Adem Bona

NBA DRAFT SCOUTING REPORT

POSITION: CFROM: UCLA
Prolific Prep
(Turkey/Nigeria)
HT: 6-10WT: 235
BORN: 3/28/03YEAR: Fr.WING: 7-4REACH: NA

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

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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