Jalil Bethea Player Profile:
From: Miami
Age: 19
Position: PG/SG
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 170 lbs
Strengths:
Offense:
- Blazing speed, explosiveness
- Extremely athletic
- Playmaking creativity
- Can score off the ball
- Lethal three point shooter
- Limitless range
- Twitchy, shifty handles
- Creates well of the dribble
- Dribble creativity
- Face-up scoring
- Spot-up scoring
- Mid range pull-up
- Hits difficult shots (Fades, fall-aways, contested)
- Can score at rim through contact
- Changes speed and direction well
Defense:
- Anticipation
- Moves well laterally
- Can stay in front of defender (if he feels like it)
- Good positional rebounder
Weaknesses:
Offense:
- Far too skinny, affects ability to get to his spots
- Frame may cause inside scoring ability to not translate at the next level
- Needs to do better to impact game outside of scoring
Defense:
- Frame severely hinders him on defense
- Uncompetitive
- Defensive lapses are far too common
Player Projections:
Floor: Bones Hyland / Backup
Ceiling: Monta Ellis / All-Star
Realistic: Jordan Poole / Starter
Analysis:
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