Scouting Report: Bosnian wing Harun Zrno commits to Indiana

The 6-foot-7 sharpshooter joins Trent Sisley in Indiana's 2025 recruting class

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Recently, positive news has been hard to hear without feeling like there’s a catch, given the volatile discourse surrounding Indiana basketball this season. Now, for what feels like the first time in forever, something is trending in the right direction for this current regime. Mike Woodson and staff just picked up their second commitment in the class of 2025, Bosnian wing Harun Zrno, who now joins Trent Sisley, a 6-foot-7 power forward from Lincoln City, Indiana.

Wisconsin, Creighton, and Virginia were all also in the mix for Zrno as he visited each.

The 6-foot-7 forward played Estonian-Latvian basketball league the previous two seasons, but with his upcoming move to America, he’s currently in the Bosnian BiH Liga for KK Slavija. With the season currently ongoing, through 12 games Zrno has started each playing 31.6 minutes a game, averaging 18.3 points, 3.4, 1.2 steals, and 4.0 assists while shooting 52.9 percent from the field and 46.7 percent from 3 on five attempts a game. That’s a mouthful, but very impressive numbers. Statistically, this has been Zrno’s best season since he turned 18 and started playing club ball.

Film and scouting reports are hard to come by for the 20-year-old Zrno. Yep, he’ll be a 21-year-old freshman living in Briscoe with professional basketball experience. But, there are a few film videos on YouTube and some brief scouting reports, but nothing extensive. Most of what I could find was in Serbian and difficult to translate.

The shooting stands out most of all. He’s steadily improved his percentage in recent years. In his first season in the Estonian-Latvian league in 2022-23, he shot 5.3 attempts from distance a game and 34.4 percent, he’s around the same volume now but a much better percentage. Zrno has a smooth-looking shot — quick and consistent release, keeps the ball high, and elevates. He’s comfortable shooting on the move as well, a rare but necessary trait for elite college shooters. Think Luke Goode's upside as a shooter, but right now his shot reminds me the most of Miller Kopp’s.

Zrno is more versatile than both Goode and Kopp. He’s got an excellent feel as a passer, but he takes risks. Turnovers have been a problem for Zrno, this season he’s averaging 3.3 turnovers a game. European coaches emphasize sharing the basketball and passing at a far younger age than they do in the States. Zrno is cut from that kind of cloth.

He’s nifty in the lane, a good predictor, and on target. A very fundamental passer.

Because he’s such a good shooter, Zrno knows how to carve out space and find open gaps in the defense. He seems to be a heads-up cutter and is always looking for easy ways to get to the rim.

As a 6-foot-7 sharpshooter, it can be easy to find yourself floating around the perimeter and standing in the corner. But, Zrno uses his size very well. He’s confident posting up smaller defenders who he can bully. Also can seal at the rim in transition. In the film, he’s seen crashing the offense glass quite a bit and he’s pretty slippery and difficult to box out. His court awareness and positioning are one of his better attributes.

Doesn’t seem to be as comfortable handling the ball in space and making a move, but that’s not his skillset, so getting more comfortable with the speed and athleticism of the college game will be an adjustment he’ll need to make. Aggressive defenses are a big weakness. But, because of his passing and shot-making, using him as the roll-man or ball handler in the pick-and-roll is plausible depending on the coverage.

Zrno gets after it in transition and loves to push the pace and hustle down the floor. It shows on the defensive end too, he uses his length well and for the most part, he’s able to stay with his man and weave through screens efficiently.

The Bosnian wing will have work to do when he arrives in Bloomington, but his professional experience, maturity, and current skillset are great starting points and a nice foundation.

With NIL, we’ve seen many players overseas test the college game, Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis comes to mind. The Lithuanian point guard was going to be a lottery pick regardless of whether or not he played in college or did another professional year in Spain. Now, he’s making far more than he would have in Spain and is playing like an All-American. It was only a matter of time before the European invasion of the NBA hit college towns and here we are. It’s good for the college game.

Regardless of how the rest of this season goes, Zrno and Sisley check different boxes than previous Woodson recruits. Both will fill team needs, are role-oriented, and fundamentally sound. Indiana fans should feel good about this one.

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