How did Rutgers basketball star Ron Harper Jr. test at the NBA combine?

Kristian Dyer
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Ron Harper Jr. is doing himself a solid one this week at the NBA combine. The Rutgers small forward is enhancing his draft stock with somegood showings on the court.

Last season, his fourth with Rutgers basketball, saw Harper average a career-high 15.8 points per game. He also had 5.9 rebounds per game.

This past week, Harper signed with an agent, signally that he isn’t going to return to college basketball.

Here is how Ron Harper Jr. measured up at the NBA combine:

  • Body-fat: 14.5 percent (third-highest)

  • Hand-size: 9.5 inches (second-largest)

  • Hand-width: 10 inches

  • Height (without shoes): 6’4.00

  • Height (with shoes): 6’5.50″

  • Standing reach: 8’9.50″

  • Weight: 240.4 pounds

  • Wingspan: 7’1.25″

Here is how Ron Harper Jr. tested in the speed and agility portion of the combine:

  • Lane agility time: 11.41 seconds (fastest time for a small forward was Julian Strawther at 10.3 seconds)

  • Shuttle run: 3.24 seconds (fastest time for a small forward was Leonard Miller at 3.02 seconds)

  • Three-quarter sprint: 3.4 seconds (fastest time for a small forward was Gabriele Procida at 3.07 seconds)

  • Standing vertical leap: 26 inches (longest leap for a small forward was Kendall Brown at 31.5 inches)

  • Max vertical leap: 30.5 inches (longest leap for a small forward was Kendall Brown at 41 inches)

All NBA combine numbers are courtesy of the NBA’s combine portal.

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Harper has been earning solid praise throughout the NBA combine.

 

In a recent interview, former NBA scout Michael VandeGarde, who spent 18 years scouting for the Philadelphia 76ers, had Harper as a second round pick.