{"id":676858,"date":"2017-06-07T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=676858"},"modified":"2017-06-07T10:00:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:00:18","slug":"draft-profile-josh-hart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/draft-profile-josh-hart\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft Profile: Josh Hart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Josh Hart:\u00a0<\/strong>Shooting Guard &#8211; Villanova, turns 23 next March<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Measurables: <\/em><\/strong>6-6, 200 lbs., 6-8 wingspan<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Strengths:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Well-Rounded Offensive Package, Savvy, Improved Shooter, Playmaking, IQ, Intangibles<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"NBA Draft Combine Interview l Josh Hart\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XbO96vJwc_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Weaknesses:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Athleticism, No Elite Skill, Defensive Upside<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Conclusion:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Entering the league as a 22-year-old, Hart has many skeptics who think his game is capped to what he is right now. That may or may not be true, as he has a track record of improving every single year. However, if the worst case scenario is that he will be the same player in five years that he is right now, at the very least he can be a rotation guard off the bench. Hart improved his offensive game to the point of being one of the nation&#8217;s elite scoring forces as a senior, knocking down more than two treys and scoring over 18 points per contest as the primary ball-handler on the best team in the country for most of the year. His IQ is very high and he figures out ways to make-up for his mediocre explosiveness. His frame is actually that of a prototypical SG for the NBA, with solid height, length, and width.<\/p>\n<p>Hart&#8217;s biggest concern coming into the league is whether he will be able to keep up with more athletic guards. The answer is probably not, which is why expecting him to become a starter in the NBA is excessively optimistic. His effort and discipline is very solid, but he simply will get beat off the dribble. I can see Hart being drafted anywhere between 20-50 on draft night, and not because teams don&#8217;t have a solid picture of who he is as a player, but because it is so clear what he can and cannot do. What determines his draft slot is simply the dynamics of which team has a need for his skills and decides to fill it immediately, as he will be a plug and play rookie.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Projection:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/the-lottery-mafia\/april-fools-big-board-2017-nba-draft\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Board #21<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/the-lottery-mafia\/nba-mock-draft-playoff-edition\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mock Draft #30<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=&#8221;a359a7953750aa9e3d2a8ee1de8f44a0-114320562-56121583&#8243; info=&#8221;http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/seasons\/2014.html?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=Share&amp;utm_campaign=ShareTool&#8221; style=&#8221;overflow:auto&#8221; class=&#8221;sr_share_wrap&#8221;]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Hart:\u00a0Shooting Guard &#8211; Villanova, turns 23 next March Measurables: 6-6, 200 lbs., 6-8 wingspan Strengths:\u00a0Well-Rounded Offensive Package, Savvy, Improved&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":677129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703639074,703639566,1],"tags":[329847198,16145421,1109403],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - 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