NBA DRAFT SCOUTING REPORT
POSITION: C | FROM: UCLA Prolific Prep (Turkey/Nigeria) | HT: 6-10 | WT: 235 |
BORN: 3/28/03 | YEAR: Fr. | WING: 7-4 | REACH: 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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- Aday Mara – 7-3 – Spain
- Aaron Bradshaw – 7-1 – Kentucky
- Donovan Clingan – 7-2 – UConn
- Adem Bona – 6-10 – UCLA (Nigeria)
- Zach Edey – 7-4 – Purdue (Canada)
- 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)
- Alexandre Sarr – 6-11 – Perth Wildcats, NBL (France)
- Baye Fall – 6-11 – Arkansas (Senegal)
- Ryan Kalkbrenner – 7-1 – Creighton
- Yohan Traore – 6-10 – NA (France)
- Vincent Iwuchukwu – 7-0 – USC
- 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