Dylan Mingo Recruiting: Syracuse, UConn Pursuing NBPA Top 100 MVP

Dylan Mingo continued his dominant summer with an MVP-worthy performance at last weekend’s NBPA top 100 camp. The 2026 five-star guard thrived early on with his PSA Cardinals squad on the Nike EYBL circuit and stood out against other top-level competition. Mingo won camp MVP honors after averaging nearly  24 points, seven assists and seven […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  16 Jun 2025
Aziz Olajuwon Recruiting: Cincinnati, Virginia Tech Show Interest In Son of NBA Legend

Aziz Olajuwon caught scouts’ attention at the NBPA top 100 camp this past weekend. The 6’7, 2026 class wing and son of NBA legend Hakeem Olajuwon hasn’t garnered much college buzz to this point. After a strong performance against top high school competitions, schools are beginning to take notice and recruit Olajuwon. After some productive […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  16 Jun 2025
NBA Draft 2025: Ideal Selections for Each First Round Pick

With less than two weeks to go until the 2025 NBA Draft, plenty of insider mock drafts will keep circling the draft space. Even with reliable intel and sourcing, predicting how any draft will fall is a near-impossible endeavor  While I can’t accurately predict what each team will do, I can determine what I would […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  15 Jun 2025
NBA Draft 2025: Hand-Tracking The Best Passers in the Draft

Traditional measures of passing struggle to fully capture a player’s level of playmaking. All assists and turnovers aren’t created equally, yet they’re weighed as such in basic stats. I aimed to create hand-tracked, subjective measures of passing quality to better estimate a player’s passing quality. Inspired by Pro Football Focus’s “Big Time Throw” metric, I […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  13 Jun 2025
NBA Draft 2025: Why Jeremiah Fears Has Star Guard Potential

After a breakout freshman season at Oklahoma, Jeremiah Fears entered himself into lottery discussions for the 2025 NBA Draft. I broke down his game in a recent video on my YouTube Channel, making the case for fears as a top-five player in this excellent draft class. Rim pressure often forms the foundation for elite shorter […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  13 Jun 2025
NBA Draft 2025: Drake Powell Scouting Report, NBA Comparison, & Projection

Drake Powell is the 2025 NBA Draft’s premier wing hyper athlete. He tested out of this world at the combine, spiking his stock and luring him away from college basketball despite a quiet freshman season. Can Powell turn his tantalizing physical tools and shotmaking flashes into real NBA impact? Team: North Carolina Height: 6’5 Weight: […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  11 Jun 2025
NBA Draft 2025: Maxime Raynaud Scouting Report, NBA Comparison, & Projection

Maxime Raynaud broke out this season for the Cardinal, developing into one of the country’s best bigs. NBA scouts will fall in love with Raynaud’s floor spacing and creation potential as a true seven-footer. Despite notable flaws on both ends, Raynaud’s highly coveted archetype is scarce around the league. Team: Stanford Height: 7’0 Weight: 236  […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  30 May 2025
These 3 NBA Prospects May Have Made A Mistake By Staying In The 2025 Draft

A historic pre-draft period saw more prospects than normal withdraw their names from the 2025 NBA Draft pool. The draw of significant NIL funding as well as the chance to boost draft stock understandably enticed many players. Some players decided to stay in the draft, declining lucrative college situations to test the NBA waters. Let’s […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  29 May 2025
4 Most Surprising 2025 NBA Draft Withdrawals

The shifting college basketball landscape has created a historically thin 2025 NBA Draft pool. Quite a few notable prospects withdrew their name from the draft before the May 28th deadline, electing to return to college basketball next season. Whether for the certainty NIL funding brings or the chance to boost their stock, each prospect declined […]

Ben Pfeifer  •  29 May 2025