The usual suspects of Jayson Tatum, De’Aaron Fox and Bam Adebayo shined the most as future NBA lottery picks for 2017 in the same building they will likely be drafted in come 14 months from now. Read more »
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Notes From The Jordan Brand Classic
Notes From The 2016 Nike Hoop Summit
On Josh Jackson, Jayson Tatum, Jonathan Isaac, De'Aaron Fox, Markelle Fultz, DeAndre Ayton, Terrance Ferguson, Wenyen Gabriel and the other notables for the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit. Read more »
Duke's Trio Of Incoming Freshmen
In Jayson Tatum, Harry Giles III and Frank Jackson, Duke has an impressive trio of incoming freshmen. Read more »
Who Stood Out: Notes From The Big East Tournament
On Henry Ellenson, Isaiah Whitehead, Kris Jenkins, LJ Peak and Cole Huff Read more »
DeAndre' Bembry Living In The Moment Between Two Paths Of His Career
DeAndre' Bembry has shown that he's an ideal fit for the pro level, with the all-around ability that meshes with scorers. Bembry also has the college seasoning to help out teams instantly. Read more »
The Unfortunate Obscurity Of Nic Moore
A player with Nic Moore's size had better be extremely fast (which he is), have an extremely high basketball IQ (which he has) and not have any holes in his game (which he doesn't). Read more »
Denzel Valentine And His Perfect Supporting Cast
Denzel Valentine is the rare combination of a ball dominant superstar who doubles as a glue guy, a guy with an incredibly high basketball IQ who knows exactly what Michigan State needs on a given night and can always give it to them. Read more »
Jahlil Okafor, Myles Turner And The Futility Of The Process
Jahlil Okafor was the better scorer and passer while Myles Turner was the better shooter and shot-blocker. If you were picking a big man for the modern NBA, which skill-set would you prefer? Most big men played like Okafor in 1995. Most big men will play like Turner in 2025. Read more »
Jaylen Brown, Henry Ellenson And The Benefits, Perils Of Sliding Positions
If either Jaylen Brown or Henry Ellenson is going to be worthy of being a high lottery pick, it's probably going to come from them sliding down a position and giving their teams an edge in speed and skill. It's easier to do that at PF than C and that might end up being the difference between the two in the NBA. Read more »
The Best College Basketball Games During The NBA All-Star Break
Even for those who have no interest in following the NCAA Tournament, this week represents a good time to start catching up on some of the top prospects in this year's draft and some of the guys their favorite teams will be linked too in the draft over the next few months. Read more »
The Big 12's Final Four Problem
When you look at the Big 12 as a whole, you see guard-heavy teams without great big men and teams with great big men whose style of play can be exploited by well-coached teams. Read more »
North Carolina's New Reality Without Future Lottery Picks
Roy Williams has had to take a different tack when it comes to recruiting. He's still bringing in McDonald's All-Americans but he's no longer getting the guys whom NBA scouts have been salivating over since high school. This year's team is the perfect example. Read more »
College Basketball Finding Parity Without Elite Big Men
There's a reason there's less excitement about the draft in NBA front offices than there has been in some time and it's tied directly to parity. There aren't any great big men out there and the returns on this year's lottery don'tt project to be nearly as high as they were a year ago. Read more »
The Mystery Boxes Of Highly Rated Draft Prospects With Limited Minutes
At this point, NBA people would probably prefer if Cheikh Diallo and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk go back to school, but a weak draft means they might still be able to secure first-round contracts worth millions of dollars without ever getting much playing time at Kansas. Read more »
Cal's Talent, Cal's Issues
With a lack of three-point shooting and their coach's desire to play a low-possession game and you have the formula for a team that plays down to their competition, one that can beat anyone and lose to almost anyone. Read more »
An Argument For College Basketball
There's no draft and there's no point in tanking to get better - if an NCAA program ever decided to start punting away games, they can go on a tailspin that can take years (or even decades) to get out of. Read more »
Purdue/Vanderbilt Big Men Prospects
A.J. Hammons has a chance to be a special player at the next level and he could go down as one of the biggest draft steals in a long time if his stock doesn't shoot up over the next few months. Read more »
Ten Takeaways From North Carolina-Maryland
On Melo Trimble, Marcus Paige, Justin Jackson, Robert Carter III as small-ball 5, Diamond Stone needing more time, Theo Pinson and more. Read more »
Top-10 College Basketball Games For November, December
How the top prospects perform against other top prospects will tell us a lot more about their games than the type of statistics they rack up against Directional U. Read more »
The Situational Changes For D'Angelo Russell
D'Angelo Russell is a ball-dominant player who didn't play much defense in college on an NBA team that struggles with spacing the floor and playing defense and has five other guys who want to initiate the offense from the perimeter. Read more »
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