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Darius Garland (Nashville, Tenn.), Brentwood Academy / Bradley Beal Elite
Height: 6′
Position: Point Guard
Committed College: Vanderbilt
Star Grade:
By: @JLHemingwayPSB & @BrandonClayPSB
BrandonClayScouting.com Player Evaluations
Date: October 12, 2017
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: USA Basketball Mini-Camp (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Garland was fantastic in a matchup against Jahvon Quinerly. Garland is slick with the handle, made a tough 15 foot shot over the outstretched arms of James Wiseman and shot the 3-pointer here. Garland elevates to finish around the rim the way Tyus Jones did here years ago.
Date: May 17, 2017
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: EYBL Session III (Cartersville, Ga.)
Garland has established himself as one of the top 3-5 PGs in the land nationally. Some even have him as the top PG. He is a super quick play maker who can get his shot off quickly. He is very good at getting into the lane to make plays for others. He is averaging 17 points per game and 4.4 assists as well. He is shooting over 50% from the field. If there is a case to be made against Garland is that he plays the game at one speed – fast and quick. There is something to be said about mixing up your pace and moving slow then fast. That said Garland plays the game at a high level and efficiently at the speed he plays at.
Date: May 24, 2016
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: EYBL Session IV (Suwanee, Ga.)
Garland has stretched out to 6-feet tall and has the juice to get to the bucket consistently. He is more of a score first PG at the moment as he scored 14 points and only averaged 2.5 assists per game. He projects to be a top 5 player at his position in next year’s class.
Date: May 24, 2016
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: EYBL Session IV (Suwanee, Ga.)
Garland jumped on the Eagles roster mid stream without missing a beat. He’s putting up the numbers and still has another season of 17u EYBL eligibility: 13.2 points, 2.7 assists on 83 percent from the line and 39 percent from beyond the arc in 9 EYBl league games. He outplayed Trae Young in this one with an efficient performance: 11 points, 3 assists and a single turnover.
Date: October 4, 2015
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: USA Basketball Mini-Camp (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Garland was solid here again elevating himself to borderline 5-star status despite his smaller frame. He reminds me of UCLA verbal Jaylen Hands of Calif. Garland can stick the open jumper, handle in transition and get the half court offense going as well.
Date: May 28 2015
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: USA Basketball U16 Trials (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Garland is a distributing point guard who in a lot of ways size wise of Derryck Thornton. He got rolling on Friday making plays off of the bounce in transition. A right-handed shooter, Garland hit the 3-pointer here while also getting off a tough left-handed floater in the lane.
Date: October 3, 2014
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: USA Basketball Mini-Camp (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Garland puts me in the mind of Jared Harper (GA-16) in that he is a productive, smaller guard. He shot the ball exceptionally well when he got clean looks at the rim. He also exhibited a quick handle to set up his teammates off of the pass.
Date: October 3, 2014
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: USA Basketball Mini-Camp (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Garland is a smaller guard but his skill reminds me of Jaylen Hands (CA) in the class ahead of him. Garland is skilled enough to consistently hit the right-hand floater and also knock down the open 3-pointer as well.
Highlights of Garland courtesy of Inside the Hall
Class of 2018 Darius Garland of Nashville, Tenn., is one of the most complete point guards nationally. (Photo by Jon Lopez)
Brandon Clay is the owner of Peach State Basketball, Inc., and BrandonClayScouting.com. He serves as the Executive Camp Director for the Elite Basketball Academy Camps. Clay is a McDonald’s All-American Game Selection Committee member. He also votes on the Naismith Trophy Men’s / Women’s College Player of the Year Academy and is the HS Boys / Girls All-American Team Board of Selectors Chairperson. He has been involved in the community since 2001. You can reach Clay 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
