NBA Draft Top Five(ish) Prospects To Watch.

I Wrote On More Than Just Five By The Way.

Most People I Know Understand The Adjective "Hype" We Live In A Generation Where Most Of What We Ingest As Far As Media, Consists Of Mostly Of That Floating Vapor Known As Hype. Every New Song On The Airways You Cant Stop Spinning, Check The Hype Meter On Your Favorite Streaming. Drake Said It, But He’s Never “Dunning The Hype.” That New Netflix Documentary Or Show, Hype. The Marvel Movie Complex Cranks Up The Hype Machine Every Release(For Depressing Results). That New Mission Impossible Movie—Well, That Looks Good— But Hype Pushes The Lever. Bronny James Has Hype, A Colussus Of Hype. But Hype as A Word Only Matters When Concerning What Or Whom The Modifier Attaches Along Rather Than How The Word Itself Gets Its Definition. In Sports, Hype Gets Its Place Because Of The Athletes That Generate The Most Buzz And The Expectations Of High Performance. Hype Gets Defined By Who Bears The Blade, Like The Creator Of A School Of Economic Principle.
Victor Wembayama The Presumptive— Keep In Mind "Presumptive" Just Stationary He's The Number One— Number One Pick In The NBA Draft. The Frenchman, Standing 7'5, He's Something We've Never Seen Before. If You've Read Any Of The Basketball Literature, He's The Best Basketball Prospect Since LeBron, A Generational Prospect. Wembenyama Might Not Have The Can't-Miss Prospect Label Like LeBron He Deserves all Of The Acclaim. Somewhere Out There In The Universe, A Combination Of Height, Mobility, And Perimeter Collided Into Something Paranormal And Landed In France. Wembayama Stats And Accomplishments In Are Mostly Meaningless. He Plays in LowerLevel League Against Lower Profile Players In The French League And Playing Only One Game Per Week. 

Prospects Like Lamelo Ball And Others Succeed Despite Playing On A Lesser Level Of Competition. 

Nevertheless, He's Rare. Big Men Never Offer This Much Hype In the Draft. Wembanyama Doesn't Hold The Distinction As The Only Player Coming From A Place Of Lower Value.

The NBA Ping Pong Ball Are Forever Unbeaten. The New NBA Lottery System Doesn't ( Anymore Or HAs Never Really Rewarded Losing) Reward Losing, The Pistons Mustered 17 But Fell Outside Of The Top 3. Though That's Not A Fair Assessment. While True, The Piston May Have Lost The Chance of A Franchise Transforming Figure In The Top Three picks, The Sunken Spoils, For a league-high 65 games Lost. Still, The Piston Lost The Opportunity To Embarrass Themselves At the Grand Level. Also, No "sticky"—You Know How Sticky It Gets—Rotational, Ego-Driven, Whose-Team-Is-It Dilemma To Work Through—coupled With The Excuse and Opportunity to Punch A ticket For Maybe Bronny James Next Year. 

The Blazers Pushed In But Fell One Digit Short Of The Number One Pick. What In The "Austin Reaves" Will These Teams Need To Find Relevance Again? The Charlotte Hornets Have The Toughest Choice. In Most Draft Where A Definitive Prospect Has Risen To Take The Space Of Number One, The First After( Number 2) Has Often Turn Out A Bust. Two players Are Generally Considered next In Line behind Wembayama, With A Steep Precipice Behind Those Two. I'm Speaking, Of Course, Of Brandon Miller And Scoot Henderson, Who, For Various Reason, won't Challenge Wembayama Much As The Draft Process Unfold. 

Victor Wembanyama, France.

Discussing Wemby's Game In Basketball Frames—Outside The World Of His Wild Celebrity—Starts With His Exorbitant Height. Yes, He's A Skill Set, But What He Does, Shooting, Dribbling and Dunking, Many Other Players Have Mastered. He's Not The Best Prospect In This Draft far as basketball Pedigree. I've Hit Three Pointers From All Ranges And Angles, and I'm Not The Hype Prospect Because I'm 6'1, Not 7'6—the Walking Billboard Statuette Of A Basketball Brain Child. The French Are Known For The Bakery, and Wemby Gets The Ball Rolling And In The Basket. His Stats Don't Matter; all Of These European Wunkerkinds Boast Strong Stats, At Their Level Of Competition. Starting With His Shooting, Wemby Has Strong Mechanics. Believe It Or Not, Despite What Highlights "Intimate," He's Not Hitting His Stroke At A High Percentage From Mid Range.

