My superrrr preliminary thoughts... if this kid is a reasonable target for us, we need to go all-in on him like we have Ahmad Nowell. Bring home the Team Final boys. He's an absolute BALLER.
First up
this absolutely bananas finish at the rim. Looks like he's playing 2k.
I'll try to watch some full-games if we pursue him more in the coming months. Archbishop Wood always has tons of game film available.
What I see:
- Pretty good size and frame. Very skinny now, but with another year of HS and some college S&C I think he'll be fine. Looks like Hawkins in HS right now. Definitely needs to bulk up to survive a college season, but he's gotten noticeably bigger in the last 6 months.
- Shooting form is very wonky... inconsistent funky scissors with his feet and it's a push. But if the thing is dropping, who cares. I think he'll probably work on slowly raising his release point.
- Handles aren't bad. Not elite, but servicable as far as I can tell in highlights. Better than Hawkins at the same stage.
- Shoots moving, left, right and off the dribble. Very good thing for college. I expect he'll want to work on speeding up his shot (same as Karaban).
- Shooting # in high school and EYBL are legitimately elite. Seems to shoot from corners, wing, top... anywhere.
- Not much of a left hand. Basically not going left at all.
- Not sure about passing #s, but plenty of high-level passes in his HS highlights. Potential is there to be a cog in the offense.
- Good active off-hand when he's driving. Looks like he has a rip over and a running back tuck in his bag.
- I'm impressed with his body control when he pulls up.
Definitely want to see his defense, rebounding, etc. this weekend at EYBL. I'll update y'all.
Pangos Highlights
JALIL BETHEA "BLACKED OUT" in his season opener and SHOT THE LIGHTS OUT!!! 27 Pts
Jalil Bethea Two Game Highlights