PearlScore

I scout and rate players on all levels with APScouting & Consulting’s 8 most important attributes for a well-rounded player. All of these attributes are graded 1-5 and multiplied by the percentage that corresponds to that category. Aaron believes that these are the most important categories that a high-level basketball player should showcase.

The categories are:

• Shooting
  • What this grade consists of:
    • Their efficiency as a shooter in all different aspects (spot up, isolation, off-dribble, etc)
    • If they are able to get to their spots effectively
    • Shot release time and form
• Defense
  • What this grade consists of:
    • Defensive tendencies (stance, positioning, etc)
    • Block and steal abilities
    • Disruptiveness
    • IQ of defensive styles and overall team defense mechanics

• Key Fundamentals
  • What this grade consists of:
    • Skills that need to be taught and practiced such as:
      • Boxing out
      • Watching man and ball defensively
      • Moving without the ball
      • dribbling close to body (knowledge of speed dribble, correct form on spins and crossovers, etc.)
      • Constantly watching for open players on both ends of the floor

• Playmaking
  • What this grade consists of
    • Play and offensive system knowledge
    • Court vision
    • Assist Rate
• Instincts
  • What this grade consists of:
    • Knowledge of when to cut to the basket or move to get open
    • When to get into passing lanes on defense
    • Seeing open teammates
    • How quick the player can adapt to a new defensive/offensive system
    • Can they still be effective when doubled or pressed
    • How quick they can realize a shift in team style

• Motor
  • What this grade consists of:
    • Love of the game
    • Competitiveness
    • Emotion Control (does feelings or a bad shooting day get in the way of their play/concentration?)

• Efficiency
  • What this grade consists of:
    • Consistency in all formats
    • Production on the court
    • Able to impact the game quickly