A Reddit User Notch Him somewhere In The Mid-30s On Mid Range Shots. He's Not Particularly Elusive, Thanks To His 7-Footedness. In All, He Settles For Contested And Fadeaway. In A Poetic Twist Of Fate, His arm Length Stretches His Shot Pocket Down, And given The Prolong Distance, He Has A Long Way To The Release Of His Shot. What's more, He Hasn't In His Quiver Post He's Displayed Consistently. Wemby Usual Turns His Back To The Basket Only To Turn And Take A Jump Shot. One Factor Of Wembanyama Highlights That Holds Are His Dribbling. He's Like A Big Kid with Deft The Ball Doesn't Hang Off Off His Hands Too Long. Traditional The Shorter The Distance Between Your Hand A Ball Equate To Better Ball Control. He Uses A Full Gambit Of Dribble Moves From Crossovers To In and Outs Double Between The Legs Move. All Things With Standing I Don't Know How Much You Want This Kid Dribbling In Offensive Given Dribbling Tends To Exhaust Players And Bigger Tend To Have "Conditioning" Trouble. The Better Spacing In The NBA Should Help Wembanyama Find Lanes To The Basket More Frequency. In The Painted Area, Wembanyama shoots More Than 50%. He'll Have To Bang With Some Sturdier Bodies Than What He's Experienced In France, And Shot Blockers In The League Will Most Likely Alter Or Affect A Lot Of Wemby's Attempts At The Rim. His Free Throw Shot Also Projects That His Shooting Should Improve As He Moves On To The Next Level. On Defense, The Blocked Shot From The Tallest Prospect On The Continent Feels "Expected," But Where Wembanyama Stands, Movement. The French Man Can Move, Nimbly—his Feet Kick Across Thr On The Perimeter Of Hardwood Like A Skating Rink. The League Offer A Lower Level of Competition, But The Film Firmly Suggest Victor's Feet Will Translate To The Next Level. On The Downside, Wemby, Like Most Guys, Even Inches Relative To His Height Class Wemby Land More On The Bendy Side Of The Weight Class. I've Watched(Viewed) Guys Kenny Lofton Jr. Just Demolished His Frame Inside, Completely Erasing The Threat Of Wemby As A Shot Blocker. 

Scoot Henderson, G League, Ignite. 

In Any Other Year Where A Generational Talent Like Wembanyama Isn't In The Draft, Scoot Henderson And Brandon Miller Are The Two Debated Figures At One. Both Players Are Niche Bodies, Molds, and Skillset That Dominate NBA Paradigm. Scoot Has The Near Prototypical Scope Of A NBA Guard In Back Court Generated Offense. At First Glance, Scoot doesn't have A Guard Build at all; At 19 Years Old, He's Jacked; truthfully, He Could Score a Role As A Linebacker In The NFL. Scoot Has Electricity In His Bones. He's A Trip The Breaker Level Athlete Who Needs Little Time to Find His Bounce Pads. Henderson Took The G-League Ignite Program Route To The League. as The Team's Highest Rated Player, A Five Star Recruit Highly Touted Player, The Ignite Gave Scoots Basket Hunting Near Uncheck Reign Over The Offense. Scoot Demonstrated an Instinct For Navigating The Floor For Offense. He Knows Where He's Going, How To Read Spaces What Shot He Can Create Off The Bounce. Because Scoot Received The License To "Ill" To Pick And Choose His Shots, He Chose Poorly Times. He's An Active Dribble Creator, Meaning The Ball Usual Hits The Floor In Any Circumstance. Even At His Stature, Scoot Never Seems More Than Two Steps From The Rim Thanks To What Appears As Elite Jumping Skills That Put Defenders In The "Protect Your Head Position." A "Supe" Up Guard With shot Making Potential Even With Hit Or Miss Shot Selection. On The Downside, With Scoot Henderson, He's A Fit Naturally At The Two. Still, He's 6'2 With A Game Comparable To Russell Westbrook And Eric Bledsoe. Still, You're Going To Find Too Many Positive Comparisons For His Skill Set At That Height. Regardless I Still Think Scoot Henderson Beats Brandon Miller For The "Number Two" Position Because He Fits Better With Lamelo In The Back Court. "I Think I Can Play Off The Ball And On The Ball." —Scoot Henderson. Scoot Expressed Unwavering Confidence In His Ability To Mix And Match With Any Style Of Guard Or Play Style. 

