Vinicius Da Silva

Brazilian big man recently returned to Europe and is looking to rebuild his stock in Czech academy after somewhat unsuccesful and pre mature comeback to his motherland. Supersized big thrives as a rim protector which is understandable by simple eye test but he also surprisingly seems switchable enough for European standards thanks to tremendous mobility for that height. Anyways you could hope he is more ahead for someone who spent couple years in arguably the best development system especially regarding how extremely humble and determined he is. There is still a chance he eventually lands a spot as a defensive specialist on high European level but Vinicius unfortunately may also turn out to be too limited to achieve it. His touch was never really promising but what’s more concerning is a big problem with catching (even good) passes. Unskilled center with his profile simply must be reliable finisher to be playable. He needs to gain more strength too. Australian NBL opportunity would be fantastic booster if he can compete against such level of physicality.

Brazilian center improved basically every major aspect of basketball craft, starting from strength, through touch, all the way to the tactical knowledge. Standing at 7 feet with 7’2 wingspan and rather light feet, Vinicius shows promising mobility especially in hedging on defensive end. Offensively he is still raw and mostly tries to maximize his presence by taking rim protector, rebounder & finisher role on the court. However best thing about Da Silva may be his attitude. He looks extremely determined, plays with blue collar mentality and is very valuable teammate. Always focused, committed to work, very coachable and without much ego. He is still lanky, can’t really produce his own offense or shot but has rather good hands and seems teachable overall. Badalona’s center still has ways to go but with his motivation and development pace he is not out of chances to even become one day the next Brazilian big in the NBA. Even if it doesn’t happen he can clearly find himself a niche on high ACB level for years. But it all starts from maintaining his grinder approach, filling out the frame and being given solid minutes for Prat in Leb Gold since next season the latest.

Vinicius recently joined the team in the Center role so it’s been short period but still has shown quite good adaptation.

He has been playing basketball for not a long time, so he still has room to improve.

Long skinny body still to develop but shows some good instinct to defend and intimidate. His shooting is not bad at all. He displayed some good offensive moves and aggressiveness around the rim.