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Diallo's best upside is as a true point guard with excellent positional size and strength. He can see the floor, pass the ball at a high-level, and has a pretty natural feel for the game. The fact that he can overpower and see overtop of most opposing guards just highlights the overlap of his physical tools and processing ability that much more.

He already understands how to play pick-and-roll basketball at a high-level, making multiple reads and finds. He uses his body and is a threat with his pull-up, although not yet as reliable a shooter from behind the arc, despite making steady strides over the years. He’s also an especially dangerous passer in drive-and-kick action, the open floor, and when teammates cut off the ball for him. Diallo has very good dexterity when in attack mode as he is just as potent a playmaker and passer when going to his left.

Physically, he’s more powerful than he is naturally explosive. He doesn’t have elite speed or burst, but is showing more pop in his legs mid-way through his senior season than he did over the summer, when he was trying to play through nagging lower body injuries and struggling to create much separation as a result. He’s also probably closer to being maxed out physically than most guards at this stage.

Defensively, he’s going to have some limitations against smaller and quicker guards in open space, but can utilize his strength and physicality in half-court situations, and be fairly switchable onto bigger guards and wings as well. Diallo is also a very good perimeter rebounder.

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• Evaluated 06/28/2022 Adam Finkelstein Director of Scouting Read