Now that the NCAA withdraw deadline has passed it’s time to have some fun.
Here’s a look at which players could reach various milestones in their NBA careers. It’ll be fun to look back at this in a few years or a decade and have a good laugh 🙂
Most likely to…
Have a 50-point game: Jabari Smith Jr., Malaki Branham, Paolo Banchero, Jaden Hardy, Jaden Ivey
Be a Hall of Famer: Chet Holmgren, Jaden Ivey, Jabari Smith
Lead the league in blocks: Chet Holmgren, Mark Williams
Lead the league in scoring: Jaden Ivey, Jabari Smith Jr., Shaedon Sharpe
Lead the league in assists: realistically, not anyone from this draft class but I’ll go with Andrew Nembhard or TyTy Washington
Lead the league in rebounds: Jalen Duren, Mark Williams
Win Defensive Player of the Year: Dyson Daniels, Chet Holmgren, Tari Eason, Dalen Terry
Win a slam dunk contest: JD Davison, Bryce McGowens, Alondes Williams
Win a 3pt contest: Jabari Smith Jr., Keegan Murray, John Butler, Jake LaRavia, Caleb Houston
Most likely to be a 50/40/90 guy: A.J. Griffin, Gabe Brown
Lead the G League in scoring: Trevor Keels, Bryce McGowens, Blake Wesley
Make it in the NFL: David Roddy, Justin Lewis
Come out of nowhere and make it in the league: Dominick Barlow, Bryson Williams, Karlo Matkovic
Most likely to have success after their basketball career: Andrew Nembhard, Kai Sotto
Most likely to get hired as a bouncer if the NBA thing doesn’t work out: Kofi Cockburn, Mike Foster, Trevion Williams
Check out last year’s Superlatives
