NBA: The enigma of Baba Miller: the Spaniard ranked as Top-10 in the NBA Draft without having made his NCAA debut

BAba Miller, the ‘unicorn’ that Real Madrid forged in its youth academy and that he decided to continue with his career at Florida State, since is on the NBA radar despite not having been able to debut yet in the NCAA.

The promise from the Balearic Islands, who dazzled in the Real Madrid academy with his mobility and exuberant physical conditions, Euroleague debut with the first team against CSKA on December 23, 2021.

The Spanish power forward of 2.11 m. and 18 years just serve the sanction imposed by the NCAA and he is ready to play with some ‘Seminoles’ that await him like rain in May after adding a balance of 5 wins and 11 losses without Miller.

The most optimistic forecast places Baba Miller as number 9 in the 2023 NBA Draft

The forecasts for the 2023 NBA Draft, the popular ‘Mock Drafts’ bet on Baba Miller as a possible choice in the first round of the draft.

In ‘NBADraft.net’ They bet even bigger, predicting that Baba Miller, who has an arms span of over 7′, will could be selected by the Lakers as… number 9 of the 2023 Draft!

The rest of the forecasts for Mock Draft 2023 are not so optimistic, but they have the Spanish power forward former Olympic District among their predictions.

Yahoo Sports bet on Baba Miller with the number 19, Bleacher Report with the 19, NBA Draft Room with the 19, Sports Illustrated with the number 21, For The Win with the 25, My NBA Draft with the 26 and Cluth Points with the 27.

A little over a month ago Jeremy Woo bet on Baba Miller with the number 41 of the 2023 NBA Draft selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder.

James Nnaji and Sidy Cissoko, other ‘Spanish’ in the 2023 NBA Mock Drafts

Two other names linked to Spanish basketball that are repeated in all the Mocks Drafts are those of James Nnaji (pvot del Barcelona) y Sidy Cissoko (Baskonia-raised forward who now plays for NBA G League side Ignite).

What all the NBA Mock Drafts of the NBA are clear about is that the number 1 will be for Victor Wembanyama (Metropolitans 92) and number 2 for Scoot Henderson (League Ignite)being Nick Smith (Arkansas), Amen Thompson (Overtime Elite) and Jarace Walker (Houston) other of the most outstanding players.

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