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5 days ago | hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Alex Squadron |Krysten Peek

As I explained on Friday, Finch is an amalgam of six NBA scouts whom I granted anonymity and then interviewed about the top players in the draft. The idea to apply that name to an anonymous scout came from my former Sports Illustrated colleague Alex Wolff, who chose it because it is the surname of the character scout in To Kill A Mockingbird. (If you haven’t read that book, start immediately after reading this column.) Here, then, is part two of my conversation with Finch. Happy scouting.

5 days ago | hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Alex Squadron |Krysten Peek |Jonathan Wasserman

ESPN initially reported that Ace Bailey canceled his workout with the Philadelphia 76ers, a storyline that’s created poor optics and negative press. But does this mean he’s now poised for a draft-night slide? Sources I’ve talked to around the league don’t believe that Bailey is going to dramatically fall  because of his agent’s decisions or strategy. He’s still going to be evaluated based on basketball, which they’ve seen him play plenty of dating back to high school.

5 days ago | hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Alex Squadron |Krysten Peek |Lindsey Willhite

“Oh, you just hated the Cyclones growing up,” McCollum told Hoops HQ with a laugh. “There was no Big Ten team you had a lot of hatred for. It was always anti-Cyclones and anti-Cornhuskers.” He would have loved to stick it to Iowa State and Nebraska while wearing an Iowa uniform, but his playing career took him to North Iowa Area Community College and then Div.

1 week ago | hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Alex Squadron |Jonathan Wasserman |Krysten Peek

Spears, the son of former NFL defensive lineman and current ESPN analyst Marcus Spears, is a top-five prospect in the class of 2027. He showed at the Elite 100 Camp that he may be the best. Spears did a bit of everything for Team Dallas, hitting shots from the outside, from midrange and finishing at the basket. In one specific 3v3 drill, it seemed as if Spears grabbed every rebound. He was truly dominant in every facet.

1 week ago | hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Alex Squadron |Jonathan Wasserman |Krysten Peek

No one’s jumping with AJ Dybantsa in transition. pic.twitter.com/28i6FYl4gt — Krysten Peek (@krystenpeek) June 19, 2025Before the U19 trials, Dybantsa — a 6-foot-9, 210-pounder — was at BYU, working out and getting familiar with the campus in Provo, Utah. He attended his first service, visited a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has been seen taking orders at a local McDonalds and doing TikToks with the BYU mascot, Cosmo the Cougar. “There’s a lot of love in Provo,” Dybantsa said.