Friday, April 10, 2015

The Gaels after a power forward

Via Belgian Youth Basketball: "2015 PF Andy Van Vliet will be making visits to Utah, Miami, St Mary's and Washington State."

An August 2014 evaluation:

"Andy van Vliet was a very specific player who can be considered a shooting guard in a Center body. Listed at 2m10, van Vliet did nearly only take three point shots in the event and rarely played close to the rim. In fact, he had only 4 free-throws in total during the tournament while he was Top3 in 3 point field goal attempts. The left handed Belgian looks a bit like a blonde version of Tayshaun Prince, elegantly gliding around the three point line and taking high-arced shots. Sometimes though, he loses his balance on the jumper and turns his body a bit so that he could not score on high percentages throughout the event. When he put the ball on the floor, van Vliet went up for the mid range jump shot out of the dribble where he was quite successful. On the defensive end, van Vliet was though more present in a typical center role. He finished as third best shot blocker of the tournament which made him the first ever player that went Top 3 in both 3 point field goal attempts and shot blocking during a FIBA Europe Youth event. Additionally, he has good leaping ability and is quite mobile to come for the help situations. The 1995 born can certainly develop into an interesting role player in the future as he brings two specific assets together for a rare combination."

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