{"id":697407,"date":"2026-04-04T07:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697407\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:17:20","slug":"nba-scout-compares-duke-star-cameron-boozer-to-luka-doncic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697407\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA scout compares Duke star Cameron Boozer to Luka Doncic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 3, 2026, 2:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Duke forward Cameron Boozer is projected to be a top-three pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.Boozer averaged a double-double with 22.5 points and 10.2 rebounds for the Blue Devils.An Eastern Conference scout compared Boozer&#8217;s athleticism and efficiency to NBA star Luka Doncic.Despite concerns about his athleticism, Boozer&#8217;s winning mentality may set him apart from other prospects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After earning ACC Player of the Year honors, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/duke-blue-devils\/1388\/\" data-autotag=\"d9e0b712-2f57-4d7c-998e-25a7ac4fbc0d\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Duke<\/a> forward Cameron Boozer seems like a lock to wind up as a top-three selection in the 2026 NBA Draft along with AJ Dybantsa (BYU) and Darryn Peterson (Kansas).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In 38 games with the Blue Devils, Boozer averaged a double-double with 22.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists. He also averaged 1.4 steals and shot 39.1% from three-point range.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Although some have knocked Boozer due to his lack of apparent athleticism, an Eastern Conference scout pushed back on that notion recently, comparing Boozer to one of the NBA&#8217;s biggest stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnba%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F48358749%2Fnba-draft-2026-dybantsa-peterson-boozer-wagler-scouts-execs-top-5&amp;xcust=SC1-SDUK&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fdukewire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Fduke%2Fmens-basketball%2F2026%2F04%2F03%2Fnba-scout-compares-duke-star-cameron-boozer-to-luka-doncic%2F89446829007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to<\/a> Jeremy Woo and Tim Bontemps of ESPN, that player was Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cHe doesn\u2019t look the part athletically, so people put limits on him,\u201d said the scout of Boozer. \u201cI don\u2019t know why people keep putting a ceiling on him before he\u2019s 19. There\u2019s a lot of ways to talk about athleticism, not just how high you can jump, and he always plays the most efficient way he can to help his team win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the draft lottery still on the horizon, any of the aforementioned trio could end up as the No. 1 overall pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">That said, Boozer&#8217;s pedigree, experience and winning mentality may be what sets him apart from other prospects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 3, 2026, 2:30 p.m. ET Duke forward Cameron Boozer is projected to be a top-three pick in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72400,7,6,12,74643,73480,72404,73149,72860,73132,72444,72422,72570,72445,72406,72558,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-697407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-nba-draft","12":"tag-sstssportscollegedukemens-basketball","13":"tag-sstsnmens-basketball","14":"tag-tagbasketball","15":"tag-tagduke-blue-devils-mens-basketball","16":"tag-tagespn-inc","17":"tag-tagluka-doncic","18":"tag-tagnational-sports","19":"tag-tagnba","20":"tag-tagnba-draft","21":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-tagstory-highlights-ai-enabled","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116345219549825005","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}