NLSC Basketball Profiles

Name: Thomas Butler
Height: 6'0" - 6'1" (185cm ish)
Weight: 210lbs (96kg)
Age: 18
Location: New Zealand
Preferred Position: PG
Playing Position: SF/PF (Im in a real small team)
Experience: 13 (Well I have played organised basketball since I was 5 so)
Favourite NBA Player: Jason Kidd, Tracy McGrady
Realistic NBA Comparison (and why): Manu Ginobili, good at slashing and drawing the fouls.

Strengths: Soft hands, good slashing, inside scorer, defence, passing
Weaknesses: Speed, somewheat streaky shooter

Favourite move you can do: Lay-up with the foul on a fast break (normally 2 or 3 of those a game)

Favourite move you've done once: Um Dr J up and under the basket lay-up thing

Favourite place to shoot: Corner 3pt, or knuckle

Biggest shot you've made: 3 pointer to win (not really a big scorer, rather pass)

Best game you've played: 18 pts, 8 rbs, 8 ass, 3 blks, 2 steals

Most satisfying moment: Getting that score line above on my old school team that never played me cause I was never "good enough"

Most shameful moment: Fouling a 3pt shooter twice in one game

Most regretted moment: Um this happens all the time, getting into the refs bad books... Im like Sheed, refs are haters.

Most painful moment: In practice 3 days before a national tourney. I landed on a team mates foot, sprained my right ankle and twisted my knee...

Basketball goals for the future: Probably loose a little bit of weight and work on my ball handling, hopefully play for the local pro club team one day...

[EDIT]
Go to move: Up and under / step back fade away on the low block...
Hot spots: low block, and 3 ft beyond the 3pt line in the middle

Last edited by therealthomasbutler on Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Name: Sebastián
Height: 5´6´
Weight: 75 Kgs (Not sure bout pounds)
Age: 20
Location: Buenos Aires

Preferred Position: SG
Playing Position: SG
Experience: Rookie
Favourite NBA Player: Rasheed Wallace
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Antonio McDyess I shot the base line like him.

Strengths: Stealing, passing
Weaknesses: Height, quickness

Favourite move you can do: get the pick and roll go to the basket and lay it up.

Favourite move you've done once: Reverse layup.

Favourite place to shoot: Base Line. 3PT shot anywhere

Biggest shot you've made: Making the last point for the win. with 3 players on me. I dont know how I did it but it was good.

Best game you've played: 7 steals 3 rebounds 6 points 2 asissts.

Most satisfying moment: Every time I play...no matter if we lose

Most shameful moment: Made a bad pass to another player (opponent player) and loss the game because of it. I wanted to be buried alive.

Most regretted moment: I have no regratte.

Most painful moment: 2 injuries in my both thumbs 2 months out for one then 3 months for another.(Time between each injury 2 weeks= 2 games.)

Basketball Goals for the future: Try to stack whit the team and win the most games we can. Emerge as a great player.

Name: Mike
Height: 5´5´
Weight: 125 lb
Age: 14
Location: long island NY

Preferred Position: PG
Playing Position: G
Experience: Rookie
Favourite NBA Player: tj ford
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): tj ford because im very quick and drive to the hoop really well, but long range shooting is ehhh and im short.

Strengths: textbook d, quickness, driving
Weaknesses: height, blocking shots, decision making under pressure, 3pt shooting

Favourite move you can do: drive and get the defender moving back then pull of quickly and nail the jumper in his face

Favourite move you've done once: 540 layup, and 1

Favourite place to shoot: pullup from elbow

Biggest shot you've made: 3 pointer with 7 seconds to win, made a steal on defense in last 7 seconds

Best game you've played: 32 points, 8 steals, 14 rebounds

Most satisfying moment: blocking a 6'1 dickhead's shot

Most shameful moment: 8 turnovers in one half....

Most regretted moment: no significgant ones...

Most painful moment: dont really get hurt in basketball, just sprained my knee on a landing once.

