Jason Smith: NBA Draft Profile
May 15th, 2007
by Jeff Fox
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NBA Draft: Jason Smith
College: Colorado State
Class: Junior
Stats: ESPN.com
Position: PF/C
Height: 7”0”
Weight: 240lbs
Accolades: First Team All-Mountain West (07), CHN First Team High-Major All-American Team (07), First Team All-Mountain West (06), Mountain West Freshman of the Year (05), Honorable Mention All-Mountain West (05), Two-time State Player of the Year – Colorado – high school.
Scouting Report: An athletic 7-footer.
Strengths: Very athletic for his size – can get up and down the floor. Good range on his jumper. Good passer out of the double team. Decent back-to-the-basket post moves – nice spin move. Very good rebounder. Double-double threat – averaged double figures in points and rebounds and finished off the season with eight straight double-doubles. Good shotblocker. Very good free throw shooter.
Weaknesses: Still needs to get stronger and bigger. Very turnover prone, especially for a big man – had eight games with five of more turnovers this year. Can be very foul happy. The MWC is a good league, but he didn’t go against many guys with close to his size. Game still needs work – it takes big men longer to develop.
Projected 2007 Draft Range: Mid to late first round pick.
Consensus: Smith is an athletic 7-footer with a nice shooting touch, which is something NBA teams like. While his game still needs work, with some added strength and speed he should be a good pro.
Current NBA Mock Draft Position
CHN's Six-Star Ranking System
= Superstar/All-NBA Potential
= Potential NBA All-Star
= Consistent NBA Starter
= 6th Man/Fringe Starter
= Career Reserve
= Fringe NBA
Player/12th Man
0 stars = Life in the Minor Leagues
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Jeff Fox is a freelance journalist based an hour outside of Toronto, Canada. While attending University of Waterloo (Canada) earning a B.A. in Economics and Management Studies, Jeff managed to walk onto the school’s varsity basketball team, the Warriors, for 2 seasons. His final year riding the pine for the Warriors saw the team make it to the CIS (Canada’s NCAA equivalent) Final 8 tournament. In addition to this site, his work has also appeared in Dime magazine, Inside Sport magazine in Australia, and he is a writer/editor for Canada’s top independent hoops site, Hooplife.ca. When he isn’t planted in front of his computer he spends the rest of his time with his wife, Lisa, his infant son, Adam and his dog Jeannie.
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