If Elon Musk played basketball: point guard, rated 83

Elon Musk as a basketball player: scouting report

Elon Musk would bring the ball up, and he would bring it up fast. SpaceX made a routine out of landing rocket boosters upright on a pad or a drone ship so they could fly again, and that is the mindset of a point guard who wants every defensive rebound turned around into a fast break before the other team is set. Basketball IQ is the top mark on his card and his playmaking is next, so the pass ahead comes early and arrives in stride.

What makes him unusual for a point guard is the rest of the card. His athleticism, defense and rebounding all grade out well, which lets him guard bigger players, rebound his own position and start the break himself. Raised in Pretoria, South Africa, he studied physics and economics at the University of Pennsylvania, and he would read a defense the way a physicist reads a launch: angles first, then force. Expect him to attack the gap the moment a help defender shifts.

The jumper is the soft spot. Shooting is the lowest mark on his card, so defenders will duck under screens and dare him to pull up from deep. The answer is to put shooters around him and let him live in the paint, kicking out to the corners when the defense collapses. Because the rest of his card is so balanced, he also slides to shooting guard or small forward with only a modest dip, and that flexibility is worth an early pick. Pair him with a pure catch and shoot wing and a rim protector, then let him push the tempo.

Plays like A two way point guard who pushes the pace off every rebound

Put Elon Musk in your lineup

8 rolls, a starting five and a bench, 82 games. Can you go 82-0? Free, no account.