Early Spring Prospect Review: Guards part I

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On April 10-12 PH NorCal was in Oakland CA. for the Elite Spring Hoops Challenge, featuring mostly NorCal Prospects we followed that up the following week evaluating prospects the the Adidas 3stripe Gold West, at the same place. A lot of the teams played back to back weekends, so we decided two combine the newcomers, stock risers, and standouts from both events.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2852666' first='AJ' last='Hastings']: A 6'3 guard an emerging prospect in NorCal with a good all around feel for the game. He's tightened up his playmaking skills, ball handling, passing, making good decisions with ball in hand. He uses his body well to create his shot opportunities, pull up for short jumper off the dribble, or using it to shield defenders while making his way to the basket for paint points and kick-outs. He's an excellent 3-point shooter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2879181' first='Kesyn' last='Haggins']: Strong point guard with leverage. He's a quality ball handler sees the court, he can generate buckets. He can play physical using his body and hard dribbles driving into the paint, he'll challenge shot blockers, usually finishes off the glass with some touch, will pull up for short jumpers. He's a patience guard, handles ball pressure. He's a good on ball defender can be disruptive. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2963489' first='Isaiah' last='Price']: He's a point guard can settle, and run the offense up top, keeping the offense flowing at a good pace, and balanced in half-court set. He's sharpening his decision making, a good ball handler, sees the court, a ball mover. He's a shot maker, has a good field goal percentage, they go in more often than not, mid-range, and 3's. He can create his shot opportunities, solid drives into the paint. He'll find the balance between facilitating and shot taking.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2136700' first='David' last='Isola']: A big guard shoots the ball better than we thought. His HS team lacks size so he shows us a versatile style of play cutting across the paint, hitting paint jumpers, and working from the high post. At this event we saw him knock down open jump shots, long and short, use his dribble and body to get into the paint. He's tough minded competitor, will battle for rebounds, defend hard. He's a capable scorer at this level. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2215146' first='Xavier' last='Sims']: He's fast with some quick twitch to his game. A combo guard at this level. He's proven he can settle and run the offense in the half-court, hard to contain when he makes a move in transition. He shows patience keeps his dribble live, and head up. He has the speed and a burst to create his own shot opportunities for himself and others, he's works off ball, attacks from the sides, and in transition. He has the foot speed, and quick hands to be a disruptor on the defensive side of the ball.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2137370' first='Nick' last='Andreotti']: A good shooter with range to knock down open 3's all around the perimeter, on the catch, or a quick dribble to free himself, he's a threat you have to get out on, or stay close. He'll roam the perimeter, might set hard or shadow screens on his way to spots behind the 3-point line for a quick release. He can handle, has quick dribble moves to get out of trouble, make the extra pass, or free himself for shots off the dribble.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2352701' first='Adam' last='Houssami']: Standing around 6'2, a good athlete, has sneaky hops, gets good lift on the paint jumper, goes up high around the basket to finish, or going after blocks. He's a rebounding guard, a versatile defender often tasked with defending taller players in the post area. He has a good stance, footspeed, and lateral movement play up top, in full court trapping situations. He can stick to his man. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->