2022 NBA Draft Top 100: twenty Europeans included among the best prospects / News - Basketnews.com

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The 2021 NBA Draft concluded in less than a month, but the NBA world is already preparing for next year.

ESPN released the Top 100 prospect list for next year’s NBA Draft, which also included twenty European talents.

Currently, the highest-rated European is Ousmane Dieng from France. The 18-year-old shooting guard takes 14th place on the list and currently plays in the Australian league for New Zealand Breakers.

Next up is Real Madrid’s talent Tristan Vukcevic, who stands in 21st position on the list. Vukcevic is followed by the Serbian forward Nikola Jovic (24th) and the Croatian forward Roko Prkacin (25th).

Carlos Alocen, who made his EuroLeague debut last season, is also included. However, Real Madrid’s youngster is ranked only in 79th place.

Overall, at the moment, the best prospect of the upcoming Draft is considered Gonzaga’s power forward Chet Holmgren.

18-year-old Paolo Banchero from Duke is ranked second, Jaden Hardy from the G League's Ignite - third, Jalen Duren (Memphis) - fourth, whilst Caleb Houstan (Michigan) - fifth.

You can find a complete list here.

All Europeans on ESPN’s 2022 NBA Draft Top 100 list:

Ousmane Dieng (14th overall, French, 18 years old, New Zealand Breakers); Tristan Vukcevic (21st, Serbian, 18 years old, Real Madrid); Nikola Jovic (24th, Serbian, 18 years old, Mega Basket); Roko Prkacin (25th, Croatian, 18 years old, Cibona Zagreb); Hugo Besson (35th, French, 20 years old, New Zealand Breakers); Fedor Zugic (36th, Montenegrin, 17 years old, Ratiopharm Ulm); Gabriele Procida (41st, Italian, 19 years old, Fortitudo Bologna); Ruben Dominguez (45th, Spanish, 18 years old, Estudiantes); Ariel Hukporti (47th, German, 19 years old, Melbourne); Malcolm Cazalon (49th, French, 19 years old, Mega Bemax); Azuolas Tubelis (53rd, Lithuanian, 19 years old, Arizona); Abramo Canka (56th, Italian, 19 years old, Nevezis Kedainiai); Zsombor Maronka (57th, Hungarian, 18 years old, Prat); Pavel Savkov (58th, Russian, 19 years old, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz); Boris Tisma (74th, Croatian, 19 years old, Studentski Centar); Mario Nakic (75th, Serbian, 20 years old, Andorra); Tom Digbeu (77th, French, 19 years old, currently without a team); Ismael Kamagate (78th, French, 20 years old, Paris Basketball); Carlos Alocen (79th, Spanish, 20 years old, Real Madrid); Nikita Mikhailovskii (86th, Russian, 20 years old, Tasmania). Thank you for reading us! Help us even more.