2021 NBA Draft: NBA Comparisons for 40 Prospects

By Max Feldman

The time has come. It is once again time to compare the next cycle of NBA Draft prospects to current or former NBA players. I have two NBA comparisons for each prospect, and while it might be difficult to digest what comparisons mean at times, I prefer to frame them as a reference to how the prospect will fit in at the next level in terms of style of play, in addition to a relative range of their long term potential. Following the layout of the comparisons is a detailed chart showing the NBA comparisons measurements and final collegiate or international statistics in order to provide a reference to their development at their respective age.

Prospect	NBA Comparison	NBA Comparison
Jalen Suggs	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Cade Cunningham	Grant Hill	Luka Doncic
Evan Mobley	Anthony Davis	Right-Handed Chris Bosh
Jalen Green	Zach LaVine	Jason Richardson
Jonathan Kuminga	Kawhi Leonard	Patrick Williams
Sharife Cooper	Chris Paul	Darius Garland
Moses Moody	Khris Middleton	CJ McCollum
Corey Kispert	Klay Thompson	Duncan Robinson
Scottie Barnes	Scottie Pippen	Right-Handed Thaddeus Young
BJ Boston	Brandon Ingram	Tim Hardaway Jr
Franz Wagner	Andrei Kirilenko	Kelly Olynyk
Kai Jones	Christian Wood	Dwight Powell
Jalen Johnson	DeMar DeRozan	Jabari Parker
Keon Johnson	Victor Oladipo	Keldon Johnson
James Bouknight	Caris LeVert	Right-Handed Kevin Porter Jr
Ziaire Williams	Mikal Bridges	Louis King
Ayo Dosunmu	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Delon Wright
Day’Ron Sharpe	Andre Drummound	Richaun Holmes
Josh Giddey	LaMelo Ball	Joe Ingles
Davion Mitchell	Eric Gordon	De’Anthony Melton
Usman Garuba	Brandon Clarke	Marquese Chriss
Greg Brown	Jerami Grant	Right-Handed Darius Bazley
Charles Bassey	Myles Turner	Thomas Bryant
Jared Butler	Malcolm Brogdon	Shake Milton
Josh Christopher	Malik Beasley	Josh Hart
Roko Prkacin	Cam Johnson	Maxi Kleber
Bones Hyland	Immanuel Quickley	Terry Rozier
Cam Thomas	Lou Williams	E’Twuan Moore
Jaden Springer	Marcus Smart	Norman Powell
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bobby Portis	PJ Washington
Iverson Molinar	Monta Ellis	Rodrigue Beaubois
David Johnson	Josh Richardson	Mason Jones
Alperen Sengun	Nikola Vucevic	Goga Bitadze
Terrence Shannon Jr	Kelly Oubre	Left-Handed Josh Okogie
Tre Mann	Coby White	Corey Joseph
Dalano Banton	Nic Batum	Kyle Anderson
Daishen Nix	Ricky Rubio	Elfrid Payton
Romeo Weems	Right-Handed Miles Bridges	Left-Handed Derrick Jones
Vrenz Bleijenbergh	Davis Bertans	Nicolo Melli
Marcus Bagley	Tobias Harris	JaMychal Green

