Spencer Mimms @PrepHoopsTN/AboveTheRimGym Fall Combine Recapture
Spencer Mimms (Rossview) gifted the @PrepHoopsTN/AboveTheRimGym Fall Combine with shooting prowess. Member of the 2018-2019 10-AAA Regular Season Champion Rossview Hawks.
How did he measure against the competition?
- Class of 2021
- 6’4 1/2″
- Wingspan — 6’6″ or 78″
- Height w/o shoes — 6’4 1/2″
- Height w/ shoes — 6’5″
- Hand Span — 9″
- Hand Length — 7.5″
- Shoe Size — 12
- Lane Agility — 13.31, 13.38
- Standing Reach — 8’4″
- Peak Reach (after 1-step vert) — 11’3″
- One-step vertical — 35
- Combine Player Ranking — #30
- All-Star Top 40
NBA Stylistic Comparison: 2018 Blazers Meyers Leonard
College Projection: Division III.
Spencer Mimms is a 6’4″+ scoring guard. Perfect height for a college 2-guard. Mimms has the makeup for the position too. Nice, repeatable shot.
He gets into his shot very fluidly. Doesn’t need the ball in his hands to work. Plays well off the ball. Moves ok. Need to see him with taller teammates, to understand how well he moves around the arc and from side-to-side. With this group he was necessarily more of a 3/4. His future is a 2/3. Coachable.
Mimms needs more gumption, more grit. His technique, both shooting and rebounding, is sound. Judging purely from this one occasion Spencer can and should be more scrappy and more hungry. He doesn’t play casual, but he appears casual for stretches. Appearing casual can be just as treacherous to scouts as being casual. Invest more for loose balls. Move more without the basketball. Talk, talk, talk! Simple adjustments here will go a long way. Spencer’s limitations are not insurmountable like they are for the majority of the high school basketball population.
For Spencer, the key to the kingdom is going to be handles. He shoots well, sometimes wonderfully. He will be one of the best rebounders in his district the next two seasons. What separates him from Class AAA greatness today is handle. Can he receive the basketball on the wing and make a move or two moves and lose a shorter, quicker guard? Not yet. There needs to be more wiggle. More creativity. Mimms’ handle is too safe, too cautious. To be the versatile attacker he can ultimately be, Spencer must incorporate something extra off the dribble. Further, Mimms needs to develop hand strength and improve his ball security. He has the mobility to be more than a shooter. He can really soar as a prospect if he opens up his attacking game with work specific to his dribbling.
Mimms needs to rebound better outside of his area. Again, technique is fine, but Spencer must explode more towards the rebounding basketball to secure it for his team. Mimms has not and will not play against the kind of frontlines he might one day see in college. They just don’t exist in middle Tennessee Class AAA. Regardless, the wing Mimms needs to get accustomed to getting his hands to the basketball higher and further from the ground. Rebounds are probably not all that challenging for a nearly 6’5″ sophomore, as he was last season, but they will be extremely challenging against bouncy 6-foot-5 college wings. He has the bounce to be an incredible rebounding college guard.
Continuing on the rebounding theme, Spencer Mimms is a broad-shouldered young man. He can and needs to put on more muscle. Strengthening his shoulders and developing a wider frame are imperative. Thin and lithe are slightly different. “Wiry strong” is a description Spencer should aim for. Developing the body for 2021-2022 not this season becomes the goal for his future.
Big picture, Spencer Mimms has the makings of a college prospect, but like many young players he needs to put in a lot more work. Look for him in the starting lineup for the defending 10AAA Champion Rossview Hawks.
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