Salmoninae

32 | 5 hours ago

To quote literally every terrible NBA podcast: Dylan Harper is gonna be a problem

MrBuckBuck [OP] | Trail Blazers

19 | 6 hours ago

As requested by u/NoShape0

NoShape0 | Spurs

5 | 4 hours ago

Thank you so much!

PoonGo0n | Spurs

10 | 4 hours ago

My man Dylan, sky’s the limit

Touvernal

7 | 3 hours ago

50+ fg% for a ¹⁹⁄₂₀ year old ROOKIE guard is insane. future superstar.

MyTeamsSuck99 | Nets

-1 | 3 hours ago

overstates his efficiency. He doesn’t shoot 3s much, overall he’s just an average efficiency player. Most guards shoot a lot more 3s and are more efficient overall. Extreme example but Egor demin has a 56.1% true shooting to Harpers 57.4% (relatively close) even though he shoots 39% from the field because he chucks 3s. Its a more efficient shot.

aoifhasoifha | NYK

3 | an hour ago

What about in the playoffs?

MyTeamsSuck99 | Nets

3 | an hour ago

around 60% true shooting. But majority of that was against the blazers and timberwolves down several players. 57% true shooting against the knicks and OKC. His efficiency was not bad for the playoffs at all, but its overstated only looking at fg% because he barely shoots 3s.

GorillaX | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

He only hit 7 three pointers in the WCF? I swear all of them were in the 4th quarter of game seven.

s34l_ | Pacers

0 | 2 hours ago

Top 20 player by the end of next season

Anthraxus

-1 | 3 hours ago

Missed layup at the end of gm5 vs the Knicks was HUGE

DotMiserable8512

-2 | 2 hours ago

KON better

TheFrowningSloth | Knicks

-6 | 5 hours ago

Deandre Fox could never

sabinscabin | 76ers

6 | 5 hours ago

Vincent Wembanyama knows this better than anyone

MyTeamsSuck99 | Nets

-9 | 5 hours ago

needs to get his 3 ball working otherwise his ceiling is seriously capped. was not a good shooter in college either.

LukeBron | MIA

22 | 5 hours ago

steph curry really factory reset our brains when analysing 3pt%. 35% is not “not a good shooter”. he was also 41.5% from the corners according to bball reference. and, if im not mistaken, REALLY got going post-asg.

i would be very surprised if his % in the upcoming season isn’t higher.

TdotGdot | Timberwolves

-2 | 3 hours ago

35% from three is not a great shooter in the nba, especially if they’re mostly catch and shoot

MyTeamsSuck99 | Nets

0 | 3 hours ago

Yup, the volume is the issue alongside the shot type. Low volume, playing on a team getting a lot of open looks with wemby. Thats a bad sign, he does not have good shooting signals right now. It can change, we’ve obviously seen guys improve as shooters drastically, but for a guard at his age hes well behind other top guard prospects. That being said hes an insanely good interior scorer.

Limp_Screen7405

-12 | 5 hours ago

Harper’s volume is paltry and 90% of his few attempted 3s are assisted. Those are not encouraging signs for shooting growth.

He was a poor shooter in HS/college too. There are always signs. He will be a star but he won’t be a good shooter. It’s fine.

LukeBron | MIA

15 | 5 hours ago

he averaged 22.6 mins per game during the regular season. he’s at a slightly more voluptuous 4.1 per game per 36.

i’m not trying to argue he is steph curry, but just conclusively saying there is no chance he won’t be a good shooter is ridiculous.

Limp_Screen7405

-13 | 5 hours ago

Less than 30% of his FGA are 3s and he takes just 5.5 3PA per 100. 90% of his 3s were assisted. He also shot <75% on FTs. Those are not good indicators for shooting.

LukeBron | MIA

8 | 5 hours ago

…he was over 75% on free throws for the season though? then in the playoffs he was 83% on 3.3 attempts per game.

Limp_Screen7405

-8 | 5 hours ago

Oh, my bad, I was thinking of Castle. But still, 75.7% on FTs for a guard is 30th percentile. Not good. Maybe he’ll improve, idk. I just wouldn’t bet on it.

MyTeamsSuck99 | Nets

0 | 3 hours ago

you’re right, not sure why nobody else seems to be concerned about harpers shooting. I would bet against it long term.

Limp_Screen7405

0 | 3 hours ago

Fans are bots, prone to groupthink. They’ll be the same geniuses who will shit on the guys they gassed up to no end in 5+ years. Happened with Ben Simmons.

Guarantee when Harper isn’t averaging 30 ppg with a real MVP run(s) in 5 years, they’ll be pondering if he’s a disappointment.

LukeBron | MIA

1 | an hour ago

You got downvoted because you were evidently wrong (and couldn’t even tell Harper and Castle apart lmao).

Then using FT% for a player who shot 83% during an extended playoff run as a reason your point was valid.

MyTeamsSuck99 | Nets

0 | an hour ago

I was shocked to see that in a 2025 2026 redraft thinking basketball had harper #1…. like they do not realize the guy doesn’t have a good shooting profile.

Limp_Screen7405

-9 | 5 hours ago

I don’t think the jumper will ever come through but he could still easily be a star w/o it.

He got a lot of Harden comps as a prospect and it’s like…I don’t think anyone has actually Harper lmao

FatLoserWithBO

4 | 5 hours ago

I see more D Wade than Harden

LeftMoment2649

-10 | 5 hours ago

I’m actually high on his style. He’s the type of player who needs a team fully committed to his development, almost like a ‘finishing school’ project. I keep thinking a team like the Rockets would be perfect for him—give him 2 years of high-usage reps there to polish his game, and then maybe he finds his way back. Bold, but he needs the right environment to reach that ceiling.

inaboutaminute | Suns

3 | an hour ago

Interesting. Thrusting a player into the spotlight can work, but I think we have more working examples of players who learned in a winning system first that found stardom later opposed to generational talents who had a rocket strapped to them out of the gate. Not everybody can be LeBron James.

[Highlights] All 458 field goals made by Dylan Harper in the 2025-26 season, including cup and playoffs. He scored a total of 1,159 points on 458⁄903 (50.7%) FG, 89⁄254 (35.0%) from 3, 154⁄196 (78.6%) from the line, in 2,198 minutes played, in 93 games played.