams. He went to Iowa State with questions, and once again, he goes misread into a new basketball world. Read more »

Evaluating the standouts from Portsmouth who could follow the likes of Robert Covington to become NBA players. Read more »

The depth of future lottery talent in the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit wasn't as strong as past seasons, including last year's edition that comprises a good percentage of the draft crop, but there are three potential franchise-changing talents in Skal Labissiere, Ben Simmons and Jaylen Brown. Read more »

When you are drafting from a John Calipari team, you want to make sure you are taking guys based off their talent level and skill-set not their proximity to greatness at the NCAA level. So how do the seven guys from this year's team stack up with each other? Read more »

Justise Winslow's numbers have risen dramatically, in large part because Coach K put him in a position to succeed on both sides of the floor. One guy who has slipped in comparison is Stanley Johnson and it's instructive to see the difference in how they were deployed by their respective coaches. Read more »

Before either getting enamored with the post brilliance of Karl-Anthony Towns or analyzing the merits of Mike Brey's approach, you have to take into consideration a distinct difference in how post up play works at the NBA and college level. Read more »

The biggest question NBA teams will have with Karl-Anthony Towns is whether to utilize him in post-ups or pick-and-rolls. What makes him such a great prospect is it can work either way. Read more »

A savvy NBA team at the end of the lottery may be able to squeeze a lot of value out of their pick because of the incompetence of Myles Turner's college coach. Read more »

The first half of the NBA season has changed some of the dynamics of traded pick protection, while also producing a few other trades involving 2015 picks. Read more »