Draft Report: Jason Thompson Of Rider
Authored by Christopher Reina - 17th June, 2008 - 12:51 am
When watching how smooth and skilled Jason Thompson can be on film, it is
easy to forget that he is a solid 6-10. His fundamentals and feel for the
game are as fine-tuned as any college prospect, but due to playing in the
MAAC, he isn’t as battletested as a GM would prefer him to be.
He has a good chance of getting picked by a playoff team that already has
their franchise players firmly set, so Thompson will be asked to plug holes
at the four and five and be as versatile of a rebounder, shotblocker, passer,
and mid-range jump shooter as he truly is.
He moves like a pro player already, and because of that and his size, I
believe his lack of experience against top-conference competition will be
largely irrelevant.
He is skilled in the mid-post because he is equally dangerous facing up or
backing his man down and also getting into the lane. He will frequently
reverse pivot to begin going to work in this area. He can out-quick most bigs
that play him too closely in the mid-post; Thompson was able to consistently
beat Michael Beasley in their game early in the season.
When his man gives him space, Thompson is able to consistently hit his
jumper. It is a fluid shotwith good control and release although he falls
back on it just slightly. He shoots it well on the catch and shoot and off
the dribble from about 15-feet in. He will make the occasional 3-pointer, but
it isn’t reliable enough to warrant many attempts from that distance.
Thompson is able to back himself deep with the post dribble. He has a nice
step back move in the low post, which creates space to get off his shot. When
he gets into the paint out of the post, he has a solid little hook and a more
impressive high arching, soft shot.
His balance when he gets into the lane is very controlled, not rushing
anything, and he can get acrobatic when necessary.
Thompson moves into space well on the perimeter but could cut harder to the
ball to get open looks more frequently.
He has a really good open floor dribble and will be able to play the point
forward on a good portion of his defensive rebounds.
He has good speed running the open floor in transition; he has nice control
in the break when catching the ball and finishes smoothly despite going full
speed.
Thompson finishes many buckets with solid dunks, but he is certainly more
finesse than power.
He is an athletic hard worker on the offensive glass. His arms are long to
the ball, and he has good tip abilities and doesn’t bring the ball down
before going back up. He has great lift as a stationary jumper.
Thompson is an above average defender directing his teammates, covering so
much territory while playing effective help defense. This is a role that he
won’t be playing, at least not initially, in the NBA, and he’ll have to
prove himself as a better on-ball defender.
He doesn’t go for most shot fakes on defense and has a great instinct when
to come over to help on drives.
Thompson also has impressive lateral quickness defending smaller players and
has fast closeout speed to perimeter shooters. But, he usually gives his man
too much space and is prone to getting shots hit over him.
Ultimately though, he is skilled and athletic enough to defend three
positions in the NBA although he would be a more attractive prospect if he
guarded one of those (power forward) at a higher level.
As is the case with most seniors who enter the draft, Thompson enters about
as talented as he will ever be. But that level should be enough to be a
rotation player for a decade due to his size and skill in all aspects of the
offensive game.
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