While you’ve become used to seeing our insider and draft expert Rashard Hall publishing power rankings and mock drafts (Check out his most recent one here), he’s been in the lab cooking some new content for the Ball-Knower’s everywhere.

Scoutside is introducing individual player assessments starting this month so you can get an inside look at what makes these athletes great from the eye of a former Division I women’s basketball staffer (Rashard used to work for Syracuse WBB before joining our team at NCS).

Expect to see more of these in your inbox as time goes on!

Every draft cycle produces debates over who belongs in the first round or even the lottery. Raven Johnson is one such player that has sparked numerous discussions and in her case, the numbers alone don’t tell the full story. But the trajectory of her career and the way she impacts winning make a compelling argument that she belongs firmly in that first round conversation.