I said we’ll have to wait and see, but I’m not optimistic. I’m actually probably closer to neutral, but what really puts me over the edge is his shooting. He wasn’t a good shooter in college and this was known well before the draft. Guys like that can pan out, no doubt, but it is a monumental risk. I don’t have any stats on this, but prospects who weren’t good shooters in college and don’t develop it in the NBA seem to be the most common type of bust for picks outside the top 7-8.
During the draft, I was a firm believer that we should have made a concerted effort to trade up to 15 once Kobe Bufkin fell, and even at our pick I was absolutely certain our pick should have been Brandin Podziemski or Cam Whitmore rather than JHS, specifically Podziemski.
I’m sure the scouting department had their reasons, but I have seen nothing so far to indicate that JHS has a higher floor or ceiling than either of them, and his fit was always clearly the clunkiest.
I said we’ll have to wait and see, but I’m not optimistic. I’m actually probably closer to neutral, but what really puts me over the edge is his shooting. He wasn’t a good shooter in college and this was known well before the draft. Guys like that can pan out, no doubt, but it is a monumental risk. I don’t have any stats on this, but prospects who weren’t good shooters in college and don’t develop it in the NBA seem to be the most common type of bust for picks outside the top 7-8.
During the draft, I was a firm believer that we should have made a concerted effort to trade up to 15 once Kobe Bufkin fell, and even at our pick I was absolutely certain our pick should have been Brandin Podziemski or Cam Whitmore rather than JHS, specifically Podziemski.
I’m sure the scouting department had their reasons, but I have seen nothing so far to indicate that JHS has a higher floor or ceiling than either of them, and his fit was always clearly the clunkiest.