Deandre Ayton, Luka Doncic, Mohamed Bamba, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Marvin Bagley headline the 2018 NBA Draft class. Read more »
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2018 NBA Draft Prospect Reports (Full List)
Sights And Sounds Of 2018 NBA Draft Availability
On Jaren Jackson Jr., Kevin Knox, Marvin Bagley, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Zhaire Smith and more. Read more »
Dwight Howard's Long, Multi-Stop Journey Into Irrelevance
Dwight Howard's personal peevishness and immaturity aside, the back half of his career has been a long, agonizing decline for someone who was a bona fide star not so long ago. Read more »
Prospect Report: Luka Doncic Of Real Madrid
Luka Doncic is a prodigal shot creator and the most accomplished international teenager in history. Read more »
Prospect Report: Jerome Robinson Of Boston College
Jerome Robinson has a skill-set similar to Devin Booker's on offense with his excellent shooting and passing. Read more »
How To Approach Prospect Evaluation: Defense
On determining functional size, mobility, mental awareness and effort when judging the defensive potential of prospects. Read more »
Prospect Report: Robert Williams Of Texas A&M
Robert Williams is currently expected to be drafted around the same range he would have been last year, with some chance that he might drop after skipping the 2018 NBA Combine and starting his workout tour late in the process. Read more »
Prospect Report: Troy Brown Jr. Of Oregon
Troy Brown Jr. looks like the 3&D wing every single team is looking for these days. Read more »
Prospect Report: Zhaire Smith Of Texas Tech
Zhaire Smith is an unorthodox prospect as a player who is just 6'4 but does things more commonly done by big men. Read more »
La Decision: A Marketing Strategy Made Out Of Flesh
The reason people hated The Decision and why they're immensely annoyed with Antoine Griezmann's version is that it takes attention-as-currency to its logical, nauseating conclusion. Read more »
Prospect Report: Kevin Huerter Of Maryland
Kevin Huerter's stock has been on the rise over the last month and after a very strong appearance at the 2018 Combine, he is now expected to end up as a top-20 pick. Read more »
LeBron James' Path To Podium Greatness
You could make the case LeBron James' all-around game has never been better. But his off-court game has reached the same rarefied air. And that might even be more impressive considering where he started off eight years ago. Read more »
The Warriors Are Not Normal
Imagine the 72-win Bulls replacing Luc Longley with Shaquille O'Neal. Kevin Durant and the Warriors have shown a path toward a title that is wholly new in its elision of competitive resistance. Read more »
Prospect Report: Josh Okogie Of Georgia Tech
There is a chance more than a few teams view him as a point guard prospect, or at least as the sort of wing who might be able to develop the ability to run offense in a pinch and unlock jumbo personnel in the perimeter. Read more »
LeBron James Closes Chapter 3 As We Wait For Chapter 4
When LeBron James finally retires, his career will look less complicated than most of us anticipated in the moment, while we were deconstructing his every move. That career will consist of four separate chapters. We just concluded the third chapter. Read more »
Golden State's Broad Margin For Error
It's possible many non-partisans no longer feel much of anything at all about the Warriors. You eat the same dinner enough evenings in a row and your taste for it deadens. Read more »
Prospect Report: Aaron Holiday Of UCLA
After attending the 2017 Combine, Aaron Holiday returned to UCLA for his junior year and did well in terms of making the shots and passes that he was probably advised to focus upon. Read more »
Prospect Report: Jalen Brunson Of Villanova
It’s hard to find another 21-year-old American below the pro level as accomplished as Jalen Brunson. Read more »
Projected 2018 Cap Space For All 30 NBA Teams, Version 2.0
The Lakers, Pacers, Hawks and 76ers enter the offseason with the most project cap space. Read more »
How To Approach Prospect Evaluation: Video And Statistical Scouting
Creating a methodology for analyzing film and statistics for prospects with the goals of reducing sample bias and understanding context is a critical part of the draft process. Read more »
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