Freshman First Look - Kentucky's Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague

As we get closer to the NCAA Tournament, NBA Draft Blog will be taking a closer look at underclassmen whose play or potential warrants the possibility that they could declare for the draft. Sophomores and juniors will get full scouting reports now, but freshmen I will handle a bit differently right now. Without a full college season under their belt, I believe the best approach will be to break the report down into 2 broad sections – what skills and abilities they have shown so far, and what I would like to see them do in the next 6-8 weeks. Once the season is over, they will receive a full scouting report. The first freshmen I will look at are Kentucky’s Big 3 – Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague (While Kyle Wiltjer may be NBA material one day, he isn’t close yet.) All 3 have definite strengths which should make them successful at NBA level, but they also have various deficiencies – some major, some minor – which will need to be worked on to maximize thei...