Jase Rich 2025 NBA Draft Scouting Report – How Jase Richardson Fits Orlando Magic Team Identity

Jase Rich 2025 NBA Draft Scouting Report – How Jase Richardson Fits Orlando Magic Team Identity

Jace Richardson, Michigan State Guard, selected by the Orlando Magic, number 25 overall in the 2025 NBA draft. Scouts are saying it’s one of the best picks between value and fit. The Magic adds shooting, passing, defense. The son of a two-time dunk contest champ. graceful the way he covers the ground. Attack smooth, fluid athlete. Jace may have slipped in the draft due to his height. He measured 6′ flat at the combine without shoes, but his 65 and 1/2 in wingspan gives him one of the best ratios of wingspan to height plus minus of any player, ranking 14th in the class, which is a more accurate measure of length. His effective size as a defender on the court. His wingspan, his length for his position is long. He plays tough. He plays with good instincts, good two-way feel. scouting him in high school. What stood out first and foremost was his touch on tough shotmaking floaters, mid-range jumpers, and that incredible body and ball controlled movement. Really great understanding of the game on both sides of the floor. Incredible body movement. knows how to use his his body control, ball control to bend his shoulders over forward, get lower than his opponent, but still keep his his hips active, mobile, able to change directions on a dime with a fluid handle and incredible control deceleration. that continues to stand out at Michigan State at the collegiate level. Jace ranked very good or excellent in six different play types via synergy. 1.2 points per possession on spot-ups, 121 possessions, 93rd percentile. 1.1 points per possession as a scorer in pick and roll. as the ball handler. 81 times 95th percentile 1.3 points per possession in transition 69 times 86th percentile 1.19 points per possession on 33 Austrian sets 82nd percentile very good rating in miscellaneous plays very good rating in putbacks only 10 of them and also impressive as a pick and roll creator including passes where he ran 123 pick and rolls at Michigan State including every time he shot or passed out of creating 1.05 points per possession on average for his team. Ranking fourth in three-point percentage at 41%, 22nd in true shooting percentage at 62%, and 28th in free throw percentage, 84% makes Jace one of the best shooting and scoring bets among the NCAA draft picks while ranking in the 86th percentile among all NCAA pick and roll ball handlers. As a pick and roll ball handler, Jace Richardson shows incredible fundamental footwork, body control, balance, and pick and roll patience. Able to subtly get to the spots he wants when he wants to get there. This gives Orlando a bonafide natural point guard option to lean on at times who projects to have few to no holes in his game. A ready-made role player connector who can hold his own defensively, hit the open three, make quick team first reads on and off the ball, and initiate some halfcourt offense with scoring gravity. At times he’ll pull a move from Chris Paul by putting a defender in jail, decelerating on a dime, moonwalking into an elbow mitti, one of Jayce’s hot spots. Be on the lookout for the elbow midi in the right wing. When Jace is open, it’s over. And some play types, as we’ll see, he’s he’s more effective at these tough shot making than others. his handoffs, he seems to be better driving when he has that momentum than when he tries a tough shot. But other play types, the tough shot making is are are good counter moves like in pick and roll to have a floater, to have a step back pull up jumper. Those are good counters to keep defenses honest, possibly even draw two on the ball, creating more opportunities and advantages for others. Even in the shots he misses, Jace still creates space using patience, footwork, and balance. Most of the shots that he missed are the same looks he’s getting on made attempts, which is a promising sign for his shot selection and decision-m when it comes to what shots he’s looking for. like he’s hunting good shots that he knows he can make and sometimes they go in, sometimes they go out, but it’s a sign that he’s not just making erratic decisions and taking tough shots for the heck of it. There’s shots that he probably practices and knows and is confident that he can make Richardson dished out many potential assists and sweet nines that did not result in baskets that will translate to assists with better play finishes at the next level. Some of his potential assists are sweeter dimes than his actual assists. Hey, hey, hey. Come on, get up. Heat. Heat. Offscreens is an area where Richardson thrives. a very good rating 1.2 PPP mentioned earlier. This gives Orlando another floor space and guard option alongside Desmond Bane, Jaylen Suggs, someone who could potentially develop into another high volume three-point sniper on and off the ball. He looks most comfortable when he’s running off a couple of screens to the right wing. Five of his six made