NBA DRAFT SCOUTING REPORT
POSITION: C | FROM: Spain | HT: 7-3 | WT: 233 |
BORN: 4/7/05 | YEAR: Int.05 | WING: NA | REACH: NA |
Draft Notes
Mara is an incredibly skilled and talented 7-3 center with great passing instincts and feel for the game.
He has a massive impact on both ends of the floor thanks to his great size, his presence in the lane and his ball skills.
He’s not the most mobile player but then again most 7-3 players aren’t super mobile. He does a good job of defending in the paint and at the rim, although he could stand to get stronger.
His passing skills really set him apart from most other centers. He surveys the floor and finds cutters and open shooters
Has a nice shooting touch from mid range and is expanding his range to three. Should be a good floor spacer at the NBA level. Dunks the ball with ease and scores in the paint over either shoulder.
Here’s a more in-depth look at Aday Mara’s talents and his NBA comparisons.
Comparisons
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas
- Pau Gasol
Draft Projection
first round pick in the 2024 NBA Draft or 2025 NBA Draft
Videos
2024 Center Rankings
- Aday Mara – 7-3 – UCLA (Spain)
- Alexandre Sarr – 7-1 – Perth Wildcats, NBL (France)
- Aaron Bradshaw – 7-1 – Kentucky
- Donovan Clingan – 7-2 – UConn
- Adem Bona – 6-10 – UCLA (Nigeria)
- Xavier Booker – 6-11 – Michigan State
- Kel’el Ware – 7-0 – Indiana
- DaRon Holmes II – 6-10 – Dayton
- Felix Okpara – 6-11 – Ohio State (Nigeria)
- Ugonna Kingsley Onyenso – 7-0 – Kentucky (Nigeria)
- Zach Edey – 7-4 – Purdue (Canada)
- Zvonimir Ivisic – 7-3 – Kentucky (Croatia)
- Vincent Iwuchukwu – 7-0 – USC
- Clifford Omoruyi – 6-11 – Rutgers (Nigeria)
- Baye Fall – 6-11 – Arkansas (Senegal)
- Ryan Kalkbrenner – 7-1 – Creighton
- Yohan Traore – 6-10 – NA (France)
- Hunter Dickenson – 7-1 – Kansas
- Mady Sissoko – 6-10 – Michigan State (Mali)
- Eli Ndiaye – 6-8 – Spain
- Oumar Ballo – 6-10 – Arizona (Mali)
- Nfaly Dante – 7-0 – Oregon (Mali)
- Armando Bacot – 6-9 – UNC
- Jalen Lewis – 6-8 – Overtime Elite pro league
- Joshua Ojianwuna – 6-10 – Baylor (Nigeria)
- Enoch Boakye – 6-10 – Arizona State (Canada)
- Dilan Anderson – 7-0 – Arizona