USC Basketball: Is Boogie Ellis An NBA-Caliber Player?

Fifth-year USC Trojans guard Boogie Ellis is projected as a late first round or early second round NBA draft pick after he graduates.

He has stewarded several competent Trojans clubs over the seasons, but this year’s raw 9-14 vintage doesn’t appear to be one of them. 

He’ll get a shot at a pro career, that much seems more or less assured. 

But will he survive long enough for a second contract, typically viewed as the metric for success at the NBA level?

He is a solid driver and scorer, although he could be dinged for his court awareness against scheming NBA defenses.