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(Rutgers: Guard, Freshman, 6-6)
Finest rank: 2 / Worst rank: 2
Agent: WME
2024-25 stats: 19.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.4 spg, 0.6 bpg, 48.4% FG, 33.3% 3P in 29 video games
Dylan Harper leads the best way for the Spurs at No. 2 with 83.8 percent odds, per Draft Predictor. Described to HoopsHype as “Cade-lite” by one scout, Harper is praised for his imaginative and prescient, poise, and dimension on the lead guard spot.
Nevertheless, HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto reported that the 76ers have engaged with San Antonio about doubtlessly transferring as much as no. 2 decide, with the idea they’d need Harper.
If the Spurs maintain the decide they might imagine Harper could be the glue in a “clutch” lineup that includes Fox, Fortress and Wemby, along with his secondary playmaking and powerful body incomes excessive marks.
Harper’s means to get to his spots has groups believing he’ll step into an influence function instantly. Whereas not seen as a pure flooring general-type initiator, his maturity and skillset have him entrenched as a Prime 2 decide.
“He’s an enormous guard who can create for others and isn’t afraid of the massive second,” one Western Convention exec mentioned.
