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Utah report on Ron Harper

(6'6", 198 lbs.) (R)

Posted: Thurs May 26, 1998

  Ron Harper
Harper will take four jumpers for every one drive.    (John Biever)
1. Streak perimeter shooter, will take four jumpers for every one drive. Likes to take his catch/shoot jumper out of their triangle offense on the "guard split." More effective driver than perimeter jump shooter. Eighty-four percent of shots taken are jumpers. In this [sampling] he took 38 jumpers compared to six drives. Sixty percent of shots taken both outside and inside are from the right side.

2. Will create his own jumper going one/one, likes to take pull-up jumper going to his right.

3. Will post up smaller defenders. Eighty-five percent of postups start with his back to the basket.

ON LOW LEFT BLOCK HIS FAVORITE MOVE IS

When turning middle: #1 turnaround jumper off his left shoulder.

If forced baseline: #1 turnaround jumper off his right shoulder.

 
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ON LOW RIGHT BLOCK HIS FAVORITE MOVE IS

When turning middle: #1 turnaround jumper off his right shoulder.

If forced baseline: #1 fading turnaround jumper off his left shoulder.

4. Good three-point shooter (68 for 188) 36.2 accuracy for '96-97 season.

5. Righthanded player, drives are 22% of his offense. Likes to drive right 70% of the time. Will get to the top of the basket very quickly from perimeter. When he penetrates he will shoot 83% of the time in the lane.

6. Excellent runner—will leave early after contesting a perimeter jump shot.

Issue date: June 1, 1998



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