It’s impossible to talk about Doncic without mentioning what he’s accomplished in Euroleague as a teenager. Helped Slovenia win their first gold in Eurobasket and was selected to the All-Tournament first team. Then, won Euroleague MVP and Final Four MVP as he led Real Madrid to a championship. He did all of this before his 20th birthday. He’s probably the best international player in the world and even a chance he’s the best European prospect ever. When you watch him play, it’s clear why. For one, his size is exceptional for a play initiator and creator. 6’8 with 8’9 standing reach. Mobility is underrated, more fluidity than raw athletic ability. Not overly quick or fast but underrated in those regards. More of a functional athlete, takes good angles, attacks around his defender. Great shooting stroke with ability to score from anywhere, off the dribble or off the catch. Can shoot with a hand in his face to the point where it seems like sometimes he actually waits for a defender to close out before shooting. The speed at which he gets into his pull-up especially behind picks is really impressive, one of my favorite parts of his game. His natural shooting ability is evident in his FT numbers, 82% in Euroleague and was hovering around 90% for most of the season. Even though the numbers leave a lot to be desired I’m sure his shooting will come around eventually because of smoothness on all types of attempts along with the average difficulty on his shots. Floaters are a strength as well. When driving if he can’t get all the way to the cup has sort of a nice fall-away floater. Really just takes what the defense gives him. Building off of that, when he knows he can’t finish at the basket he looks to pass and that usually works out pretty well. Next his passing/IQ might truly be the best in the class, better than someone like Trae just because isn’t as prone to turnovers, 2.10 AST/TO ratio. Great passer who makes the smart play along with having the ability and vision to consistently create for others. Keeps a tight handle with the capability to snake the P&R. Has a lot of potential with his handle, can become a weapon and give himself more separation to make tough shots. Faster in the open court than you’d think, really pushes the ball in front of him to make up for those athletic deficiencies. Easy to see how high is IQ is, always makes passes and reads defenses in the P&R. Like, the type of passer who stares down the roll man, sucks in the defender making the bump, and throws a full cross-court pass to his man in the corner for an open shot. Puts a lot of zip on his passes, delivers tough passes through traffic with pinpoint accuracy and speed. Makes those plays look routine. Truly special feel as a teenager. Defense is almost entirely built around intellect, so despite average athletic profile he’s still pretty good overall. He’ll never be a great man-to-man guy but his combination of size, instincts, and effort will surely be a positive. Similar to Lonzo without as much burst. Defensive effort has improved in recent weeks around mid-April, when competition level ramped up so did he. Rotations are crisp, can make some impressive plays that you wouldn’t expect. Makes some blocks at the rim on bigs, gets some steals off passes, covers two guys, etc. That basketball feel is just evident. Really good at recovering to shooters while getting his hands on steals, great hands to pick pocket. This offseason is the first opportunity to improve his skills and body in a long time. Love for the game and desire to win readily apparent.