threes in this offstream play type over his entire freshman season came from the right-wing hot spot. Basically, anytime he can get wide open off a screen, you’re looking at dramatically better results in shooting efficiency. Whether it’s flare screens to create open offball movement, catch and shoot jumpers, Iverson screens, stagger screens, screen the screener, um you know, really any offscreen sets that catch defenders off guard and also make Jay’s initial defender just run through a gauntlet of picks to force multiple decisions from the opposing team’s defense. You know, that his initial defender has to decide, am I going to run through all these picks? Am I going to run around them? Am I going to leave them open over the top? Am I switching? But the other defenders have to decide, oh, are are we switching? Does everyone understand the scheme? Are we dropping? Are we doubling? Are we trapping? You know, there’s a whole lot of options that all happen at once. And if there’s any misdirection on top of it, throwing off the defense even more, even better. But using Jace as the main threat or even as a distraction is a great way to use his shooting gravity to distract the defense and stretch the floor. Jason’s best three-point percentage of any play type came in these offstrand sets, albeit small sample, just six of seven. Richardson’s highest volume three-point attempt came in spot upsets 26 of 36 for 43%. The spotup’s play type may be the biggest reason Orlando targeted Jace Richardson on the offensive end. the ability to attack closeouts off the advantages created by the likes of their big brawling point forwards Fron Vagner Paulo Banero Anthony Black barreling into the lane attacking closeouts requires the mere threat of a three-point shot. A confident shooter on high volume can stretch the floor just as much if not more than a more efficient shooter on lesser volume. It’s no coincidence that Orlando targeted rookies, Noah Penda and Jayce Richardson, who bring valuable skill sets to any rotation. The ability to attack closeouts, finish plays off the creation of others, take the advantage already created and punish the defense for it. Jace does it with burst. Jay’s burst is best on display when he takes the pass and takes off towards the rim or when he already has a head of seam off ball stampeding towards the paint. Richardson’s first opportunities on the Magic will likely be as a spot-up threat off Orlando’s many creators, probably on the second unit’s start, maybe even the third unit to see how he responds to the advantages created by others. If that three ball, his drives, kicks, foul draws, and general good team first decision making continue to pop out, Jay’s playing time will only rise. Orlando really needs defensive connectors that can hit the three ball and make smart, quick decisions on and off the ball around its star players. On handoffs, Jace averaged 0.95 points per possession on just 21 handoffs, rating in the 64th percentile. While it’s his lowest usage and efficiency of any of these play types covered, it’s still a high efficiency overall. What didn’t really work for Jason these in this play type is the tough shots that tended to work for him in other play types. Shots like setback threes, pull-up midies, floaters, runners. While these shots are within his game, that decision making of when to break out the tough shot taken and making skills versus when to drive and kick can make a big difference in winning impact and winning plays. A process that hopefully improves with more reps as the game slows down for Jake. Richardson was most effective out of these handoffs when he attacked the rack when he used the driving skills. Next to strong screeners like Goa, Wendell, Movagner, Paulo, Isaac, now Penda. He’ll be expected to do just that. Penetrate the paint, bend the defense, and either score, draw the foul, or kick. Orlando’s offense tends to run a lot of handoffs. This could continue with the addition of Bane and recovery of Suggs. Maybe the offense looks totally new with all these new shooters in place. Maybe there is more balance to the downhill force attack of the front court with all the new shooting in the back court and that maybe the offense is starts to hunt offball shooters, you know, more of a warrior style. It it remains to be seen. But if it is handoffs that the Magic focus on and make their priority is endless handoffs, then Richardson may want to focus on developing handoff movement, shooting, driving, decision-m skills even further. that maybe a cheat code to more playing time with this team along with defensive intensity making good quick decisions with and without the ball. Another way to get on coach Mosley’s good side. Overall, Jayce ranks highly in a lot of categories, especially as a scorer. Some percentiles for you. 88th in true shooting percentage, 88th in rim percentage, 71st in mid-range percentage, 78th in free throw percentage, 74th in offensive BPM, 98th in defensive BPM, 82nd in block percentage, 93rd in spot up efficiency, 95th in catch and shoot efficiency. He shot 84% on free throws, 122 total free throw attempts. 