Scouting report from Rait Keerles made on June 7, 2005 by Maarten H. van Gent
Personal information
Address: Tallinn, Estonia.
Tel +372
Born: October 24 1980 in Estonia.
Height: 203 cm without shoes.
Weight: 100 kg.
lives with girlfriend and son
Education: high school.
Languages: Estonian, Finish, Russian, and English.
Right handed.
Nationality: Estonian.
Basketball information:
Played for BC Kalev (Champion of Estonia ) season, 2005 and 2006 MVP of the competition!!!
His position is power forward, Small forward
He is an Intelligent player.
He is reading the defense and is a good inside and outside scorer.
He plays more than one position.
He is power forward, but also can play the small forward spot
Strong point is his aggressiveness and his shot selection
Weak point for a top team maybe is his weight for a inside player. But he compensates with his speed.
He has a turn around jump shot, a good reverse lay up and a strong drop step with power lay up.
He dunks in traffic.
His shot selection is good.
His offense against zone and m.t.m. defense is good.
His movement without the ball is good. His timing is very good. He is a good one on one player.
He can create his own shot
He is a very good three point shooter
His passing is good . Good overhead pass.
His rebounding is very good in defensive and offense
His defense is good off the ball. He blocks shots on and off the ball.
His defense off the ball is better than on the ball.
He has some steals off the ball. He reads the offense pretty well.
He is a good athlete he jumps very well and he is aggressive.
He has good reflexes, good quickness and very good speed up and down the floor.
His mental attitude is very good. He works very hard in practice and in the game.
He plays with a lot of heart.
He dives for lose balls and he is a fighter wants to win all the time.
He did not play for any national team. He was selected for the national team, but decided not to play in summer time.
He has experience in Europe.
His improvement is upside. Last season he was the most improved player.
In a five star evaluation, he will have four stars.
5 stars is NBA level
4 stars is European top team.
3 stars is European mid level team
2 stars is European low level team, bench player mid level.
1 star is top junior team.