Melo's 6'7 Ball-Control Frame Sets In Where Scoot's Deficient. Melo Also Create Plays For His Team, Where Henderson Lacks True Play Making Instincts. When The Pick And Roll Don't Immediately Present Itself, Scoot Lacks A Secondary Or The Creative To Produce An Opportunity On The Fly. In Other Places On The Court Between The, Two The Shot a Selection Between The Two Could Prove Unpalatable And Sink Charlotte Further. 

Amen, & Ausur Thompson, Overtime Elite.

In Basketball Lore, Twins Are Generally Drafted Within The Adams Range In The First Round, Late Lottery To Mid First Round(In The Same Draft). 

Both Morris And Lopez Twins Were Drafted Within The Five Of each other. Most Twins—Identical Twins At Least—Share Many Traits Amongst As Well As Allege Physic Qualities, And This Reflect In Their Skill Level On the Court. While Brook And Markeiff Where Better Prospects And Drafted Higher, such as the Thompson Twins Vary and Sway In How They Move Up Draft Boards. The Thompson Twins Are Two Top Ten Prospects Who Can Flip Between Anywhere 4 To 7. Both are 6'7 Wing Combo guard/Forward, With Unquestioned Next Level Athleticism—the Twin Put Their Trust in Their Talents To Boost Their Profile. Rather Than Spend A Year In A High Profile College, Amen And Ausur Joined The Overtime Elite League For Two Post-High Schools.

Between The Two, You Have To Split The Profile; Amen Has a Slightly Higher Athletic Grade Than His Brother. He Moves Better On The Court, with Legs And Arms That Follow A Very Silky Pattern Like The Finished Render Of Animation Rather The First Rough Draft. Ausur found Little Trouble With Getting Around To The Basket Or His Space On The Floor. Both Have Great Perimeter Ball Skills. They Work Changing Direction And Getting In And Out Of Gears Like Chores. As A defender, You Can Find Yourself Quickly Taken Over By The Realization That Your Good Defense And Position Only Opened The Door For One Of The Twins To Take The Top Action. Of Course, They're Playing Against Talent Beneath The Standard Of Anywhere NBA Level. From The Footage Viewed, Very Little Defensive Rim Deterrent. Overtime Elite is described As Both A "respected developmental program" But Also "fledgling" Sports Brand Focused on The Development Of Youth Basketball Players But Emphasizing Of The Entertainment Qualities Of Basketball. As Far As Basketball IQ, They're Both Great at Penetrate And kicking. They Find a Pass Out And Make The Pass Almost On Practice. They Both Shift The Gravity On The As The Two Premier Talents In The League. Neither Have Green Light Across The Level Shooting. The Expectation varies Depending On Which Twin You Scout But As standing, Ausur Has Found Favor In the Eyes Of Scouts as The Better Shooter Amongst The Twins, Thank His "silky follow-through." Neither Broken Mechanics But The Need For Deliberate Training And Focus On Repetition Stands For Correction. For Those Curious, Ausur Took The First waves Of Life Before Amen. 

 Cam Whitmore, Villanova. 

I Watch Villanova Basketball less, Especially In A Year When They Finished With a Than Relevant Record. With A Prospect Like Cam Whitmore On The Team, You Have To Peek In A Few Time To Watch The Buzz. Cam Could End The Year as The Best Player In This Draft, Even As A Project. From The Preliminary Samples Im. Willing To Declare Whitmore The Best Athlete In The Draft. He Has Jumbotron-Type Vertical Leaping And Movements Skills. Like An Action Movie Protagonist, He's Just Waiting To Catch A Body Somewhere. A Study Penetrator, Whitmore's Talent Quickly Grabbed The Eyes Of Big East Defensive Rotation.

Slow Footed, Wayward, And Out Of Position, Defenders Quickly Turn Into Pumpkins At The Turn Of Whitmore. Nova System Usually Highlights Their Guard's Ability To create Shots Around The Perimeter. While That Didn't Serve As Whitmore's Strongest Feature(Playmaking), He Can Drive, Kick And Move Defenders. He Generates Most Of His Driving Angles Going Left, But Finishes Left. He's A Good Spot Up Shooter But far From A Daunting One. His Driving Ability Puts Enough Stress On Defenses That His Given The Benefit Of The Doubt By Defenders. Whitmore's Game Also Leaves A lot To Wonder In The Pull Up Game. He still needs to find That Gear. His 0.7 Assist Are Also The Sign Of Something Troubling. Whitmore Still Needs to Develop Something Resembling Good Decision Making. He's Not With Anticipating Openings. Cross Court PASSES are Far From Recommended. He's Passing Are In-Determinant That Even Pocket Pass And Drop Off Are Extreme Propositions. He Doesn't Create many separations On Drives To The Rim; he Either Explodes Or Through, Defenders, Which Also Hurts His Upside. Jay Wright And The Villanova Offense Has Always Put Guards In The Best Possible Position To Excel On The Floor. 

