Dream Fit: Thunder

Strengths:

• Smooth motion off catch 3pt

• Can direct offense, screens & cuts

• Under control with drives (quick)

• Strong rebounder

• Good off ball movement., cuts and soft spot recognition

• Read defenders leverage well

• Comfortable with back to basket game

• Good hang time to score through contact, bumps and scoee

• Great hands on timing to strip ball

• Okay perimeter contests

• Puts ball in position to not get stripped in transition

• Good job switching to stop 3pt attempts off screens

• Able to recover off ball when he gets blown by

• Comfortable switching onto multiple positions

Weaknesses:

• First instinct is to pass

• Dribbles the ball way too high

• Multiple times stopped and jumped, forcing him to pass

• Not much of an offensive bag

• Not the most confident shooter

• Low 3pt%

• Stays on defenders hip, rather than getting in front of him

• Needs to work on hip mobility, flat footed unable to adjust defensively

• At times lingers on help d in paint leading to open 3s, also doubles too often

• Okay closeout and contest, but not elite on perimeter d

• Needs to take better defensive angles

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Coming off gold with France's U20 team over the summer, Noah Penda has been productive in Pro A with his consistent shooting and live-dribble passing.

He's at 40.5 percent from three for the year, giving his lineup a shotmaker and floor spacer who passes/moves the ball, finishes plays and makes them defensively.

Only four NCAA freshmen or sophomores can currently match Penda's 15.0+ assist rate, 3.0+ steal rate and 5.0+ block rate, and three are in our projected first round.

The interest in Penda will gradually rise if he continues to hit threes at a consistent rate after he made 9-of-16 at the European Championships. He has a connector-type skill set that could sway scouts to buy role-player potential.