8 41% on three-pointers, 114 total attempts. All these numbers are promising indicators for his shooting development. Overall, Jason Richardson ranked top 10 in BPM in the entire country at exactly plus 10.0 BPM. Doing so as a freshman. His impact metrics jump off the page. Jason’s ever moving relocation skills keep him open offball even after initiating a set. His catch and shoot three-point jump shot form is clean, injecting another muchneeded floor spacer into Orlando’s offense. Jason used his ability to drive off of the spot up opportunities. Blending all of these play types gives Jayce freedom to experiment on the ball, using his effective flare to lower his shoulder, weave through defenders, maneuver in and out of traffic with ease, showing off a masterful combination of body and ball control along with an impressive understanding of the game. Jay fits this team in a lot of ways. off the bench if you’re looking at Anthony Black, Tristan Dilva, Jonathan Isaac, Goabataz, Jay Sledge, right in as a point guard, connector who can run, pick and roll, hit the score, hit the shot, do it all. As a starter, he can do the same thing in theory. Slide him in next to either of the guards, Bane or Suggs. He can be a guy that can pass, can shoot, can dribble, can defend, can look for the open man, can feed Paulo as any natural point guard does. He’s more of a scoring point guard, shooter point guard. You know, the Kyrie type is is is his favorite type of player that he grew up watching. Um, so, you know, that’s his mentality and that’s what this team needs is a guy that can look for the pass and look for the shot and can hit the open three and and can hit the setback, the pull up 3-2 on the ball. So that development on the ball will be huge uh for his ceiling, especially with this team that so desperately needs shooting. Come on, give it up. Heat. Heat. Oh my god. Jace joins an entire roster. roster of Orlando magicians who thrive on fast breaks and driving into the paint. Especially since this team wreaks so much havoc defensively, they force turnovers left and right which create easy scoring efficient downhill opportunities in transition. Where Jayce scored 1.3 PPP on 69 possessions at Michigan State, rating in the 86th percentile. Overall on drives, Jace scored 1.05 05 points per possession on 75 drives. Favoring his strong hand, the left side with twice nearly twice the volume. 45 to the left, 26 to the right, scoring slightly more efficiently. 18 of 33 to the left, 55%, 10 of 20 to the right, 50%. However, Jay still created nearly the same exact efficiency for his team driving either direction. about 1.3 PPP to the left, 1.12 on drive to the right. Come on. Jace Richardson is considered great value at the 25th pick. Orlando originally worked him out for the 16th pick. He has a chance to be one of the best players from this draft. between his shot, his shooting touch, his defensive instincts, his passing vision, his playmaking decision- making feel, his ability to run so many different play types efficiently at either an elite or very good efficient level as a scorer and as a passer. Just brings everything you want to the table offensively. body and ball control, deceleration, veteran savvy already as a a young rookie, knows the game beyond his years, and many reasons. You can tell he probably picked up some things with his dad as a former pro. Shout out Jay Rich, Magic Legend. Hopefully, we got another brewing here. Jay Rich Jr., Jason Richardson II, Jace Rich, welcome to Orlando. Come on. Get up. Come on. Hey. Hey. Come on. Come on. Heat. Heat. Oh my god. Heat. Heat. Come on. Happy kill. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Overall, Jace scored above average or great in most categories. Overall, including passes, his scoring creator type stat, his most efficient 1.3 PPP, 93rd percentile as a scoring creator, including all possessions, including assists. 96th percentile just as a scorer 1.2 PPP 86th percentile in transition 1.3 PPP 95th percentile in the half court 1.1 against man 94th percentile 1.2 against zone 83rd percentile 1.2 to after timeouts 80th percentile 1.1 46% on 81 catch and shoot threes that number will be handy if that trend continues in the pros 29% on 34 pull-up threes a little lower than you want to see but promising enough with all his touch elsewhere 35% on 37 runners another a little lower but 69% on 93 layups good touch at the rim very strong at the rim finishing percentage and five dunks made. Decent amount for a guard of his size. Jace per perfectly threads the ideal draft pick needle for Orlando. An all-around rotation level player who can help contribute quickly with few to zero holes in his game with the potential upside to develop into another two-way team for his highle impact DN3 connector or better player on a team already considered a rising contender. Heat. Heat. N. Come on. Let’s go. Hey, hey, hey. Oh my god. Hey,

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