I'm Comfortable With Cam Whitmore's Game To Endorse Him Into The Next Level—his Game Back And Forth Between Ray Allen And Ben McClemore. 

Jarace Waalker, Houston. 

Two Years Ago, The NBA Unleashed Upon The Basketball The Third Iteration Of The Archetypical All Purpose Position-less Player When The Raptors Drafted Scottie Barnes. Barnes's Un-comforting-Ly Dangly Frame, Defense Flexible, Unending Stretch, and Playmaking. Even After Suffering Something Of A Set Back This Season, Scottie Provides The Best Model For What Jarace Walker Brings Into The League. Walker's A Talented Perimeter Power Forward With The Build Of A Autobot But The Grace Of A Deer. (It's Metaphor Season At MindfullMadness). Walker Rose To Fame As One Of The More Heralded Members Of IMG Academy's Surplus Of High-Level Recruits. In 2019 As A Freshman, Jalen Green(Mavericks), Jeremiah Robinson-Earl(Thunder), and Jaden Springer(Sixers) Team Up To Win The GEICO National Championship. At 6'8 240, He Stands A Little Undersized, But His Tremendous Arm Length Makes Walker A Menace In The Restricted.

Often The Recipient Of penetration or High Low Action Walker is Finished Around The Rim, Either A High Arching Floater or Of Powerful Duck. He's Almost Impossible For Defenders To Work, And He Off The Ground Suddenly. Today's High Volume High Pace Action Demands That All "Big" Men Have Perimeter Skills. Walker Operates The Mid Post By Either Dancing Around Slower Defenders Or Power Them Down. His Jumper Remains Respectable, So He's The Guy You Sag Off Too Much From. At Time In Houston, He's Shown Full Court Offense Running Action. His Handling Of The Ball Morphs Into Guard-Like Levels. Else Where Walker Anchor Houston's Defense, On The Stopping End Of The Ball, He Made the Most Of His Impact. He Played A Little Point Forward At Houston, And He Could Pass A Ball Across To The Moon. He Can Create His Own Shot Off The Dribble. He doesn't Unhinge Defenders From His Hip; Walker Create Space With Dribbles and Shoots High Arching Shots Over Defenders. The Training Has Paid Off For The Kid, As His Game Still Has Room To Fill Out In The Pros. 

Is He Nimble Enough To Defend All 5 Positions On The Perimeter? Probably Not, But He's Swift Enough To Hedge And Hold. He Smoothers Guards On The Perimeter And Forces Them To Drive Where He Length Can Disrupt Shots At The Rim With A 7'2 WingSpan. 

Brandon Miller has claimed the "Safest Prospect" (In The Mind Of Some). Still, Ultimately I Think Jarace Has The Far Safer Profile. 

Keynote George, Baylor Bears. 

"The game of basketball will always be about buckets."

— Bill Russell. Some Guy Get Buckets Better Than Others, Thats The Statement On Keynote George's Tombstone Or Under His Yearbook Picture. George puts The Ball Through The Hoop, however, and At times, How Often You'd Like That Ball Breaching The Hoop? He's A Professional bucket Getter On All Three Levels, Whether Spotting, Dribbling, Relocating, And Driving To The Rim. George Doesn't Create Tremendous Separation. He Doesn't Make Room To Roam And Finishes Opportunities And The Rim. George HAs A Talent For Channelling The Ball Into The Spaces Of His Will. He's A Classic Athlete, Meaning He Can Get The Job Done Around The Rim. On Defense, George Stalks Passing Lanes. His Hands Are Quick, So Careless Passes And Dribbles Quickly Turn To His Favor Whenever Left Dangling Waywardly Around Him. As A Playmaker And A Scorer, George Will Benefit From Better Spacing. Any Time He Takes Off The Gravity Of The Defensive Perimeter, Something Beneficial Happens On Offense. 

Dariq WhiteHead, Duke Blue Devils.

Daria WhiteHead— The Duke Product Missed Most Of His Freshman Season, And A Truncated Tournament Run Put A Top On How Much Of The Former Five Star Product Could Display His Game. His 6'6 Prototypical Size and Strength Couple With His Deep "Shot Making"— He Converted 42.9% Of His Shots From Range—Making Whitehead An Undeniable Two Guard Prospect.