2024 NBA Draft Confidential: Coaches, executives, scouts on Alexandre Sarr and top big men
New York TimesThe Athletic has live coverage of the 2024 NBA Draft. Clingan’s likely going higher in the draft because of his defensive chops, but Edey has really impressed NBA people over the last year. The big man group drops some after that, but there are some centers who have flashed intrigue: Baylor freshman Yves Missi, who made both the Big 12’s All-Freshman and All-Defense teams; Indiana’s Kel’el Ware, who played a single season at Bloomington after transferring from Oregon, and was an all-Big 10 and all-Defensive team selection for the Hoosiers; Duke’s Kyle Filipowski, a consensus all-American and two-time all-ACC honoree; Marquette’s Oso Ighodaro, who may or may not stick in the pros, but has a Plan B if not, already having earned his BA in Finance and a Masters’ in Business Administration; UCLA sophomore Adem Bona, the Pac-12’s last Defensive Player of the Year and an all-Pac 12 team honoree; Ulrich Chomche, a graduate of the NBA’s Academy Africa program, and whose journey to the draft is remarkable and inspiring; Oregon senior N’Faly Dante, a two-time All-Pac 12 selection, and Clemson senior P.J. So, he’s a guy, I hope I’m wrong, was a great college player, had a really good team, the shooting around him, and an incredible playmaking and creative guard like Tyler Kolek. N’Faly Dante | 6-10 big | 22 years old | Oregon Western Conference scout: I saw him play in the Pac 12 finals, and he just dominated the game.