Tidjane Salaun: WELCOME TO THE HORNETS | 2024 NBA Draft Scouting Report

Everyone is looking for the next Giannis in the draft. A late lottery to mid 1st player who is raw but ends up developing into an absolute dominant force that changes the direction of a franchise. The thing about a Giannis is, you never can actually predict it. No one knows who is going to make that crazy leap as a player, and who is going to stagnate and become a wasted pick. But you can TRY to predict it, and the player people have considered the closest to what Giannis looked like as a prospect is Tidjane Salaun out of France. Now, their play styles are not the same, but the narrative around their games are almost identical. Giannis was a raw player who had crazy physical tools but had so little experience or production against high level competition that he was considered a pure home run swing project. Salaun is the same. His tools and flashes are on the level where you could see him become a true superstar out of this class, but his raw ability and inconsistencies also leaves it as a distinct possibility he falls out of the league in the coming years. What version of Salaun will the NBA get? Today, we look at the pros of his game the cons, and try to see what kind of player Salaun will be at the NBA level, and if he truly is worth that gamble relatively early in the first. So with all that, let’s get into it.


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