Dink Pate Player Profile:
From: Mexico City Capitanes
Age: 19
Position: PG/SG
Height: 6’9”
Weight: 210 lbs
Strengths:
Offense:
- Secondary/tertiary playmaking ability
- Pull-up shooting
- Face-up scoring
- Catch and shoot threat
- Functional athleticism
- Smooth, controlled
- Transition scoring
- Live-dribble creation
- Manipulates defences off the bounce
- Dominant when defender goes over screen
- Has a knack for ‘dump offs’ off the drive
Defense:
- Lateral quickness
Weaknesses:
Offense:
- Playmaking decision making
- Inconsistent shotmaker
Defense:
- Needs to be more alert
- Concedes back-door cuts too often
- Poor system defender
Player Projections:
Floor: Dalano Banton / Third string
Ceiling: Cade Cunningham / All-Star
Realistic: Anthony Black / Starter
Analysis:
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