Scouting report from Priit Silland made on May 15, 2004 by Maarten H van Gent.
Personal information
Address: Harmatise 42 Tallinn, Estonia.
Tel +372 6550060. cell phone + 372 5222656.
Born: Mai 02 1981 in Estonia.
Height: 198 cm without shoes.
Weight: 95 kg.
Not Married.
Education: high school.
Languages: Estonian, Finish, Russian, and English.
Right handed.
Nationality: Estonian.
Basketball information:
Played for Ehitoorist season 1998-1999 , 1999-2000, 2000-2001.
In 2001-2002, 2003. In 2004 he played for Nybit in Estonia the play off finals
His position is power forward.
Priit is a calm person like most Estonians. He is an Intelligent player.
He is reading the defense and is a great inside scorer.
He plays more than one position.
He is a natural power forward, but also can play the center and small forward spot
Strong points are his nose for scoring, his aggressiveness. His jumping ability and his shot selection
Weak point is lack of height.
He has a turn around jump shot, a very good reverse lay up and a strong drop step with power lay up.
He always dunks in traffic.
His shot selection is good. His offense against zone is decent, less than his m.t.m. offense.
His movement without the ball is good. His timing is very good. He is a very good one on one player.
He can create his own shot
His passing is ok. Good overhead pass. He has a good chest pass.
His rebounding is good in defensive. He should block out better.
His defense is very good off the ball. He blocks a lot of shots on and off the ball.
His defense off the ball is better than on the ball.
He is missing some height against centers but his quickness compensates this.
He has some great steals off the ball. He reads the offense pretty well.
He is a very good athlete he jumps very well and he is very strong and 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 has some experience in Europe.
His improvement is upside. He improves every day.
He will become one of the better players in Estonia two years from now. He will definitely play for the national team as a power forward or small forward.
On top level, he has to play the small forward spot.
In a five star evaluation, he will have three stars but he can become a four star player within two or three years from now.
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.