Alijah Arenas
Alijah Arenas
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Aaron Proia | Prep Hoops Scout
28p 4r 1a
– Playing up with 17u, Arenas’ pace and IQ allows him to score it well from all 3 levels while also getting some easy ones at the FT line. He scored it in a variety of ways against a slew of different defenders: bump n fade runner off glass, floater off 2 after the jump stop, double cross into the sidestep 3, snaked a wing ball screen to hit the 3 while drawing the foul, step through euro in traffic around 3 defenders. The advanced offensive skillset, positional size, and pace allowed him to get to his spots without possessing a ton of burst or vert. The way he reads the floor before the catch allows him to get right into his moves to take advantage of hard closeouts or to raise up for the jumper on late closeouts. Bright future ahead
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Read EvaluationBritt Wright | Prep Hoops Scout
Arenas dropped 44pts in all the ways a scorer can put the ball in the basket. The long wiry guard has body control to avoid charges on the drive into the paint which he often does. He’ll pull-up for the paint jumpers, we saw a floater. He’s a good ball handler to get to his spot for jumpers off the dribble, and create shots for himself from different angles, up top, around the free throw area. At one point he was (7/9 FG) 17-32 FG, 8-12 FT,
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