Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
Purdue’s Zach Edey, Kansas’s Hunter Dickinson, Duke’s Kyle Filipowski, Marquette’s Tyler Kolek and UNC’s Armando Bacot are some of the names headlining the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watchlist.
2024 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Preseason Watchlist*
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2023-24 season.
Previous winners of the Naismith Trophy include Zach Edey, Purdue (2023), Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky (2022), Luka Garza, Iowa (2021), Obi Toppin, Dayton (2020), Zion Williamson, Duke (2019), Jalen Brunson, Villanova (2018), Trey Burke, Michigan (2013), Anthony Davis, Kentucky (2012), Blake Griffin, Oklahoma (2009), and Kevin Durant, Texas (2007).
Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
