2022 NBA Draft: #37 Jaden Hardy (6' 3", 6' 9" WS) to DAL | two 2nds to SAC

[Kammrath]

Read and listened to a couple of analysis. They give a wide range of comparisations. Bad John Jenkins. Low Dion Waiters. Good Jordan Clarkson. Great D´Angelo Russell.
Last one is interesting because the physical measurements are almost identical. And I also the play style. Both relying heavily on their outside shot. With 3PAr in the high 0.40s or 0.50s. Both with a mediocre first step. Leading to a low volume of drives and shots at the rim. Also mediocre/bad percentages in the paint.
I think Beal is a way better athlet than both.

Beal is absolutely a better athlete than Hardy, I just was thinking build wise he is eerily similar. 

Great call on the D'Angelo comp. I hated D'Angelo out of college and thought he would be a total bust (maybe you remember me ranting about it when people wanted him in DAL), mostly because of his terrible athleticism and D. He totally proved me wrong by at least being a decent NBA player. Russell is probably the best case scenario like you said (and like I was tryign to say above...I wasn't saying Hardy's best case was Beal, but just a player who is poor on D and potent on O).