August is traditionally a lazy time for basketball, at least from an outward-facing perspective—there’s not much hoop to be found on TV, NBA players remain in various states of vacation, and public debate tends to swirl more around social media posts than anything else (God forbid, today is not Taco Tuesday). But within the basketball industry, the summer months are an essential time for NBA scouts to hit the road, and the primary calendar window for teams to evaluate high school talent at various events around the country. With that in mind, I spent the past two weeks on the ground in California, making stops at UnderArmour’s SC30 Select Camp, the Nike Skills Academy, and at the Drew League pro-am in Los Angeles.
NBA Draft Dispatch: LaMelo Ball, Cade Cunningham and What’s Next
