BrandonClayScouting.com: Prospect Eval – Jaylen Fisher – May 13, 2015

Class of 2016 point guard Jalen Fisher is a dynamic handler and passer. Read why he is a sought after prospect here. Photo cred – Jon de Pas

By: @JLHemingwayPSB & @BrandonClayPSB

Jaylen Fisher – (Millington, Tenn.), Team Thad – 2016
Height: 6′
Position: Point Guard
Committed College: UNLV
Star Grade:

Date: June 18, 2015
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: NBPA Top 100 Camp (Charlottesville, Va.)

Fisher is a point guard who is a true distributor. He is willing to get the ball to his teammates, while at the same time being able to score when the situation dictates. His release is clean and he is able to get his jumper off around the ball screen.

Date: June 18, 2015
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: NBPA Top 100 Camp (Charlottesville, Va.)

Fisher is a left-handed dominant point guard with the bounce but a right-handed shooter. He had a great weekend attacking whoever was in his way. Fisher’s ability to push the tempo of the floor was noteworthy. He scored from the outside but isn’t a specialist in that way based on this eval.

Date: June 19, 2014
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: NBPA Top 100 Camp (Charlottesville, Va.)

Fisher handled the ball well at the point guard spot. He’s smooth and made a nice split on the pick and roll to get into the lane. He was more of a distributor here than anything else. Fisher didn’t shoot the ball here as well as he did in Shun’s eval below.

Date: June 18, 2014
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: NBPA Top 100 Camp (Charlottesville, Va.)

Fisher is a great distributror of the basketball. He has great vision to set up his teammates in perfect places. He is pretty quick both with the ball in his hands on the defensive end. He anticipates the play, which allows him to make plays that he would otherwise be unable to make. Fisher will make jumpers. He will take them. However, he has a hitch in his release which will ultimately prevent him from being a knockdown shooter.

Date: May 17, 2014
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: Under Armour Invitational (Houston, Texas)

Fisher played off the ball mainly playing alongside Naba Echols (TN-15). Given his size and style of play, I see Fisher as a primary ball handler at the level so this eval is incomplete.

Date: May 4, 2014
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: Bob Gibbons (Suwanee, Ga.)

Fisher is a supreme ball handler and keeps the ball on the string. He can get to where ever he wants to go with the ball in his hands. He is a willing passer and does a great job of setting up his teammates.

Date: April 12, 2014
Evaluator: Shun Williams
Location: KnoxVegas (Knoxville, Tenn.)

Fisher impressed with his speed and quickness in the open court and ability to beat his defender off the dribble. His first step is a blur and he can be at the rim scoring with a pull up jumper or finish strong through contact. Fisher uses a variety of dribble moves to get into the lane. He displayed a mid-range game that included a pull up jumper going to his left. Court vision is another asset of Fisher. He can find an open teammate with ease as he penetrates and draws two or three defenders. He is an above average shooter with range that extends beyond the three point line

Highlights of Fisher courtesy of Courtside Films

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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