{"id":941311,"date":"2026-10-26T07:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941311\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T07:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:56:11","slug":"next-stars-breakout-has-nba-experts-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941311\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Star&#8217;s breakout has NBA experts talking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dash Daniels is enjoying a massive Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL27 Season, after making the off-season switch from Melbourne to South East Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining Josh King\u2019s side, the 18-year-old has taken a huge leap and is posting career-highs across the board.<\/p>\n<p>This includes career-best numbers in points (13.2, up from 4.1), field goal percentage (51.7), rebounds (5.1), assists (2.1) and steals (0.9).<\/p>\n<p>This impressive play isn\u2019t going unnoticed either, with CBS Sports\u2019 Adam Finkelstein vaulting the Bendigo talent back into the first round of his latest 2027 Mock NBA Draft, placing him at number 25.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Another who shares the same optimism about Daniels is DraftExpress\u2019 Jonathan Givony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing a quiet rookie campaign with Melbourne United, Daniels has taken a significant step forward since joining South East Melbourne,\u201d Givony said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s attempting 4.6 threes per game at a 36.6 per cent clip, a notable increase in volume for a player whose offensive aggressiveness and perimeter shooting have historically been major question marks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill two months shy of his 19th birthday, Daniels is playing his way back into the 2027 NBA Draft conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis positional size, defensive versatility, and improving offensive skill set make him an intriguing prospect to monitor as the NBL season unfolds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniels\u2019 Phoenix next host Tasmania on Sunday from 3pm AEDT, live on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793001371_176_6aaf06b4ba693cfeb2523730_6a960795989a8ba3337cdc3b_SuperCoach NBL_ Bottom of Article Image Version 1 .png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dash Daniels is enjoying a massive Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL27 Season, after making the off-season switch from Melbourne to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-941311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}