Basketball Intelligence for 6/21/23
Featuring mock drafts galore
POD: Krysten Peek on the NBA Draft
Ray LeBov/Corban Ford, Basketball Intelligence
POD: Fran Fraschilla on USA Men’s 3x3 Basketball
Ray LeBov/Mike Shearer, Basketball Intelligence
NBA DRAFT
Scoot Henderson: Built For This
Robby Kalland, Dime
Pooh Jeter will never forget being stunned alongside fellow G League Ignite vet Amir Johnson about how ridiculously in shape Henderson was when he first joined the team. Jeter, who is 20 years older than Scoot, remembers “seeing abs on him that we never knew you could have abs at,” unsure how this teenager was coming in with a grown man’s physique.
“At 17, it was like dang, man, who are you? But that was the beauty, the preparation,” Jeter says. “It was like, man, this dude is serious. I never really seen him eating bad. He's serious about his body, and when you have somebody like that, it's tremendous.
Markquis Nowell out to again prove his height isn’t issue as NBA draft nears
Zach Braziller, New York Post
Brandon Miller over Scoot, and here’s why
David Thorpe, TrueHoop
Winning teams like to select the more competitive but unselfish players. Losing teams tend to pick the most talented.
Taylor Hendricks NBA Draft 2023: Scouting report, age, projected teams and more
Adam Taylor, Sportskeeda
Let’s watch film with NBA draft prospect Ricky Council IV
Mat Issa, SBNation