Jared Sullinger

Wanted to share this little write up I did:

I watched Sullinger closely today. Here's what I came away with, remember this is just what I saw today:

He's a bull. Very physical inside on both ends. Especially on defense though, always moving and pushing his man out of the post (or trying atleast). He gets low in rebounding position, especially when boxing out. Really good form. He has a good wingspan for his size (7'1). He does a good job fighting for rebound position and battles for boards. Has good range on his shot, went 2/2 from behind the arc in the first 3 minutes of the game, and also hit a mid range shot. He is shooting 41% behind the arc this year compared to just 25% last year. Was doubled in the post a number of times and showed good composure and passing skills out of the double. One particular time he posting up and got doubled at the short corner, and was able to find a teammate behind the left side of the arc wide open. Good vision out of the post.

When he wasn't in the post he was around the top of the key screening then popping the ball. Poor screens really stood out, for a guy so strong and physical I thought this would have been a better part of his game, but it wasn't. Rarely made contact and left before the ball got there a few times. When he was in the low post, he really didn't try to get position a number of times. Was called for traveling in the low post a few times, uses the step through move more than he should. Didn't show enough variety in the low post. You could tell he was a little frustrated throwing up a few bad looks while he had trouble getting looks over the 7'0 foot Sacre. His energy could be a lot better, was ineffective running the floor and his rotations were very bad. Stockton was able to get into the lane and dish out because of this. Hedged on ball screens a number of times, and that will be a problem in the NBA. Just not quick enough, the Zag's bigs had a number of open looks after rolling but their guards never found them. Not a threat to block shots or alter shots.