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
• Robert Williams

Draft Projection

first round pick in the 2024 NBA Draft

2024 Centers

1. Aday Mara – 7-3 – Spain
2. Aaron Bradshaw – 7-1 – Kentucky
3. Donovan Clingan – 7-2 – UConn
4. Adem Bona – 6-10 – UCLA (Nigeria)
5. Zach Edey – 7-4 – Purdue (Canada)
6. Xavier Booker – 6-11 – Michigan State
7. Kel’el Ware – 7-0 – Indiana
8. DaRon Holmes II – 6-10 – Dayton
9. Felix Okpara – 6-11 – Ohio State (Nigeria)
10. Ugonna Kingsley Onyenso – 7-0 – Kentucky (Nigeria)
11. Alexandre Sarr – 6-11 – Perth Wildcats, NBL (France)
12. Baye Fall – 6-11 – Arkansas (Senegal)
13. Ryan Kalkbrenner – 7-1 – Creighton
14. Yohan Traore – 6-10 – NA (France)
15. Vincent Iwuchukwu – 7-0 – USC
16. Hunter Dickenson – 7-1 – Kansas
17. Mady Sissoko – 6-10 – Michigan State (Mali)
18. Eli Ndiaye – 6-8 – Spain
19. Oumar Ballo – 6-10 – Arizona (Mali) 
20. Nfaly Dante – 7-0 – Oregon (Mali)
21. Armando Bacot – 6-9 – UNC
22. Jalen Lewis – 6-8 – Overtime Elite pro league
23. Joshua Ojianwuna – 6-10 – Baylor (Nigeria)
24. Enoch Boakye – 6-10 – Arizona State (Canada)
25. Dilan Anderson – 7-0 – Arizona