Adem Bona

Draft Notes

Adem Bona is an incredibly fast and explosive open court athlete with quick twitch athleticism. He changes ends in a flash, has great upside as a defender and transition player and makes incredibly quick cuts to the basket.

Bona has a strong build but is also a very graceful and fluid athlete. He’s got a great feel for making cuts for back door lobs and for filling the lane in transition, where he’s a great at attacking the rim.

At this point he does most of his scoring in the lane and he does a really good job of facing up and taking his man of the dribble, using his elite quickness to blow by the defender.

Comparisons

• faster Al Harrington
• Chris Singleton

Draft Projection

first round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft

2023 Power Forwards

1. Adama Sanogo – 6-9 – UConn
2. Adem Bona – 6-9 – UCLA (Turkey)
3. Mark Mitchell – 6-8 – Sunrise Christian
4. Daimion Collins – 6-9 – Kentucky
5. Mouhamed Gueye – 6-10 – Washington State
6. Kyle Filipowski – 6-10 – Duke
7. Jarace Walker – 6-8 – IMG   
8. Sadraque Nganga – 6-10 – Phoenix, AZ
9. A.J. Casey – 6-8 – Chicago, IL
10. Kijani Wright – 6-8 – USC
11. Nate Bittle – 6-11 – Oregon
12. Omar Payne – 6-10 – Illinois
13. Jaemyn Brakefield – 6-8 – Mississippi
14. Henry Coleman – 6-7 – Texas A&M
15. Shareef O’Neil – 6-9 – LSU
16. Jordan Brown – 6-11 – NA