• A highly skilled scoring combo guard who is almost always in attack mode

• Puts pressure on the defense; aggressive with a clear preference to get to the basket

  • Difficult to keep from penetrating and getting into the lane

  • Does not settle for jumpers often

    • Takes what the defense gives him

    • Can force it at times and run out of options

      • Has a tendency to be too quick to drive

  • Can drive left or right, but prefers to go right and finish right

• Terrific in the open court

  • Extremely effective when he gets the defender backpedaling

    • Superb footwork and body control in these situations

  • Good finisher and adept at drawing contact to get to the line

  • Tight handle while staying low to the ground

    • Keeps eyes up

  • Effective dribble moves to maneuver through defenders at various stages of advancing the ball up the floor

• Excels off the bounce with a number of dribble moves, single and double

  • Shifty; changes gears and paces well and often

• Understands how to use his body and proper angles to:

  • 1st: get his head and shoulders by the defender

  • 2nd: slice into the lane

  • 3rd: draw contact to get to the line

    • Very effective in this regard

• Space creation

  • Has a variety of ways to get to his spots on the floor, which include all around the basket/paint and a variety of mid-range spots.  Operates from the top of the key, but will attack from the wings, as well.

    • Virtually all off the dribble

      • Iso

      • Catch at the top of the key

      • Pick and Roll

    • When he is unable to get to his spots, he is able to default to a nice step-back

  • Again, great footwork – utilizes skip steps, jump stops, euro steps (semi-euro steps)

  • Uses his shoulders well to create last minute space

  • Can struggle to secure quality shots against length and athleticism

    • As said above, he possesses a nice step back move that creates good space.  He will really benefit from continuing to develop his shot off this move.

• Decent pick and roll player

  • Looking to score, but will still attempt to take time to survey the defense as he takes on the help defender/hedge

  • Displays good body control and ball control; protects the ball well

  • Sets up the screen and uses the screen well

    • Takes good angles

  • Uses a nice semi-snake dribble to maintain his body between the ball and his man

  • Tends to hold on to the ball too long and not get off it

  • Developing a consistent 3-point shot will greatly increase his effectiveness

• Possesses a good feel for the on-ball defender, as well as help-side defenders

  • Adept at beating the initial defender and reacting quickly to the supporting defender to find his way to the basket

• Generally needs the ball in his hands to impact the game

  • Does not move/operate much without the ball

    • Will benefit from moving with purpose off the ball to increase the number of quality looks

• Playmaking

  • Would like to see him make more plays for his teammates using his ability to penetrate and draw the defense

  • Certainly capable

    • Adept at drawing bigs up into the lane for easy drop offs to the blocks

    • Able to locate shooters on the wings and in the corners after drawing the defense off the dribble

• Strong fundamentals

• Can struggle with ball security at times

• Remains in triple threat position throughout the duration of his time with the ball in his hands

• Will be watching the development of his ability to fully run point and improve his ball security, and how it will transfer into guard play at the next level

Dribbling