ALLONZO TRIER
BIRTHDATE: 1/17/96
POSITION: Shooting Guard
HEIGHT: 6'5"
WEIGHT: 199 lbs
SCHOOL/ TEAM: Arizona
CLASS: Junior
STRENGTHS
Scoring Ability - Scores in a variety of ways, attacking the rim, FTs, transition and from 3
Athleticism - Good athlete; Deceptive athlete with quick first step can make highlight plays at the rim. Great body control.
Transition game - Excels in transition, ranked among the best in the nation in scoring efficiency
Finishing - Finishes through contact, uses both hands around the rim
Shooting - Showed great improvement as a shooter in his sophomore season, increased 3 point % from
Drawing Fouls - Aggressive downhill style of play generates a lot of trips to foul line. Has averaged over 5 FTA for his career
WEAKNESSES
Shot Selection - Very confident in his abilities which leads to taking tough contested shots
Ball Stopper - Has improved passing , but still has a tendency to have tunnel vision and only looking to score..
Size - Undersized for a shooting guard with average wingspan.
NBA role - More of a scorer than shooter, but can score in bunches.
Turnovers - Near even assist to turnover ratio coming into junior season. Can be turnover prone in isolations situations
Mid range game - Mostly scores on 3's or drives to the rim. Lacking mid range and floater game.
Alonzo Trier is a great athlete with a lot of slashing ability. He's always putting pressure on the defense. He's not a great shooter right now but he's got good mechanics. What I like most about him is that he's always getting to the line (72 attempts in 12 games!!) He's got a good feel for the game in the PNR and changes speeds well.
His jump shot isn't very consistent and it's really slow. He projects to be a combo guard but if he can't consistently knock down shots, he's going to have to be able to make shots. He could do a better job setting up his defender in PNR. Shooting off the dribble and adding a floater should be top priorities for Trier.
POSITIVES:
Athlete
Great in transition
Slasher
Good mechanics on his jumper
Gets to the foul line
AREAS OF CONCERN:
Slow jumper
Jump shot consistency
JAMES BARLOWE - MARCH 6, 2017
KHAIRI'S NOTES
OFFENSE
-Average size and length for an NBA 2 guard
-Deceptive athlete, changes pace a lot so it's hard for defenders to get a read on him
-Gets off the ground quickly when he jumps
-Aggressively seeks out his own shot
-Very good scorer in the open floor
-Able to lead the break but operates mostly as a scorer
-Best when filling the lanes on the wing
-Finishes well with both hands
-Can adjust mid-air to contests at the rim and still finish
-Can get too deep into the defense on drives, leads to blocks
-Doesn't have much of a floater but one could make him a lethal finisher in the half court
-Can fall in love with his dribble and stop the ball at times but has shown significant improvement from a year ago
-Utilizes a quick first step and an assortment of crossovers to generate separation
-Comfortable driving to either hand
-Can be turnover prone when he isolates
-Improved shooter out to NBA range
-Capable in spot up situations as well as off the dribble pull ups
-Slow release on his set shot with a low release point
-Rarely takes long 2s, struggles with them
-Looks to get to the rim when he attacks a closeout, hasn't really shown the one dribble pull up in his game
-Likes to get into the middle of the lane and pull up for a short jumper
-Doesn't have a great awareness of how he effects spacing
-Very good PNR creator for himself, growing as a creator for others
-Doesn't run his man into screens consistently
-Prefers to operate out of high PNR but works well on the left side of the floor as well, struggles on the right side
-Capable of finding the roll man and the pop man when coming off the screen
DEFENSE
-Competitive defender, willingly takes the best guard as an assignment
-Good lateral movement, beats his man to the spot
-Stays with the play even when beat
-Gets a good contest on off the dribble shots
-Works hard in ball denial and knows when he can shoot the gap
-Fights through ball screens and doesn't stop when they land solidly
-Can be a bit lackadaisical in his off ball defense, tends to overrotate towards the ball
-Stands too upright which limits his readiness to shift as the ball moves
-Can lose sight of man and/or ball
-Closes out hard on spot up shooters but is susceptible to ball fake and drives
-Does a very good job staying connected to shooters navigating off ball screens
-Good defensive rebounder for his size, tracks the ball outside of his zone
MARCH 30, 2017