2012 NBA Draft Scouting Report: John Jenkins

Written by Paul Banks of the Washington Times, and David Kay of the The Sports Bank.
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2012 NBA Draft Scouting Report: John Jenkins

Position: Shooting Guard

Size: 6-4, 215

School: Vanderbilt, Junior

Strengths:

Deadly three-point shooter

Catch-and-shoot ability

Lightning-quick release

Moves well off screens

Finding open space to get his shot off

Uses shot fakes to keep defenders off balance

Squaring up his body to the basket on shots off screens

Pull-up jumper

Free throw shooting

Deceptive athleticism

Soild defender

Quick hands

Weaknesses:

Attacking the basket

Taking defenders one on one off the dribble

Creating for teammates

Ball-handling could improve

Might struggle guarding NBA two-guards due to a lack of quickness

Summary: Jenkins is one of the deadliest deep shooters in all of college basketball. Any team would love to have a shooter like Jenkins on their roster, but he hasn't shown the full repetoire to warrant being a high pick. Still, I think he is a first-round lock assuming he leaves early, which seems very likely since Vandy will lose their other four starters and be in a re-building mode next season.

Player Comparison: Daequan Cook. Cook has been known as a three-point specialist in the NBA with about 60 percent of his career field goal attempts coming from behind the three-point line. Jenkins certainly can fill that role in the NBA, but has the potential to be more than just a shooter off the bench if he can develop his all-around game - something Cook has yet to really do.

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Written by Paul Banks of the Washington Times, and David Kay of the The Sports Bank.
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