Prospect	Height (in)	Weight (lb)	NBA COMP	Height (in)	Weight (lb)	FG%	3P%	FT%	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	NBA COMP	Height (in)	Weight (lb)	FG%	3P%	FT%	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
Jalen Suggs	76	205	Gilbert Arenas	75	191	0.479	0.416	0.724	16.2	3.6	2.3	1.8	0.2	2.8	Jrue Holiday	75	180	0.45	0.307	0.726	8.5	3.8	3.7	1.6	0.5	2.1
Cade Cunningham	80	220	Luka Doncic (International 17-18)	79	230	0.45	0.31	0.789	14.2	5.3	4.5	1.1	0.4	2.2	Grant Hill	80	225	0.462	0.39	0.703	17.4	6.9	5.2	1.9	1.2	3
Evan Mobley	84	210	Anthony Davis	82	220	0.623	0.15	0.709	14.2	10.4	1.3	1.4	4.7	1	Chris Bosh – Righty	82	228	0.56	0.478	0.73	15.6	9	1.2	1	2.2	2.3
Jalen Green	77	180	Zach LaVine	77	180	0.441	0.375	0.691	9.4	2.5	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.1	Jason Richardson	78	220	0.503	0.402	0.689	14.7	5.9	2.2	1.2	0.8	1.3
Jonathan Kuminga	80	210	Kawhi Leonard	79	225	0.444	0.291	0.759	15.5	10.6	2.5	1.4	0.6	2.1	Patrick Williams	80	225	0.459	0.32	0.838	9.2	4	1	1	1	1.7
Sharife Cooper	73	180	Chris Paul	72	175	0.451	0.474	0.834	15.3	4.5	6.6	2.4	0	2.8	Darius Garland	74	175	0.537	0.478	0.75	16.2	3.8	2.6	0.8	0.4	3
Moses Moody	78	205	Khris Middleton	79	217	0.415	0.26	0.75	13.2	5	2.3	1	0.3	2.2	CJ McCollum	75	180	0.495	0.516	0.849	23.9	5	2.9	1.4	0.3	2.7
Corey Kispert	79	220	Klay Thompson	78	200	0.436	0.398	0.838	21.6	5.2	3.7	1.6	0.9	3.4	Duncan Robinson	80	190	0.44	0.384	0.891	9.2	2.4	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6
Scottie Barnes	81	227	Scottie Pippen	80	228				23.6	10	4.3				Thaddeus Young – Righty	80	220	0.478	0.419	0.743	14.4	4.9	2	1.3	0.4	2.2
BJ Boston	79	185	Brandon Ingram	81	190	0.442	0.41	0.682	17.3	6.8	2	1.1	1.4	2	Tim Hardaway Jr	78	205	0.437	0.374	0.694	14.5	4.7	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.9
Franz Wagner	81	220	Andrei Kirilenko (International 00-01)	81	235										Kelly Olynyk	84	238	0.629	0.3	0.776	17.8	7.3	1.7	0.7	1.1	2.4
Kai Jones	83	218	Christian Wood	83	220	0.497	0.284	0.736	15.7	10	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.4	Dwight Powell	82	240	0.462	0.256	0.687	14	6.9	3.1	1.3	0.8	2.9
Jalen Johnson	81	220	DeMar DeRozan	79	220	0.523	0.167	0.646	13.9	5.7	1.5	0.9	0.4	2.1	Jabari Parker	80	235	0.473	0.358	0.748	19.1	8.7	1.2	1.1	1.2	2.3
Keon Johnson	77	186	Victor Oladipo	77	214	0.599	0.441	0.746	13.6	6.3	2.1	2.2	0.8	2.3	Keldon Johnson	78	211	0.461	0.381	0.703	13.5	5.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.6
James Bouknight	77	190	Caris LeVert	79	200	0.506	0.446	0.794	16.5	5.3	4.9	1	0.2	1.7	Kevin Porter Jr – Righty	78	218	0.471	0.412	0.522	9.5	4	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.9
Ziaire Williams	80	185	Mikal Bridges	79	191	0.514	0.435	0.851	17.7	5.3	1.9	1.5	1.1	1.4	Louis King	81	205	0.435	0.386	0.785	13.5	5.5	1.3	0.9	0.2	2.1
Ayo Dosunmu	77	200	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	78	180	0.485	0.404	0.817	14.4	4.1	5.1	1.6	0.5	2.7	Delon Wright	77	178	0.509	0.356	0.836	14.5	4.9	5.1	2.1	1	1.9
Day’Ron Sharpe	83	265	Andre Drummond	82	270	0.538	0	0.295	10	7.6	0.4	0.8	2.7	1.5	Richaun Holmes	80	245	0.563	0.419	0.712	14.7	8	0.8	0.7	2.7	1.9
Josh Giddey	80	205	LaMelo Ball (International 19-20)	79	181	0.389	0.279	0.7	17.2	7.8	6.8	1.5	0.2	2.5	Joe Ingles (International 13-14)	80	226	0.452	0.366	0.697	6	2.9	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.2
