NBA Comparison: Jevon Carter

Strengths: Tough nosed, diminutive point guard with strength and great defensive ability … A winner, has lead a Houston team to three very productive seasons as their starting point guard … Shooting touch. A career 77% shooter, shows that despite lacking range there’s optimism he can become a good outside shooter … Has the physique of an NFL hlaf back … Muscle bound … Just 200 lbs, but extremely physical player, and will fight for loose balls and hound opponents with his physical strength … Despite being just 6’1 in shoes, he’s a defensive standout who should be an absolute pest on that end at the next level … Loves to play defense and has a tough guy demeanor to take on all opponents … Despite being very average overall on offense, he does excel in the PnR game, throwing a lot of lobs to bigs for easy dunks .. His drive and dish game is one of his best skills … Excellent passer with a 3-1 A/TO ratio … 6.3 assists per game … Limits turnovers at just 2 per game …. Efficient and consistent floor general. Maintained a similarly high A/TO ration throughout college career … An absolute ball hawk at 2.2 steals per game … Strong leadership qualities … Team player who completely bought into Sampson defensive system …

Weaknesses: Undersized for a point guard at just 6′ feet barefoot and a 6’3 wingspan … Not a great shooter, though he has shown some improvement in his shot off the dribble in the mid range … Lacks range on his shot. Will need to extend his shot out and become a more efficient shooter from NBA range in order to cement himself as a viable backup in the league … Not much of a scorer. Was at 12.9 ppg as a senior, granted in a bit of a slow it down system … Struggles when asked to create shots for himself in isolation and actually shoots it better in catch and shoot than pulling up off the dribble … Perhaps he was more focused on creating offense for others and was forced to take shots late in shot clocks in Houston’s offense, but he needs to improve in this area … Can get a little too gamble happy anticipating and trying to jump passing lanes, leaving his man open …

Notes: Measured 6′ 0.25” barefoot, 8′ 0.00” standing reach, 200.8 lbs, 6′ 3.00” wingspan, 30 standing vert, 37.5 max vert at the 2024 NBA Draft Combine … Native of Manor, Texas … Was a three star recruit coming out of high school and not considered one of the top 100 prospects at that time …

Aran Smith 6/27/24