To help readers get to know top NBA draft prospects, Insider offers a 360-degree look at many of them in a concise and thorough scouting report featuring three expert perspectives: Kevin Pelton (analytics), Fran Fraschilla (scouting) and Chad Ford (NBA front offices). Here's a look at Rondae Hollis-Jefferson.
WARP projection: 0.7 (52nd among players in top 100)
Comparables: Devin Ebanks (96.8), Julian Wright (95.1), Marcus E. Williams (94.4), DeMar DeRozan (94.2)
Strengths: FTA%, Rebound%, TO%
Weaknesses: Usage, Shooting, PF%
The analytics perspective
Because he made just eight 3-pointers in two seasons at Arizona, Hollis-Jefferson has one of the lowest shooting scores (which combines 3P%, 3PA/Min and FT%) among the wing players in my college database.
That list illustrates the task in front of Hollis-Jefferson. If he can learn to shoot, he has the ability to develop into a valuable 3-and-D player like Ariza or Carroll.
If not, he'll have to be an elite defender just to stick in the league, as Ebanks (whose .794 shooting rating was marginally better) and Wright were unable to do.
-- Kevin Pelton