Surely more than one source is speculating/rating his draft prospects?
"the Bordeaux native began his club career at a young age" Just specify the age, don't handwave at it.
"17 points, five rebounds, and eight assists" and several other incidents of this type of thing. Within a sentence, either use numerals all the time or write out all the similar quantities. Se either use 5 and 8, or use seventeen.
At least three incidents of "vs." in the prose. Write out versus and lose the period.