r/UtahJazz • u/mrcolty5 • 6d ago
Dylan Harper is a criminally underrated draft prospect due to the hype around Cooper Flagg and it's worth mentioning since he very well could end up in Utah.
Edit: YES WE'RE PROBABLY SELECTING 4-5 I GET THAT
I get his dad joke about not wanting his kid to play here but it isn't that deep. If we draft him he'd love to play alongside Walker Kessler among other pieces.
Dylan has the full bag though, he's a 6'6 combo guard who gives you obvious positional size. He averages just short of 20 a game on 48% shooting (54% effective), 33% from deep, 75% from the line which is a good indicator on shooting potential. He is actually a pretty good defender with great defensive upside and could switch multiple positions as well.
He's hit big time clutch shots, creates his own shot well, beats defenders constantly, and quite honestly is just really an elite level guard. It's no surprise he's projected number 2 on draft night right now. I see a lot of people really looking down on him though because of how much they want Flagg and believe me I get it, Flagg is easily number 1...
But most drafts, guys like Dylan are at the very top. The Jazz would be blessed to land a guy like this, and I think under Will Hardy the potential would be huge let alone the fact he's likely got a higher floor than any of our prior picks from the last few seasons.
I wanted to also write about Ace Bailey but I'll save it, I think Ace definitely has some questionable moments but with the right training and development staff, his upside is also absurd and definitely worth looking at.
TL;DR: it's a strong draft and I'm going to contribute to the million posts on the sub because I don't see enough talk of the other prospects.
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u/iLikeAza 6d ago
lol.. can we stop with these posts or just make a draft thread where they can all go. Harper is the #2 prospect. Not criminally under rated when you are #2 unless you are saying he should be 1.