An aggressive athletic 6'3 205lbs frame creates havoc on both ends of the floor, ranking top-quartile on isolation scoring, PNR-scoring and PNR distribution, whilst holding opponents to just 36%FG and leading the Big Sky Conference on guard blocked shots.
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00:00 INTRO
00:36 DOWNHILL THREAT
02:57 PNR ATTACKER
05:17 BIG GUARD MENACE
08:14 TWO-WAY ATHLETE
11:16 DEFENSIVE DISRUPTER
14:01 NEXT DEVELOPMENTS
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Physical and athletic, is a perpetual downhill threat from either backcourt spot, with the handles to set-up and shift defenders aiding a top-quartile ranking on isolations, and the speed and reactions to play off the catch, producing 57.1%aFG operating from spot-ups.
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Excellent at finishing through contact, finished 4th in FTAs amongst guards nationally (1st in conference), utilizing a variety of 1-foot and 2-foot finishes and showing tremendous strength and body control to finish over help, ranking top-quartile on ‘non post-up finishing’ at 63%FG / 1.304PPP.
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Downhill threat is accentuated out of PNRs, attacking screens and isolating switches for a top-quartile return of 51.9%aFG / 0.981PPP. Combining an “eyes up” approach with the ability to collapse defenses and force multiple help-rotations, ranked top-20% hitting ‘cutters’ for a 66.7%FG / 1.467PPP conversion, while on-target on-time passes yielded 52.1%aFG / 1PPP when hitting ‘spotters’.
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“Big Guard” profile comes into effect on post-ups. Can back-down opponents from the perimeter, or be used within guard specific post-ups sets, enabling teams the option to target and exploit mismatches, with the Southern Utah product capable attacking off face-ups from the mid-post or getting to solid drop-step and step-through finishes from the block.
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A two-way athlete, exhibited elite reactions and vertical leaping on route to a top-10% performance on cuts for an 84%FG / 1.471PPP conversion, produced 4.3rpg from the PG-spot, and demonstrating the ability to turn defense into instant offense off a conference leading 1.9spg on route to a 1.36PPP transition return (direct + assisted scoring combined).
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A physical and engaged defender, held opponents to 36%FG across all scenarios, leading all guards in the SKY conference on blocks and limiting isolations to just 27.3%aFG / 0.677PPP.
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A nuisance defender vs. on-ball and off-ball screens, possesses the physicality to “war through” and the agility to “go skinny”, always re-engaging to disrupt and contest, whilst ability to drive bigs out of the paint and out-rebound bigger match-ups enables teams to utilize switch-defenses.
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Post-up game has shown signs of an improving shooting stroke, regularly getting to fadeway finishes, supported by a further deep-dive showing a top-15% ranking on ‘short jumpers’, alongside a 3-season year-on-year improvement in 3FG%.
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