NBA Draft

Kam’Ron Blue

| Dennis Janßen | May 26, 2023 

 

Meet Kam’Ron Blue. First, in his own words: Kam’Ron Blue, a redshirt senior from Greenville S.C., is a 6-7 wing who played for Coppin State in the 2022-23 season. Before that, he was at Daytona State in junior college for two seasons, then a season at … Read more

   

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Archetypes and Prototypes

NBA Draft Articles | Tyler Wilson | May 24, 2023 

 

Floor and Ceiling “How is he going to stick in the league?” is a question you hear every draft season as scouts, teams and fans alike begin the inexact science of prospect evaluation and projection. Every NBA draft prospect has a unique collection of s … Read more

   

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Justyn Mutts

| Matt | May 23, 2023 

 

Meet Justyn Mutts, prospect in the 2023 NBA draft. First, hear him in his own words: The short scouting report pitch for Mutts is a connector / finisher hybrid who can hold his own on defense. A scheme-solving PF who processes the floor with the best o … Read more

   

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The Problem With Player Comps

Analysis | Josh Url | May 18, 2023 

 

Scoot Henderson is the next _______________! How quickly did your brain fill in that blank and with which star’s name? Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook, two MVPs, often come up in comparison to Scoot. Is that, in any way, fair to Scoot? Scoot has the … Read more

   

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Who Deserves Victor Wembanyama?

NBA Draft Articles | Swish Theory | May 15, 2023 

 

On May 16, 2023 around 8:30 PM EST, we will find out where Victor Wembanyama, the best prospect in a generation, will spend at least the first few seasons of his career if not all of it. At Swish Theory we don’t like to be limited by the actual, as stu … Read more

   

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The 2023 NBA Draft’s “Whiteboard” Prospects

NBA Draft Articles | Matt | May 9, 2023 

 

Concept The sample for NBA draft prospects is tiny. Even if we have perfect data for a player’s prep and pro careers, the top draft prospects are typically aged 18-22, undergoing massive changes to their games and lives over the span of mere months, ov … Read more

   

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Dereck Lively II and the Big Man Blues

NBA Draft Articles | Tyler Wilson | May 3, 2023 

 

Evaluating the NBA draft is in many ways an impossible task. The league is constantly shifting beneath the surface, the tectonic plates of scheme and skill crushing themselves against one another to slowly create an entirely new landscape upon which th … Read more

   

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Dereck Lively II

| Tyler Wilson | May 3, 2023 

 

Meet Dereck Lively II Dereck Lively enrolled at Duke last as the centerpiece to one of the most decorated recruiting classes in recent memory. Despite his five-star pedigree, Lively had an incredibly narrow role offensively while captaining the defense … Read more

   

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The Pre-Draft Process Kicks Off: Analyzing the 2023 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament

Analysis, NBA Draft Articles | Chip Jones | April 20, 2023 

 

I want to start this article with a quick thank you to the staff who made this event possible. The event was a great experience and it wouldn’t have been possible without them. While the NBA playoffs rage on, the pre-draft process had its unofficial st … Read more

   

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Ep 18: It’s Brandon Miller Time

| David Sajdak | April 12, 2023 

 

David and Tyler are back to dive into the game of Alabama freshman and widely projected Top 5 pick Brandon Miller. How has Miller improved throughout the year, and what does it mean for his overall projection? Miller was one of the most dominant player … Read more

   

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