TeamEBA Featured Player Evaluation: Griffin Dempsey

Griffin Dempsey is our TeamEBA Feature Player for Dec. 26, 2012. *Photo by Ty Freeman

Vitals

Name: Griffin Dempsey – Grad Year: 2014
Location: Proctorville, Ohio – School: St. Joseph
Current Position: Point Guard – Project Position – Point Guard

Strengths

Dempsey is one of those players, that because of her build, at 5 feet 6 inches, teams that don’t know better might overlook. And when that happens this is a kid that will give them the business. She’s got incredibly deep range and a quick trigger and what makes that strength so impressive is that she knows it. Her shot is slotted in the homework help statistics same spot each and every attempt and she elevates well to get that extra distance on her range, several feet behind the 3-point line. She’s also got some wiggle in her game and can break an ankle or two. She’s a threat playing with the ball or off the ball because she has a high fundamental skill set that allows her to make plays with the pass, with the catch and shoot or off the bounce.

Griffen Dempsey brings range and a high level of skill to the floor. *Photo by Ty Freeman

Areas To Improve

Dempsey really needs to get is write my essay safe stronger because teams that do their homework won’t give her free looks and won’t put a below average defender on her if they can help it. She needs to build that core strength to get separation from her denial defender and also to negate those instances where she has a real defensive stopper guarding her with the ball. She has all the intangibles so finding ways to make up for physical deficiencies against the elite competition is her next step.

The Bottom Line

This is a smart player who knows how to run a team, get open off a screen and once open can stick the jumper from high cost of college education essay anywhere in the gym. She plays with a small chip on her shoulder, giving her a little of that Kelsey Plum (2013-CA) edge. She will be an overachiever at the next level because teams will defend her against the three and that is when her skills and smarts make her the most valuable.

#PeachStateTV analyst @BrandonClayPSB talks about Griffin Dempsey’s game

Chris Hansen is the managing editor for Peach State Media. In addition to serving as a contributor to the JumpOffPlus.com National Scouting Report, Hansen also covered girls’ basketball and women’s college basketball prospects nationally for ESPN.com. A graduate of the help make essay University of Washington with a communications degree, he has been involved in the women’s basketball community since 1998 as a high school and club coach, trainer, evaluator and reporter. He is a member of the McDonald’s All-American team selection committee. He can be reached at [email protected].
Brandon Clay is the publisher of the JumpOffPlus.com and the owner of Peach State Basketball, Inc. The service is picked up by more than 200 colleges and universities nationwide. He serves as the Executive
Camp Director for the EBA All-American, Fab Five and Super 64 Camps. Clay has been involved in the community since 2001 as an evaluator, event operator and trainer. You can reach him at [email protected]