Aaron Nkrumah

Two-way wing. Carried by passing (73rd) and shot creation (67th); the question marks are scoring efficiency (12th) and perimeter defense (28th).

Draft outlook

Where the math lands them

Scouting summary

Two-way wing profile. The loudest scout signal: plus bpm (BPM = 86th pct). Their NCAA dominance composite lands at 80 on a 100 scale. Mock consensus pegs them 52nd across 2 boards.

Auto-generated from archetype + top deterministic chip · long-form narrative ships when the generator's AI pass is enabled.

30 / 100 two-way score

Nkrumah's offensive + defensive efficiency vs the 2026 class, per Synergy possessions.

Closest NBA comparisons

Matched on combine measurements (length, frame, explosion, agility) and college production (BPM, TS%, usage, assists), within position group. Each comp's tag shows which basis drove it; the college production + career outcome shown belongs to the comp, never projected onto Nkrumah.

“Top X%” = closer to Nkrumah than (100−X)% of all drafted wings on the measurables + production; the bar shows relative closeness among these 5.

1. 1Tyler Honeycutt2011

   top 1%

   measurables + production · matched on 8 of 9 measurables · 5 of 4 production

   Became: Fringe NBA · -0.1 career VORP · 24 g

   College: UCLA '11 · TS 51.9 · BPM 6.5

   Weight189 lbvs187 lbReach104.0"vs105.0"Std vert28.5"vs30.0"Ht6'5"vs6'7"Max vert35.0"vs37.0"Wing82.3"vs81.0"Agility11.18svs11.68s¾ sprint3.24svs3.07sAST%17.9vs16.8PORPAG2.7vs2.1TS%54.0vs51.9BPM3.2vs6.5USG%27.2vs21.7
2. 2Tony Snell2013

   top 1%

   measurables + production · matched on 9 of 9 measurables · 6 of 4 production

   Became: Rotation player · -0.1 career VORP · 601 g

   College: New Mexico '13 · TS 56.2 · BPM 4.1

   Ht6'5"vs6'6"¾ sprint3.24svs3.25sAgility11.18svs11.36sMax vert35.0"vs36.5"Std vert28.5"vs30.0"Wing82.3"vs83.5"Reach104.0"vs105.5"Weight189 lbvs198 lbShuttle2.48svs2.84sPORPAG2.7vs2.9BPM3.2vs4.1TS%54.0vs56.2AST%17.9vs22.4USG%27.2vs22.0Age24.6vs21.6
3. 3Kevin McCullar Jr.2024

   top 2%

   measurables + production · matched on 4 of 9 measurables · 5 of 4 production

   Became: Too early to grade · -0.1 career VORP · 25 g

   College: Kansas '24 · TS 56.4 · BPM 6.5

   Reach104.0"vs103.0"Ht6'5"vs6'5"Wing82.3"vs81.0"Weight189 lbvs206 lbUSG%27.2vs27.1TS%54.0vs56.4AST%17.9vs21.8Age24.6vs23.3BPM3.2vs6.5
4. 4James Ennis2013

   top 3%

   measurables + production · matched on 9 of 9 measurables · 6 of 4 production

   Became: Rotation player · 0.9 career VORP · 395 g

   College: Long Beach St. '13 · TS 61.0 · BPM 6.1

   Ht6'5"vs6'6"Reach104.0"vs104.5"Std vert28.5"vs29.5"Max vert35.0"vs36.5"Wing82.3"vs83.5"Agility11.18svs11.55sWeight189 lbvs201 lb¾ sprint3.24svs3.40sShuttle2.48svs3.06sAST%17.9vs14.2USG%27.2vs24.0PORPAG2.7vs3.7BPM3.2vs6.1Age24.6vs23.0TS%54.0vs61.0
5. 5Caleb Martin2018

   top 2%

   measurables + production · matched on 9 of 9 measurables · 6 of 4 production

   Became: Never reached the NBA · 0 g

   College: Nevada '18 · TS 59.0 · BPM 5.5

   Wing82.3"vs82.0"¾ sprint3.24svs3.26sStd vert28.5"vs29.0"Max vert35.0"vs36.5"Weight189 lbvs196 lbHt6'5"vs6'5"Reach104.0"vs101.5"Shuttle2.48svs2.75sAgility11.18svs10.43sUSG%27.2vs25.4AST%17.9vs14.9BPM3.2vs5.5TS%54.0vs59.0Age24.6vs22.7PORPAG2.7vs4.6

How the closest comps turned out

Median outcome: Rotation — the typical case among these comps, between the floor and ceiling.

The 15 nearest blended comps (3 too recent to grade). These are the comps' own careers — a range of what the profile has become before, not a projection of Nkrumah.

Name match to Tennessee St., prospect card says Tennessee State — possible mid-season transfer or stale label.

via BartTorvik · percentiles vs W-bucket of all D1 history (2008-26)

30 games· 31.4 mpg

per-game · via barttorvik · percentiles vs all D1 2008-25 at the position

Raw per-game counts — not pace-adjusted; ranked against an 18-season D1 reference where elite-tier percentiles are stable across the window.