The Portland Trail Blazers are among a handful of NBA teams who have reached out to Spire Academy for background information on 6’7 guard LaMelo Ball. The report comes courtesy of Adam Zagoria, writing for Forbes.com. Zagoria cites the Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans, Brooklyn Nets, Toronto Raptors, and Cleveland Cavaliers digging for info prior to the 2020 NBA Draft, where Ball is projected as a high lottery pick.
Zagoria shares perspective on Ball that teams might acquire from a Spire Academy executive:
“LaMelo is a 6-foot-7-plus playmaker who sees the floor at an elite level,” Justin Brantley, the academy director at Spire, told me.