NBA Draft: Nine Top NBA Prospects and How Coaches See Them

Five coaches provide their personal POVs on NBA prospects

NBA GMs and coaches often see NBA prospects differently.

For instance, I’ve heard two very divergent things about Cason Wallace, a guard who’s just completed his freshman season at Kentucky.

Some NBA scouts point out that Wallace is not the type of player that GMs tend to want to gamble on — especially if they can take a prospect with higher upside or better physical tools.

On the other hand, several scouts have noted that Wallace stands out as a potential favorite among NBA coaches — a player who is more polished and NBA-ready than his peers, with a more mature approach to the game.

See also: NBA Mock Draft — It’s Officially Draft Season!

This week, to get a better read on nine NBA prospects from a coaching point of view, I spoke to five coaches from the Big Ten.

Here are their personal scouting reports on players they’ve faced this season: