Re: #33: Joe Harris - G/F - University of Virginia
Taken from an ESPN chat a week before draft. Bilas really emphasizes how seriously he takes his analysis and how much film he watches. Nice to read.
http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-r...on-espn-media-conference-call-with-jay-bilas/
Q. The Thunder with two late-first round picks are in need of a shooting guard. Is there somebody who could help them in that category right now, or should they try to trade up and try to move up and maybe get somebody better?
JAY BILAS: Well, I mean, you can always try to trade up. I think everybody would like to do it. It’s a question of what you’re giving up. But down near the bottom of the first round or the end of the first round, I should say, one of the guys that I don’t see a whole lot of some of these mock drafts have up there that I do is Joe Harris of Virginia.
I think Harris would be a tremendous pick for a team like the Thunder or the Spurs, that could come in. I mentioned the word “specialist”. He can really shoot it. He’s got size. He can run all day, come off screens, and you can’t bump him off his pass. He’s like a bigger, stronger, more athletic J.J. Redick in a way.
He’s played in a system where he didn’t have to be the guy. He took mostly good shots. He broke his nose not too long ago. I don’t know whether it was a week ago. He got injured. He hasn’t been able to actually work out for some of the teams at the end of the first round that are likely to pick him, or would be likely to pick him, whether it’s the Thunder or the Spurs or somebody like that.
Q. There seems to be a really good depth of shooters in this draft. Do you agree with that? Which ones do you think become a value pick if they get into the middle or the teens of the draft?
JAY BILAS: I do think there’s some really good shooters in this draft. I think the best shooter is Nik Stauskas from Michigan. Then I put Doug McDermott right there as a shooter as well. I think you can put up with those two guys. I don’t think he’s going to get drafted but Travis Bader of Oakland, senior, broke J.J. Redick’s three’s record, is really, really talented as a shooter. He’s like 6’4″, 6’5″, and has the ability to hit from deep. As a specialist, could he make a team? Absolutely, I think he could.
I mentioned him before, and I’m a big — I don’t know if fan is the right word – but kind of a believer in Joe Harris. I think Joe Harris has a really good opportunity not only to make a team but to really be successful in the league.
And then the other guy I think you mentioned middle or late first round, C.J. Wilcox of Washington. He was a senior, can really, really shoot it. Really good range, long arms, high release. He’s an older kid. He’s over 23 years old, I think. But good catch and shoot guy, and I really like his ability to shoot it as well.
Taken from an ESPN chat a week before draft. Bilas really emphasizes how seriously he takes his analysis and how much film he watches. Nice to read.
http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-r...on-espn-media-conference-call-with-jay-bilas/
Q. The Thunder with two late-first round picks are in need of a shooting guard. Is there somebody who could help them in that category right now, or should they try to trade up and try to move up and maybe get somebody better?
JAY BILAS: Well, I mean, you can always try to trade up. I think everybody would like to do it. It’s a question of what you’re giving up. But down near the bottom of the first round or the end of the first round, I should say, one of the guys that I don’t see a whole lot of some of these mock drafts have up there that I do is Joe Harris of Virginia.
I think Harris would be a tremendous pick for a team like the Thunder or the Spurs, that could come in. I mentioned the word “specialist”. He can really shoot it. He’s got size. He can run all day, come off screens, and you can’t bump him off his pass. He’s like a bigger, stronger, more athletic J.J. Redick in a way.
He’s played in a system where he didn’t have to be the guy. He took mostly good shots. He broke his nose not too long ago. I don’t know whether it was a week ago. He got injured. He hasn’t been able to actually work out for some of the teams at the end of the first round that are likely to pick him, or would be likely to pick him, whether it’s the Thunder or the Spurs or somebody like that.
Q. There seems to be a really good depth of shooters in this draft. Do you agree with that? Which ones do you think become a value pick if they get into the middle or the teens of the draft?
JAY BILAS: I do think there’s some really good shooters in this draft. I think the best shooter is Nik Stauskas from Michigan. Then I put Doug McDermott right there as a shooter as well. I think you can put up with those two guys. I don’t think he’s going to get drafted but Travis Bader of Oakland, senior, broke J.J. Redick’s three’s record, is really, really talented as a shooter. He’s like 6’4″, 6’5″, and has the ability to hit from deep. As a specialist, could he make a team? Absolutely, I think he could.
I mentioned him before, and I’m a big — I don’t know if fan is the right word – but kind of a believer in Joe Harris. I think Joe Harris has a really good opportunity not only to make a team but to really be successful in the league.
And then the other guy I think you mentioned middle or late first round, C.J. Wilcox of Washington. He was a senior, can really, really shoot it. Really good range, long arms, high release. He’s an older kid. He’s over 23 years old, I think. But good catch and shoot guy, and I really like his ability to shoot it as well.
