BrandonClayScouting.com: Player Card – Chris Giles

Class of 2017 guard Chris Giles of Plano Texas, separated himself as one of the nation’s premier scorers in our evaluations. Photo cred – Jon Lopez/Nike

Chris Giles (Plano, Texas.), Texas Select/ Plano West – 2017
Height: 6’3″
Position: Point Guard
Committed College: Undecided
Star Grade:

 By: @JLHemingwayPSB & @BrandonClayPSB

Date: October 3, 2014
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: USA Basketball Mini-Camp (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Giles is a terrific scorer of the basketball. He puts the ball on the deck hard to score. He can muscle his way to the rim through defenders. At the same time he has range to the arc. Impressively, he even showed a great kill zone floater while in traffic.

Date: May 25, 2014
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: USA Basketball U17 Trials (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

This was a much more intimate setting for Giles to show his complete skill set. He made the open 3-pointer and attacked the rim in a way that drew comparisons to Allonzo Trier (Arizona verbal). Giles showed the floor vision to play the point at a high level coupled with the explosiveness and skill needed to score the ball as well. We upgraded him from a 4-plus to a 5-star.

Date: June 14, 2014
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: Nike Elite 100 Camp (St. Louis, Mo.)

Giles played the point guard position throughout camp showing himself to be a skilled option capable of pushing the rock in transition. He’s a good athlete with a strong frame. A right-handed shooter, he a couple of mid range jump shots but we didn’t see him connect from beyond the arc.

Date: May 17, 2014
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: Nike EYBL (Hampton, Va.)

Giles is a young kid playing with the big boys this weekend. He played his role. He never did too much, but he did not wow with any particular skill either. He defended toughly and projects to be a solid guard option.

Highlights of Giles complements of TexasHoops Television

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Brandon Clay is the Executive Camp Director of the Elite Basketball Academy and the owner of Brandon Clay Scouting. Clay is also the owner of Peach State Basketball, Inc., and serves on the Naismith Trophy Men’s / Women’s College Player of the Year Academy and the HS Boys / Girls All-American Team Board of Selectors. He is also the Director of Scouting for the OTRHoopsReport.com National Scouting Report. Clay has been involved in the community since 2001. You can reach him at [email protected]

Jonathan Hemingway is a National Evaluator for the OTRHoopsReport. Hemingway serves on the Board of Selectors for the Naismith Trophy. also He is also the publisher of CoachHemi.com. He has been involved in the community since 1996 as a coach, camp director and evaluator. You can reach him via email at [email protected] and follow him on  twitter @JLHemingwayPSB