NBA DRAFT SCOUTING REPORT
Draft Notes
Brandon Boston Jr. is a 5-star recruit who came into Kentucky with high expectations and a lot of hype as a one and done lottery pick but had a tough adjustment to the college level.
He showed flashes of what made him a high recruit, with his great size and length for the position and a smooth game. His handles are solid but he lacks blow-by speed and didn’t show a great ability to beat his man off the dribble.
Boston Jr. is built in the Brandon Ingram mold but so far hasn’t been able to translate his skills as well as we thought he would.
His shooting release is smooth and he holds a lot of promise as an offensive weapon but shot only 35.5% from the field and 30% from 3 during his year at Kentucky.
Boston is still very thin and lacking strength but this shouldn’t be a problem for long, as he’s likely to fill out his frame over the next couple of years.
He holds is own on the defensive end but doesn’t necessarily project as a lock down defender. He’s solid off the ball, reading the play and jumping passing lanes, using his nearly 6-11 wingspan to disrupt the play.
He was once considered a sure-fire lottery pick but is now looking more like a late first to mid second rounder.
Comparisons
- Jeremy Lamb
- Brandon Ingram lite
Draft Projection
late first to mid second round pick in the 2021 NBA Draft
Videos
2021 Shooting Guards
- Jalen Green – 6-5 – G League Ingite
- Moses Moody – 6-6 – Arkansas
- James Bouknight – 6-5 – UConn
- Keon Johnson – 6-5 – Tennessee
- Jaden Springer – 6-4 – Tennessee
- Chris Duarte – 6-6 – Oregon
- Cam Thomas – 6-3 – LSU
- Tre Mann – 6-5 – Florida
- Josh Primo – 6-6 – Alabama
- Joe Wieskamp – 6-6 – Iowa
- Quentin Grimes – 6-5 – Houston
- Josh Christopher – 6-5 – Arizona State
- Brandon Boston Jr. – 6-7 – Kentucky
- D.J. Steward – 6-3 – Duke
- David Duke – 6-5 – Providence
- D.J. Steward Jr. 6-6 – Miss. State
- Paul Scruggs – 6-4 – Xavier
- Austin Reaves – 6-5 – Oklahoma
- Aaron Wiggins – 6-6 – Maryland
- RJ Nembhard – 6-5 – TCU
- A.J. Lawson – 6-6 – South Carolina
- Alan Griffin – 6-5 – Syracuse
- Juhann Begarin – 6-4 – France
- M.J. Walker – 6-5 – Florida State
- Malcolm Cazalon – 6-6 – France
- Scottie Lewis – 6-5 – Florida
- Marcus Zegarowski – 6-2 – Creighton
- John Petty – 6-6 – Alabama
- Nahziah Carter – 6-6 – NA
- Kyree Walker – 6-4 – Phoenix, AZ