Davion Mitchell	74	205	Eric Gordon	75	22	0.433	0.337	0.834	20.9	3.3	2.4	1.3	0.6	3.6	De’Anthony Melton	76	190	0.437	0.284	0.706	8.3	4.7	3.5	1.9	1	1.8
Usman Garuba	80	229	Brandon Clarke	80	215	0.687	0.267	0.694	16.9	8.6	1.9	1.2	3.2	1.5	Marquese Chriss	81	225	0.53	0.35	0.682	13.7	5.4	0.8	0.9	1.6	2
Greg Brown	81	205	Jerami Grant	80	210	0.496	0	0.674	12.1	6.8	1.4	0.8	0.6	1.2	Darius Bazley (HS)	80	208
Charles Bassey	83	235	Myles Turner	83	240	0.455	0.274	0.839	10.1	6.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.4	Thomas Bryant	82	245	0.519	0.383	0.73	12.6	6.6	1.5	0.8	1.5	2.3
Jared Butler	75	195	Malcolm Brogdon	77	217	0.457	0.391	0.897	18.2	4.1	3.1	0.9	0.2	1.4	Shake Milton	77	195	0.449	0.434	0.847	18	4.7	4.4	1.4	0.6	2.3
Josh Christopher	77	215	Malik Beasley	77	190	0.471	0.387	0.813	15.6	5.3	1.5	0.9	0.2	1.7	Josh Hart	77	205	0.51	0.404	0.747	18.7	6.4	2.9	1.6	0.3	2
Roko Prkacin	81	210	Cam Johnson	76	205	0.576	0.468	0.683	18.2	4.5	1.9	1.1	0	1.7	Maxi Kleber (International 16-17)	82	240	0.506	0.386	0.79	9.1	5.7	1.6	0.9	1.1	1.2
Bones Hyland	75	165	Terry Rozier	73	190	0.411	0.306	0.79	17.1	5.6	3	2	0.2	2.2	Immanuel Quickley	75	188	0.417	0.428	0.923	16.1	4.2	1.9	0.9	0.1	1.6
Cam Thomas	76	210	Lou Williams (HS)	73	175										E’Twuan Moore	76	191	0.447	0.4	0.709	18	5.1	3.2	1.2	0.5	1.8
Jaden Springer	76	204	Marcus Smart	76	220	0.422	0.299	0.728	18	5.9	4.8	2.9	0.6	2.6	Norman Powell	76	215	0.456	0.319	0.751	16.4	4.7	2.1	1.8	0.4	2.2
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	81	230	Bobby Portis	83	242	0.536	0.467	0.737	17.5	8.9	1.2	1.1	1.4	1.6	PJ Washington	80	228	0.522	0.423	0.663	15.2	7.5	1.8	0.8	1.2	2
Iverson Molinar	75	190	Monta Ellis (HS)	75	185				38.4	7.9	6.9	4.5			Rodrigue Beaubois (International 08-09)	73	183	0.473	0.317	0.583	10	2.5	2.3	1.1	0.4	1.9
David Johnson	77	210	Josh Richardson	78	200	0.461	0.359	0.798	16	4.5	3.6	2.1	0.5	2.7	Mason Jones	77	200	0.453	0.351	0.826	22	5.5	3.4	1.6	0.2	3.2
Alperen Sengun	81	240	Nikola Vucevic	82	220	0.505	0.349	0.755	17.1	10.3	1.6	0.5	1.4	1.7	Goga Bitadze (International 18-19)	83	245	0.571	0.4	0.679	13.9	6.3	1.1	0.5	1.9	1.8
Terrence Shannon Jr	78	210	Kelly Oubre	79	200	0.444	0.358	0.718	9.3	5	0.8	1.1	0.4	1.2	Josh Okogie – Lefty	76	207	0.416	0.38	0.821	18.2	6.3	2.5	1.8	1	2.5
Tre Mann	77	190	Coby White	77	185	0.423	0.353	0.8	16.1	3.5	4.1	1.1	0.3	2.7	Cory Joseph	75	185	0.422	0.413	0.699	10.4	3.6	3	1	0.3	1.5
Dalano Banton	81	204	Nic Batum (International 07-08)	80	200	0.499	0.338	0.726	11	4.4	3.4	1.3	0.7	2.3	Kyle Anderson	81	230	0.48	0.483	0.737	14.6	8.8	6.5	1.8	0.8	3.1
Daishen Nix	77	205	Ricky Rubio (International 10-11)	75	190	0.316	0.252	0.807	5.3	3.2	3.8	1.6	0.1	1.8	Elfrid Payton	75	180	0.509	0.259	0.609	19.2	6	5.9	2.3	0.6	3.6
Romeo Weems	79	215	Miles Bridges – Righty	79	230	0.457	0.364	0.853	17.1	7	2.7	0.6	0.8	2	Derrick Jones Jr – Righty	79	190	0.589	0.205	0.594	11.5	4.5	0.8	0.9	1.3	1.2
Vrenz Bleijenbergh	82	170	Davis Bertans (International 15-16)	82	225	0.433	0.426	0.875	7.8	2.5	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.9	Nicolo Melli (International 18-19)	81	235	0.458	0.41	0.804	8.7	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.4	1.1
Marcus Bagley	80	215	Tobias Harris	80	226	0.46	0.303	0.753	15.3	7.3	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.8	JaMychal Green	80	240	0.546	0.2	0.69	14	7.4	1.8	0.7	1.5	2.7

Contributed by Aditya Fuldeore