Saturday, June 23, 2012

Scouting report: Moe Harkless

Moe Harkless, SF St. John's (Freshman)
Measurements: 6-8¾, 207 pounds, 7-0 wingspan, 8-6½ reach, 37 inch vertical
Season stats: 36.1 mpg, 15.3 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 1.4 rpg, 1.6 spg, 1.4 bpg, 2.4 tpg, 45%/20%/68% (FG/3P/FT)


Positives
-Great size
-Long and athletic
-Explosive leaper
-Outstanding quickness
-Great slashing to rim
-Outstanding finisher
-Good ball handler
-Excels in transition
-Good rebounder
-Picks up a lot of blocks and steals
-High upside
-Tools to be a great defender

Negatives
-Shot needs a lot of work
-Very inconsistent from deep
-Likes his jumper a little to much
-Poor shot selection
-Inconsistent motor
-Doesn't always play hard on defense
-Needs to bulk up

Summary
Moe Harkless has great upside and certainly has some skills to like, but the talk of him as a lottery pick is crazy, mid-first yes, but lottery is crazy for a player with an inconsistent motor who shot 20% from 3, yet still took 2 and a half a game! Still though, Harkless does have some nice size and skills as a slasher to go with tremendous athleticism. Perhaps in less minutes (he played 36 a game, which is a lot) he'll be able to put in a higher level of effort and at 19, it's not crazy to think his shooting will improve.

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