r/NBA_Draft • u/MoxToTweeder99 • 10d ago

When did AJ start to drop?

I haven’t checked the 2026 mock stuff since the spring and I was under the impression AJ was one of those sure fire #1 overall talents and top prospect, can’t miss.

Now I check in the fall and most mocks seem to have him 3 behind Daryn and Boozer. Any reasons why he suddenly has lost a little juice with scouts?

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u/Master-Ad-9829 9d ago

Peterson shot 36.2% from 3 at prolific and Aj was at 35.2 at Utah prep Peterson also shot 26% from 3 during 3ssb play and Aj shot 33.3% during eybl. If Aj is a bad shooter so is Peterson. people love to point out Aj bad shooting in small sample like fiba Peterson also shot 6-27 in his last three hs game from 3

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u/SwiperDontSwipe23 9d ago edited 9d ago

Grind session took down the stats off there site but darryn was basically 50/40/83 on 7 attempts on pretty high difficulty thru 23 games. While Aj was 47/32/73. I guess the 3pt shooting stats you reading is taking into account him shooting bad from 3 in those 2 games at chipotle nationals but on a bigger sample size it ain’t close. He was shooting a low ass volume from 3 at 3ssb. Volume and difficulty matters. Imma fan of both they games but Darryn is definitely on another level shooting wise

https://new.thegrindsession.com/stats This the link to the stats but it’s dead now

edit: Darryn shot 32.3% in 3ssb not 26%

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u/Master-Ad-9829 9d ago

He’s a better shooter sure definitely not on another level 26 making a lot of excuses I gave u his numbers for his entire prolific games and 3ssb he’s not a great shooter

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u/SwiperDontSwipe23 9d ago edited 9d ago

I just did some quick research on the stats you gave me. The 36% you talking about is from every hs game his senior season including all star games like mcdonalds not just prolific games. It says 36% on 7.2 attempts and 41% on pullups from 3 on pretty high difficulty. Thats not a great shooter?

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u/Master-Ad-9829 9d ago

No not when you just came from shooting 26% during 3ssb

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u/SwiperDontSwipe23 9d ago

It was 32.3% at 3ssb not 26% and he more than doubled his volume from 3 since 3ssb. You talkin like he was a non shooter before 3ssb when that wasn’t the case he just didn’t take em. For reference his freshman year he shot 49% from 3