Basketball Goals for the future: make better decisions under pressure, play varsity 2 years

Name: Jared
Height: 6'0
Weight: 145 lbs
Age: 16
Location: H-Town Houston TX
Favorite NBA Player(s)/: Kobe Bryant, Vernon Maxwell, and Manu Ginobili
Realistic NBA Comparison(and why): really, I'm a mix of Kobe Bryant and Manu Ginobili. Im right handed but I can hit the fadeaway and i have odd angles at the basket when i drive and im told that im a freak wen i drive in the paint
Preffered Position: SG/SF
Playing Position: SF/PF(Hate It)
Experience: 14 years(playing organized since i was 2)

Strength: Mid-Range/3 point shot, fadeaway, consistent playmaker (5 ast a game), able to score with contact, Gutsy player, athletic defender, above average conditioning, has weird yet successful angles at the basket while driving.

Weaknesses: Injury-prone, lacks a large arsenal of moves, at times is inconsistent with mid range shot, lacks real quickness, streaky scorer


Favorite Move you can Do: Fadeaway posting up on a defender/ pump fake and get them in the air.

Favorite Move you did 1nce: Behind the back no-look pass to a teammate

Favorite Place to shoot: anywhere on the Right side

Biggest shot you've hit: Hit a game-tying 3 double teamed in the last game of the season in 8th grade to send us to overtime. we won the game and made the playoffs .

Best Game you've played: 38 points, 10 assists, 6 steals, 6 rebounds, 6/6 3 point range

Worst game you've played: 12 points 3/16 shooting, 6/10 freethrow line, 0/4 3 point range, 8 assists, got thrown out in the 4th quarter 4 arguing a call.

Most satisfying moment: whenever I make the player im defending frustrated because he can't score.

Most shameful moment: Air-balling a 3 with 12 seconds left in the playoffs in 7th grade.


Most regretted moment: not passing the ball in the 4th quarter of a playoff game

Most painful moment: dislocating my shoulder in 8th grade

Goals for the Future: work on my ballhandling, 3 point shot, get more muscular, try to help our team make the playoffs, get known, emerge as a leader and a star player, get noticed by a college

Time to update mine:

Name: Ivan
Height: 184 cm/ 6'1"
Weight: 66 kg/ 145 lbs
Age: 15
Location: Denver

Preferred Position: SF
Playing Position: F
Experience: About 5-6 years now.
Favorite NBA Player: Carmelo Anthony, Linas Kleiza
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Rashard Lewis. I'm a solid perimeter shooter, got some posting up skills and can drive to the basket sometimes.

Strengths: shooting, inside game, posting up, good defender if the guy isn't very quick
Weaknesses: dribbling, passing out of double team, not very big weight-wise.

Favorite move you can do: an under hook shot, away from the defender during a lay-up

Favorite move you've done once: 450 lay up

Favorite place to shoot: Around the FT line, the corners of the FT line, 3 pointers from the elbow

Biggest shot you've made: made an and 1 lay-up with 3 seconds to go in 4th quarter, made the FT, the other team shot it from half court and it bounced off the rim.

Best game you've played: 24 points, 5 of 7 3 PT, 7 boards and 3 assists

Most satisfying moment: winning the silver crown league in the last game, when our main guy rolled an ankle, I put in around 18 that game I think.

Most shameful moment: I went for a lay-up and when I saw the opposite teams Center trying to block me I tried to switch the ball to right hand, but I didn't catch it and it looked like I blocked my own shot.

Most regretted moment: taking bad shots that you know won't go in are always regretted.

Most painful moment: rolled my ankle while playing soccer actually.

Basketball Goals for the future: just stay in shape, keep playing in some leagues.

a few things to add to the list?

-What is your go-to move?

-where are your Hot Zones?

a few things to add to the list?

-What is your go-to move?

-where are your Hot Zones?

Go-to Move(s): Right side fadeaway, 3-pointer top of the key