Strengths: Traore is a solid athlete with good quickness and leaping ability … Mobility is excellent for a player his size … Has the body to continue to put on weight comfortably and not lose any athletic ability … Does a great job of getting himself wide in the post to enable guards a big target to pass into … Ball handling ability is solid as it’s not uncommon for him to gather the ball from the top of the key and take his man off the dribble … Fundamentally he understands how the value of keeping the ball high in the post … Possesses good hands enabling him to catch most passes with few problems … Rebounding potential is excellent as he is able to box out well as well as snare balls out of position … Shows good touch around the basket as he is able to finish with both hands … Post footwork isn’t exceptional but is good for his age and experience level … Excellent finisher around the basket where he excels at catching passes off dishes from guards … Uses his quickness well for fast execution in the post … Physically Traore has many of the qualities of a quality shot blocker with a long wingspan and quick leaping ability … Body control is superb for a player his size … Overall potential is impressive …

Weaknesses: Despite all his physical gifts, Traore lacks great shot blocking instincts … Plays the game with a carefree demeanor, displaying a lack of intensity … Loses confidence and focus rather easily if his shots aren’t failing … Offensively his back to the basket skills are unrefined and are quite limited … Some have questioned his maturity, work ethic and desire to improve … Post defense remains average at best as he allows most defenders to set up in the lane … This could be do to his upper body strength being underdeveloped … Can be a little foul prone as he can get caught biting on pump fakes … Free throw shooting is poor to say the least … Must continue to expand his range as he is limited as he is comfortable solely around the basket … Doesn’t do a great job of recognizing double teams … Post passing has improved but remains a detriment … Has been slowed a bit by a foot injury this past season, which raises some concerns about durability … Physical opponents can frustrate him some, but he's far from a soft player … Doesn’t do a great job of creating contact to draw fouls from opposing players …