Vernis Hill

Strengths: A wildly erratic off guard who can put up points in a hurry and go off for explosive scoring nights...Likes to take responsibility with the ball in his hands, a confident shooter who gets into a shooting groove easily and does not get mentally rattled...Smooth ballhandling skills. Breaks down defenders at ease and like most scorers, his offense is unpredictable. Back down and he will drill the shot. Stay in his grill and he will utilize an explosive first step and take you to the basket. Continue to pester him he will cross over as many times necessary and drill the shot...Offensive game is so methodical and comes so naturally to him, and when he's on, the shot doesn't even graze the net, a thing of beauty...Shoots both spot-up and off-the-dribble well....Athletic. Not a super athletic freak, but has great body control, a good first step to get to the basket, and a flair for the creativity to finish around the basket...Has adeptly played PG at parts of this year, distributing the ball off drive-and-dishes decently and passing the ball within the offense well when he puts his mind to it...Same athleticism used in defense. Extremely quick feet movement, pesters his man and keeps an appropriate distance between his man, avoiding fouls while playing generally decent stay-on-your-feet defense...Puts in effort and doesn't disappear within games like most other players, will keep shooting with confidence even if he is cold...Strong leader....

Weaknesses: Wildly erratic, as stated in the first part of this report. His unpredictably is as much a strength as it is a weakness. Limits turnovers, but often draws double teams and doesn't respond well to them, often running into brick walls and putting himself into a bad passing/shooting position on the court...Court awareness is generally limited to the basket, he is very focused on that to the point he isn't aware of his teammates or even the other defenders...Never met a shot he did not like, although that his improving with his grasp of the team concept...Likes to dribble and dribble and dribble some more. He has the ball in his hands for most of the shot clock...Doesn't get to the free throw line as much as one would think (3.5 times a game)...Undersized SG with a weak body. Limited PG skills, needs to improve this part of his game to develop into at least a combo guard...Speed on defense makes up for his weight, but he can still get abused by stockier PGs and needs to add at least 20 lbs....Extremely streaky shooter with hot or cold nights. Very unpredictable and is responsible for most of his team's wins and losses, hasn't won much as well...Overconfidence can be mistaken with cockiness at times, teammates have been up-and-down with his personality...