If Jensen Huang played basketball: center, rated 80

Jensen Huang as a basketball player: scouting report

Jensen Huang plays center because the middle of the floor is where the most information arrives at once, and handling huge amounts of information in parallel is what his company built its name on. He cofounded Nvidia in 1993, with the early plans famously hashed out at a Denny's, and built its graphics chips into a key engine of modern artificial intelligence. His basketball IQ is the highest mark on his card, so he reads every action a beat early and calls the coverage before the screen arrives.

His defense and rebounding are the next two marks, and they fit the profile of a player who prepares harder than his opponent. As a teenager he was a nationally competitive junior table tennis player, a sport that is all about reading spin and reacting in a fraction of a second. On the court that becomes quick hands on post entries, early help on drives and a knack for being in position when the shot comes off the rim. He studied electrical engineering at Oregon State and earned a master's at Stanford, and he plays like an engineer: everything in its place.

Athleticism is the weak spot, so he wins with angles and timing rather than leaping. Pair him with a rim running power forward who handles the vertical work and a quick guard who pushes the pace, and let him organize from the middle. He can slide to power forward with a moderate drop, and his passing even makes him a workable point guard in an unusual lineup, a rare look for a center. Draft him early in the middle rounds as the brain of your defense. He has led the same company since the day it began, so he will stay patient through a long season.

Plays like A cerebral big who processes the floor faster than anyone

Put Jensen Huang in your lineup

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