@PrepHoopsTN Summer Combine Evaluations: Part XIV
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The annual @PrepHoopsTN Summer Combine featured nearly 50 aspiring college prospects. For the rest of the summer we will be featuring the campers with evaluations and measurements from the day.
Gabe Leeper Gabe Leeper 6'1" | PG Cleveland | 2023 State TN | 6’0” PG | Cleveland | Fastbreak AAU How did he measure against the competition?
- Class of 2023
- PrepHoopsTN Summer Combine All-Star x2
- 6’0″
- Wingspan — 5’11”
- Standing Reach — 7’6″
- 3/4 Court Sprint — 3.9, 3.5
- Lane Agility — 10.96
- Shuttle Run — 3.4, 3.3
- Camp Ranking — #17
- State Ranking — #58
NBA Stylistic Comparison: 2021 Celtics Payton Pritchard
College Projection: Division II+
Quick Gabe Leeper Gabe Leeper 6'1" | PG Cleveland | 2023 State TN is a two-time PrepHoopsTN Combine All-Star. Important to note is that Gabe endured a moderate knee injury while competing this day.
Good sprint times (Lane Agility – 10.96, 3/4 Court Sprint – 3.5 seconds). This camp was not his best, though he was clearly one of the three best passers in the gym.
Leeper consistently set up his teammates and made his teammates better, by putting players in a position to succeed. Leeper’s style of play is simple and straight-forward, perhaps more respectfully put…he is efficient and effective.
Gabe Leeper Gabe Leeper 6'1" | PG Cleveland | 2023 State TN will play college basketball and he will push teammates in practice and bring a winner’s mentality to the program.
Kollin Claridy Kollin Claridy 6'2" | PG McCallie | 2023 State TN | 6’2” PG | McCallie | How did he measure against the competition?
- Class of 2023
- PrepHoopsTN Summer Combine Co-MVP
- PrepHoopsTN Summer Combine All-Star
- 6’2″
- Wingspan — 6’3″
- Standing Reach — 7’6″
- Three/Quarters Court Sprint — 3.7, 3.6
- Lane Agility — 11.44, 10.86
- Shuttle Run — 3.4, 3.3
- Camp Ranking — #1
- State Ranking — #13
NBA Stylistic Comparison: 2021 Mavericks Trey Burke
College Projection: Division I Mid-Major
Kollin Claridy Kollin Claridy 6'2" | PG McCallie | 2023 State TN easily earned Co-MVP alongside Jasen Brooks Jasen Brooks 6'1" | PG Cleveland | 2023 State TN . Both point guards, Brooks and Claridy simply out-played every guard in the building.
Claridy is the complete guard; he finishes wonderfully around the rim, easily blitzes into the danger pockets, passes with precision, shoots well, hits his free throws.
There are no glaring weaknesses to his game. His first Lane Agility time was very poor, but the drastic improvement from first try to second try suggests he was simply not acclimated to the specific movements of the drill. Claridy showed slightly above average quickness for an elite high school guard. The setting did not really provide him with enough resistance to reveal shortcomings. For instance, Claridy did not take mid-range shots, but why would he? He worked his way to the backboard with his probing dribbles. No reason to take those lower percentage shots.
Claridy is of the ilk of guards that should aspire to win Mr. Basketball.
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