Joshua Jefferson

Telfaire · Post #1 » by **Telfaire** » Sat Jan 17, 2026 8:22 pm

didn't find a thread for him, so while he's most likely not a top prospect, would probably go 20-to-30 or even 2nd round, I figure he should get one. Here's our scouting profile for him:

https://www.hoops-bg.net/prospects/2026/13/Joshua-Jefferson

I'm not 100% sold on the James Johnson comp, but I'm struggling to come up with similarly-built combo forwards who play like him...any ideas here?

moss_is_1 · Post #2 » by **moss_is_1** » Thu Jan 29, 2026 5:52 pm

Little bit of his game reminds me of Kyle Anderson, at least when he was on the Wolves.

Versatile forward, good passer/playmaker, solid defender with really active hands on bigger wings and forwards. I'm not sure if he has the big wingspan that Slomo does though.

Chokic · Post #3 » by **Chokic** » Fri Jan 30, 2026 1:21 am

Is he going in the 1st rd tho?

babyjax13 · Post #4 » by **babyjax13** » Fri Jan 30, 2026 7:10 am

He seems really slow and like he needs to lose weight.

eminence · Post #5 » by **eminence** » Fri Jan 30, 2026 2:11 pm

This archetype has been ISUs specialty for so long it's getting a bit strange.

Anywho, perfectly fine late 1st/early 2nd, higher floor lower ceiling bench forward. His teammate Momcilovic too (different role, but the description still works).

King Ken · Post #6 » by **King Ken** » Mon Feb 2, 2026 7:53 am

He's high on my charts but his conference performance is likely to get him dropped a bit.

Klomp · Post #7 » by **Klomp** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 11:32 pm

moss_is_1 wrote:Little bit of his game reminds me of Kyle Anderson, at least when he was on the Wolves.

Versatile forward, good passer/playmaker, solid defender with really active hands on bigger wings and forwards. I'm not sure if he has the big wingspan that Slomo does though.

I think this is the archetype, though I wonder if he projects slightly better offensively and slightly worse defensively.

babyjax13 · Post #8 » by **babyjax13** » Tue Feb 17, 2026 6:31 pm

Klomp wrote:
moss_is_1 wrote:Little bit of his game reminds me of Kyle Anderson, at least when he was on the Wolves.

Versatile forward, good passer/playmaker, solid defender with really active hands on bigger wings and forwards. I'm not sure if he has the big wingspan that Slomo does though.

I think this is the archetype, though I wonder if he projects slightly better offensively and slightly worse defensively.

He will be a better shooter, not sure he is the same level of secondary creator. Defensively I think he needs to lose quite a bit of weight. Maybe Grant Williams is another comparable player, archetype wise?

moss_is_1 · Post #9 » by **moss_is_1** » Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:08 pm

babyjax13 wrote:
Klomp wrote:
moss_is_1 wrote:Little bit of his game reminds me of Kyle Anderson, at least when he was on the Wolves.

Versatile forward, good passer/playmaker, solid defender with really active hands on bigger wings and forwards. I'm not sure if he has the big wingspan that Slomo does though.

I think this is the archetype, though I wonder if he projects slightly better offensively and slightly worse defensively.

He will be a better shooter, not sure he is the same level of secondary creator. Defensively I think he needs to lose quite a bit of weight. Maybe Grant Williams is another comparable player, archetype wise?

I like that more, I was basing it off of very limited times I had seen him. Watched him more this season and don't see all that much passing/handling skill like I was hoping. Definitely not to be a Slomo/Diaw type.