At a later point I might write in explicit detail about the process, and how it could benefit any college team. But for now, this post is covering the top performers in the adidas 3SSB 16U league this past summer, and highlighting interesting observations purely from a statistical perspective. Is this ideal? No, in fact I just wrote about why that is the case. But when there are so many players to consider, and time is super valuable (specifically for college staffs), this is better than sitting down, watching way too much film, and travelling to all of these events. Using these stats should be the first pass for any coaching staff, and would save them so much time by preventing them from chasing down bad intel, and wasting time watching film trying to find a guy that pops that no one else sees.

Carson Scholl has the highest offensive BPM rating in the entire division at 7.6. He is a negative in defensive BPM and that appears to be due to his poor rebounding rates and teammates. Ohio Buckets players own three of the four worst defensive ratings in the top 40, which reads as a team identity rather than three coincidences. I think Miami (OH) might have gotten a steal here though. He self-reports himself as being 6’8”, so he is not some 7 footer just camping in the paint and taking advantage of his physical profile difference. Carson is an excellent jump shooter who’s career EYBL/EYCL shooting splits are 60/40/87⁴. In the EYCL this year he was in the 60/40/90 club.

Jonathan White Jr. is the best pure offensive player here: 24.1 ppg, 5.3 apg, a 3.16 assist-to-turnover ratio and 92nd percentile shooting on 92nd percentile usage. Fifth overall because his defense is merely good rather than elite. Like Morell, a tad undersized at 5’11”.

Asa Montgomery led the division in scoring at 27.9 ppg with 10.2 rpgs on 88th percentile shooting, and ranks 27th. Nothing about him is bad, his defense is just ordinary.

Zach Graves used 42.6% of his team's possessions, the highest rate in the division, and shot in the 48th percentile doing it. Seventh anyway, which tells you how much raw creation is worth even at league-average efficiency.