The Top Three Offensive Players In the 2024 Draft w/Noah Magaro-George

1-  Rob Dillingham

Seeing Rob Dillingham at the top of this list should be no surprise. The 19-year-old is arguably the shiftiest ball handler in the 2024 draft class, and he can stop on a dime for midrange jumpers and nail threes off the bounce. Not only is Dillingham skilled at using ball screens to create clean looks for himself, but he can hit the roll man from creative angles and connect with open shooters when drawing help on his drives. His slender frame and lackluster finishing at the rim are slightly concerning heading into the next level, but his quick first step and touch on floaters allow him to score inside when rim protectors are patrolling the paint. The talented freshman is also an impressive movement shooter, which boosts his appeal as a potential lead guard who can double as an off-ball threat.

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2- Juan Nunez

Whatever the pass might be, Juan Nuñez can make it. It isn’t much of a surprise to those who have followed his career for a while–Nuñez got just about the best passing education that a young guard could get on his way up through the Real Madrid system. After playing a minimal role for the Spanish superteam in the ACB and Euroleague as a 17-year-old, Nuñez made his way to Ratiopharm Ulm for the 2022-23 season, where he showed exceptional maturity as the sixth man for a top-flight European team. Nuñez made the leap into the starting lineup this season, where he ran the show for Ulm with a maturity that was well beyond his teenage years.

Nuñez did the vast majority of his damage in the pick-and-roll, and that will be his bread and butter at the NBA level. He developed instant chemistry with new Ulm big man Trevion Williams when Williams signed with Ulm to start the 2023-24 season, and they instantly formed one of the best big man-guard passing duos anywhere in the world. Nuñez manipulates defenses from the pick-and-roll like a decade-long veteran. His ability to throw pinpoint passes with either hand both on the move and from a standstill allows him to lull defenses to sleep before he cuts them apart. 

It’s not just his ability to slice defenses to pieces when operating in standard sets, though. Part of the joy of Nuñez as a playmaker is the improvisation. He’s one of the rare prospects who can pass his teammates open, rather than just hitting the open window. Whether it be nailing the perfect hit-ahead pass in transition or a kickout to an open shooter just in time before the shot clock expires, Nuñez can make something out of nothing with his passes in a way that few other basketball players anywhere in the world can match.

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