Scouting report from Veljo Vares made on April 17, 2004 by Maarten H van Gent.
Personal information
Address: Tallinn, Estonia.
Tel +372 cell phone + 372 .
Born: Mai 02 1981 in Estonia.
Height: 2.00 cm without shoes.
Weight: 95 kg.
Not Married.
Education: high school.
Languages: Estonian,
Right handed.
Nationality: Estonian.
Basketball information:
Played for Tartu, Pallur and Ehitusttooriist Audenetes last season..
His position is power forward.
He is reading the defense and is a great inside and out side scorer.
He plays more than one position.
He is a natural forward, but also can play the 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. and a hard time to remember the set plays
He has a turn around jump shot,
He can dunk in traffic.
His shot selection is good. His offense against zone is good.
His movement without the ball is not good enough. His timing is very good.
He is a very good one on one player.
He can create his own shot
His passing is average
His rebounding is good in defensive. He should block out better.
His defense is very good on the ball.
His defense off the ball is ok
He is missing some height against centers but his quickness compensates this.
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 played for any national team.
He has some experience in Europe.
His improvement is upside. He improves every day.
He can become one of the better players in Estonia two years from now.
On top level, he has to play the small forward spot.
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.