NBA Comparison: Clifford Rozier

Strengths: Four-man with a bevy of talents … Has long arms (7-foot plus wingspan) and plays with a lot of energy … An absolute vacuum cleaner on the boards as he is willing to sacrifice his body at all times and shows a high level of desire (9.8 rpg as a junior) … Smooth offensive game with the ability to score around the basket as well as face up and knock down mid-range jumpers … Has a nifty right handed hook shot … Does an excellent job of creating a big target and fighting for post position making it easy for guards to find him in excellent scoring position … Shows the ability to face the basket and create offense for himself … His excellent leg strength allows him to power through opponents around the rim and convert two handed dunks through contact … Very agile and his excellent speed in the open floor allows him to beat opponents down the court for easy baskets … Has great foot speed which allows him to get by players for easy back door cuts and ally oops as well as blow by slower big men on the perimeter off the dribble … Strong finishing ability off of drives as he shows the ability to go left or right and convert finger rolls off the glass … Shows excellent hands grabbing in bound passes and boards with ease … Shows good vision and passing ability … Deceptively athletic …

Weaknesses: At times, his confidence in himself gets him in trouble as he often is too enamored with the 3 point shot. While he shows good form and potential as a perimeter shooter, he needs to improve there to justify taking the number of shots he does (17%, 5-30 3pt fg) … Appears to be a guy hat could considerably improve his body with better workout and diet habits … Gets a little out of control at times and is a bit careless with the ball on passes … Upper body strength needs work … A year old for a senior (turns 23 in October) … Needs to work on his free throw shooting, (60%) …

Aran Smith 9/14/09