Kalela wrote:Any new highlights or break down of this guy's game? For his age, size and ability to handle the ball he looks an interesting player that can develop into something like Siakam.
Quite honestly Doumbouya is in my top 5 favorite prospects in this draft. I've done a fair amount of research into him and he fits everything teams are looking for today, from a physical/skills standpoint (6'10 PF with the agility of a wing player, great defensive instincts and also shoots threes), upside (just turned 18yo in Dec), and also character & work ethic which has been reported as a major plus for him. Once he comes to the US for pre-draft workouts, Sekou is going to shoot up draft boards and I don't believe he will fall out of the top 8.
This link has a fairly accurate breakdown (except for the "Siakam/Batum" comp they made. Siakam is a good comp but Batum makes no sense lol)
https://draftvalue.com/2019/05/03/sekou-doumbouya-draft-profile/Also here is Sam Vecenie's mock draft profile:
9. Atlanta Hawks (from DAL) — Sekou Doumbouya
6-9 forward, 18 years old, Limoges (France)
Out of the international class, the multi-dimensional 6-foot-9 18-year-old originally from Guinea certainly looks to hold the most long-term value. Doumbouya had a tough start to the season, struggling to adjust to high-level pro basketball in France in the first three months of his season. He posted an extremely poor 0.57 assist to turnover ratio, while hitting just 25 percent in limited attempts from 3. Defensively, he was fouling over six times per 40 minutes. Basically, he looked like a 17-year-old playing professional basketball for the first time. But then, in a trio of games around Christmas, it looked like the French international had turned a corner, scoring 12 points in each and looking much more comfortable. Unfortunately, Doumbouya suffered a thumb injury in a league game against Boulazac and required surgery to repair a ligament and missed just over a month of action. And after a few games of action to get himself back into game shape, Doumbouya has been much better over the last month and a half. In his last eight games, Doumbouya has seen his points per minute increase, his 3-point shooting volume and efficiency has increased, and generally he just looks much more comfortable with the speed of the game.
Overall, I’m encouraged that Doumbouya has figured things out quickly, but still question how ready for the NBA he is simply due to his inexperience at high levels to this stage. There’s a real chance that he might need an extra year of seasoning, or else the team that picks him may be wasting one or two valuable seasons of his entry-level contract. Much like someone like Al-Farouq Aminu, the team that gets the best value out of Doumbouya may not necessarily be the team that selects him unless they can delay his process for coming over. But NBA teams generally are relatively high on Doumbouya and consider him a likely lottery pick. Atlanta, possessing two likely lottery picks and five picks overall, are well-positioned to take a shot on him figuring things out.