It’s time for some fun: The fifth annual NBA Draft Superlatives!
Players Most Likely To…
Have a 50-point game in the league: Ace Bailey, Tre Johnson, Dylan Harper, Cooper Flagg, Jeremiah Fears – and honestly there are more that I could list. This is a high scoring bunch of dudes.
Be a Hall of Famer: Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, VJ Edgecombe, Ace Bailey
Lead the league in blocks: Joan Beringer, Maybe Maluach
Lead the league in scoring: Tre Johnson, Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper
Lead the league in assists: Kasparas Jakucionis, Nolan Traore, Egor Demin
Lead the league in rebounds: Derik Queen, Hansen Yang
Win Defensive Player of the Year: Cooper Flagg, Noah Penda, Collin Murray-Boyles, Joan Beringer
Win a slam-dunk contest: VJ Edgecombe, Drake Powell, Ace Bailey
Win a 3pt contest: Tre Johnson, Kon Knueppel, Walter Clayton Jr., Koby Brea
Most likely to be a 50/40/90 guy: Kon Knueppel, Jase Richardson
Win Sixth Man Of The Year: Ben Saraf, Cedric Coward, Nique Clifford
Lead the league in technical fouls: Nique Clifford, Tre Johnson
Lead the league in turnovers: Danny Wolf, Jeremiah Fears
Lead the G League in scoring: Will Riley, Walter Clayton Jr.
Make it in the NFL: Noah Penda, Alijah Martin, Sion James, Eric Dixon
Come out of nowhere and make it in the league: Yanic Konan Niederhauser,
Brice Williams, Kobe Sanders, Viktor Lakhin, Saliou Niang
Most likely to have success after their basketball career: Maxime Reynaud, Hansen Yang
Most likely to eventually join a NBA front office: Tyrese Proctor, Jase Richardson, Mark Sears
Most likely to get hired as a bouncer if the NBA thing doesn’t work out: Arthur Kaluma, Dylan Caldwell, Vladislav Goldin
Thanks for playing along!
Check out the 2024 Draft Superlatives, 2023 Draft Superlatives, the 2022 Draft Superlatives, and the 2021 Draft Superlatives.
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