Summary

• A skilled lead guard who knows how to play at different paces.  Shows consistency as a scorer, and continues to improve his playmaking abilities. 

• Has become more aggressive with maturity.  The game is starting to slow down more for him.  Patient with the ball in his hands.  Well-rounded offensively, and fundamentally sound.

• Finesse player who plays under the rim. Gets the ball up on the board and can convert at a solid percentage.  Uses good angles to get off quality shots and draw fouls.

• Plays with a lot of intelligence.  Very heady and crafty.  Pretty good athlete, but lacks explosiveness.  Possesses a nice midrange touch and is improving his consistency from deep. 

• Solid, reliable handle.  Exudes confidence.  A good open court passer who makes sound decisions.  Needs work defensively.  Displays an excellent feel for the game. 

Physical/Athleticism

• Slender build; will need to continue to improve strength

• Slightly above average athlete

  • Excellent balance

  • Good body control

  • Very good anticipation skills

  • Twitch-fibers are on the slower side

  • Limited speed, quickness, and acceleration

  • Good hand-eye coordination

  • Plays below the rim

• First step is long and rangy

• Finesse player

Offensive Qualities

• Exhibits a well-rounded understanding of how to play the game offensively

• Very intelligent

  • Deliberate and patient

    • Keeps his dribble alive on the drive and remains under control

  • Chooses the areas he likes to work from wisely

    • i.e. Takes every opportunity to get into the open court for easy baskets

  • Knows his game well enough to understand how to be most effective

  • Capable of playing a good floor game

    • Can become more consistent by being more active in areas where he doesn’t have the ball in his hands (i.e. rebounding, defense, screening, cutting, etc.)

  • Understands how to play at different paces

  • Utilizes a change of pace well and replaces himself with the ball effectively

    • Helps to keep the defender off balance

  • Extremely crafty around the rim and in the paint

  • Has a finesse game; plays under the rim

  • Really feels the defender well with the ball in his hands

• Knows how to put the ball in the basket from different areas on the floor

  • Shows consistency as a scorer

• Adept at getting to the line, where he shoots a good percentage

• Sound fundamentals serve as the foundation of his game

• Improving playmaker who has progressed in learning how to make his teammates better

• Most effective when he advances the ball with the pass

• Has become more aggressive as he matures; but can play a subtle game, where you don’t realize until you look up near the end of the game and he has 15-18 points

• More effective in a free-flowing offensive setting

• Overall, his teams are more effective with him on the floor

• Struggles to create separation off the dribble in the half court

  • Effects his ability to create quality shots for himself, especially on the perimeter

•  Is not a blow-by player with the dribble, but:

  • Takes advantage of defensive mistakes

  • Adept at creating angles, putting defenders on his side/hip/shoulder and moving into the defender’s body to make the space as he drives

    • Will need to continue to improve creating space for his jumpshot

  • Effective change of pace keeps the defender guessing

• Tends to stand and drift on the perimeter

  • Would benefit from moving more purposefully without the ball

    • Cutting, running off of screens, etc.

• Pushes the ball in semi-transition, probing the defense for openings

Shooting

• Above-average shooter overall, and improving

• Accurate midrange game from 13-17 feet

• Becoming more consistent from distance, especially off the catch-and-shoot

  • Has also improved range from winter to spring/summer

• Good concentration at the basket and in the paint

• Shot selection

  • Takes a variety of quality midrange shots

  • Doesn’t rush.  Takes his time to get what he wants.

  • Gets to the basket and converts at a solid percentage

    • Also adept at drawing the foul

  • Prefers to shoot the 3 with his feet set, but is becoming more comfortable on the move as he matures

• Needs room and time to get his jump shot off – not a particularly quick release and needs time to set up for the shot

  • Makes it difficult for him to get his shot off under pressure

• Good foul shooter

• Release is at chin level

• Above-average shooter overall, and improving

• Accurate midrange game from 13-17 feet

• Becoming more consistent from distance, especially off the catch-and-shoot

  • Has also improved range from winter to spring/summer

• Good concentration at the basket and in the paint

• Shot selection

  • Takes a variety of quality midrange shots

  • Doesn’t rush.  Takes his time to get what he wants.

  • Gets to the basket and converts at a solid percentage

    • Also adept at drawing the foul

  • Prefers to shoot the 3 with his feet set, but is becoming more comfortable on the move as he matures

• Needs room and time to get his jump shot off – not a particularly quick release and needs time to set up for the shot

  • Makes it difficult for him to get his shot off under pressure

• Good foul shooter

• Release is at chin level

Dribbling

• Has a solid, reliable handle

• Does not waste dribbles.  Dribbles with purpose and doesn’t try to do too much.

• Protects the ball very well with his body

• Stays low, in good basketball position with the ball in his hands

  • Dribble has a tendency to get a high when making a hard move off the dribble

• Maintains his dribble and usually does not give it up unnecessarily

• Really feels his defender well off the dribble – maintains ball control

• Possesses a lot of potential in this area

• Showed great improvement as a facilitator during the spring/summer over the high school regular season, creating plays by getting into the lane and finding shooters on the perimeter

• One-handed passes on the perimeter

• Improving vision as the game slows down

• Willing passer

• Makes the right, simple play

• Doesn’t force passes.  Again, makes the simple play.

• Makes the extra pass

• Talented passer in the open court.  Knows how to thread the needle and hit wings on the run for easy finishes. 

  • Very effective in advancing the ball with the pass when he chooses to do so.

Passing

• Possesses a lot of potential in this area

• Showed great improvement as a facilitator during the spring/summer over the high school regular season, creating plays by getting into the lane and finding shooters on the perimeter

• One-handed passes on the perimeter

• Improving vision as the game slows down

• Willing passer

• Makes the right, simple play

• Doesn’t force passes.  Again, makes the simple play.

• Makes the extra pass

• Talented passer in the open court.  Knows how to thread the needle and hit wings on the run for easy finishes. 

  • Very effective in advancing the ball with the pass when he chooses to do so.

• Would benefit from staying low and being more active

• Lack of strength shows in weakness off the ball

  • Does not step in on help side

• Defensive stance: tends to keep his legs straight and bend at the waist

• Reaches; doesn’t move feet well

Defense

Basketball IQ

• An extremely heady player; very crafty

• Excellent feel for the game

  • Displays a great feel for the defender

  • Learning to see the whole defense under ball pressure in the half court

• Makes the right basketball play

• Generally exhibits good judgment

• Doesn’t get himself caught in bad situations often

Disposition/Presence

• Exudes a lot of confidence

• Game displays maturity

• Relatively level temperament, but will show frustration

• Showed tremendous improvement this spring and summer over the high school regular season in overall attitude     

  • Better body language, enthusiasm/joy, and leadership

• Will ask/look for calls and argue with the referee from time-to-time

• Showed strong signs of frustration with his coach during the school season

• Did not receive getting called out on mistakes well

Coachability