NBPA Top 100 Camp Standout: Babatunde Oladotun
The NBPA Top 100 Camp brings in the 100 best high school basketball players, both domestic and international. Draftstack is focusing in on the Elite of the Elite prospects from the camp.
The NBPA Top 100 Camp just wrapped up, with dates of June 9th-13th this cycle. The camp was held at Rock Hill Sports and Events Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
The NBPA Top 100 Camp is a prestigious invite-only camp that draws large attention from important figures in the varying levels of basketball. The camp selects the top 100 of the best high school basketball players, both domestic and international.
In my role with Draftstack, I will have some freedom in expanding my coverage and covering more prospects in the United States outside of the Midwest region. This is exciting for me because in the past I had strictly covered grounds in the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota region.
My process in studying and analyzing the camp started with me first finding everything I could find on social media from the event. Social media, especially X, can paint a picture and cover the main storylines of what took place. So that’s the basis. The NBPA does provide a live-stream and on-demand capability. This essentially allowed me to put this article together. I never have and never will write about a player that I hadn’t seen play in a non-highlight fixture.
When developing a coverage gameplan, human nature brought me to conclude on scouting the ELITE of the elite prospects and performers at the camp. Humans are drawn naturally into others that are high-performing and/or that carry lot of potential within.
So, my first pick is…Babatunde (Baba) Oladotun.
Babatunde (Baba) Oladotun / 2027 / 2-guard-Wing/ 6’9” HT, 7’4” WS / 190 lbs
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A recruiting update before I begin on the scouting report and projection for Oladotun seems necessary.
After the camp, he picked up a University of Oregon offer. That’s just to add to his already long list.
His current offer list is: Syracuse, USC, Indiana, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Maryland, UCLA, Tennessee, West Virginia, Michigan, Rutgers, Creighton, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Kentucky, Georgetown, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Bryant, DePaul, and Howard.
Babatunde Oladotun NBPA Top 100 Camp Stats
Babatunde (Baba) Oladotun Scouting Report
Oladotun is widely considered the top 2027 prospect and it’s pretty clear as to why. Obviously, he has the 7’4” positional length to start from, which is the basis of his intrigue. I think he’s a wing or a four that will trail and/or play alongside the point guard as the ball is being advanced. You could liken him to a poor-mans Kevin Durant that is also losing a couple inches on him.
Prospects in the United States are never ranked #1 just on upside and positional length. The prospects at the top always have a couple or a few traits that are high-end or elite, to go along with their NBA-ready frame. They usually produce and dominate games in high school in some fashion. Oladotun is no different. I will list a few other key factors as to why he’s the #1 ranked 2027 prospect. There will be some explanation within the list as well.
Ability and consistency in running the floor quickly and overall movement ability on both ends.
Right now he has some defensive versatility, as he can defend in the interior with his length. He doesn’t allow himself to easily get moved just because he has a lanky frame. True Bigs can’t just throw him around like a ragdoll. He’ll get into pushing matches as well. I also don’t think this will translate to the NBA, because elite NBA Bigs with a height and playing strength advantage on him will be able to move him around and consistently gain positioning that could lead to a continuous mismatch on the glass that will cost his team possessions.
Perimeter defense and his effort on that end could be a minor strength of his as well. He’s definitely not a liability out there defending on the perimeter. He does fly around defensively pretty well. I wouldn’t necessarily call it flying around, but his willingness to move, close on a shooter, and extend his long arms is a positive. His on-ball defense translates to the NBA. The duality of him being able to move with and stay in front of quickness on the perimeter for a full extended period, and his disruptive length at the rim, make for him to be an adequate NBA perimeter defender.
Oladotun‘s aggression, quickness, and consistency attacking the offensive glass is a huge plus and factor for him. NBA scouts and general managers will love this about him, because long and lengthy perimeter players normally don’t do this and 95% percent will watch the ball get shot until it’s rebounded, then they start heading back to defend their hoop.
It could or should have been mentioned first, but Oladotun‘s biggest separator and reason he’s the #1 2027 prospect, is his offensive skillset. His shotmaking, percentage-shooting from range, and the things he can do with the ball at 7’4” length is quite tantalizing. He can make a handle move on a transition play to gain a step to get a clean look at the hoop.
Another thing I like from Oladotun‘s game is that he goes at and through high defensive arms when he has the ball in scoring position on the block. He looks like and feels like a player that would be shooting fades and fallaways consistently throughout a game, but it’s quite the opposite.
NBA Career Prediction
I think Oladotun will be a mainstay as the #1 2027 up until his name is called within the first two picks of the NBA Draft. When making a prediction like this, it’s a must to gain intel on a prospect’s work ethic and if they have the drive to be a NBA All-Star caliber player. I did do some homework and digging into Oladotun, and I had some encouraging findings. Not to go into high detail about his parental guidance and upbringing at this time, but I did find that Baba’s Dad puts him to the test to keep improving and Baba buys-in with his elite mindset on improving his skills. My thoughts have always been, to be great, you have to want to be great. Greatness is not some natural skill that just appears one day.
I do follow the NBA tightly, leveraging the NBA League Pass to at least form a prediction on Babatunde Oladotun’s ceiling in his prime gap.
I think there’s a strong chance that one of Oladotun’s outcomes is that of him becoming a major difference-maker in the league, an NBA All-Star in his prime years, and own a 21-22+ scoring average for a few year stretch.