Matthias Tass

Saint Mary's

Position: Big

Nationality: Estonia

#22

Of 1999 Generation

Born: 23.03.1999

Height: 208cm - 6’10’’

PREDRAFT MEASUREMENTS

Evaluating 2018 Saint Mary's commit - Matthias Tass
Bronisław Wawrzyńczuk
September 27, 2017
Yesterday Saint Mary’s got a commitment from Estonian 2018 Center Matthias Tass. He officially visited the Gaels campus last week after taking the trip to Georgia Tech. Other notable schools that were in the mix regarding his recruitment were: Stanford, Purdue, Texas Tech, St. John’s and University of Utah.

Tass was closely watched by Saint Mary’s assistant coach who was present in Tallinn for FIBA U18 European Championship. Matthias helped his country to secure promotion to Division A in his hometown while averaging 11.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.

During his career Tass spent one year in Limoges, France and played three games in VTB last season. He also drawn serious interest from Zalgiris Kaunas few months ago but ultimately remained on college route.

Estonian front court player is highly skilled big man with great basketball IQ and some oldschool flavour to his game. He stands out thanks to highly advanced passing ability which allow him to share the ball from the low post with perfect angle and timing. He sets the right screens and is very smart rebounder who can tip the ball for himself and never misses box outs. Tass shows also willingness to battle for the position around the paint and plays on very good field goal percentage. He has reliable mid range jumper and he keeps making strides towards extending his stretching ability all the way to the three point line. On the other hand he is not an athletic type of player but somehow his mobility can be described as decent regarding the weight. However he will definitely have to push his limits to become reliable defender on the perimeter.

To sum up Matthias apart from being very good student is extremely well rounded player at this stage of development. He brings to the table excellent fundamentals and court vision but he possess good not great size & average athletic abilities.

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Evaluation 1999-2001
Modernet Studio
February 11, 2017

STRENGHTS WEAKNESSESS
  • good mobility for a player his size and weight. Quite coordinated, runs well end-to-end
  • decent strength. Holds position well in the post and gets inside the paint. Good at executing advantages in this area
  • can occassionaly start the fast break after rebound
  • really good passer for a position. Possess solid court vision. Makes quick decisions after catch
  • impressive rebounding instincts. Can tip the ball, uses body to clear space
  • very good and willing screener
  • good defensive effort to contest the shoots in the paint. Has no fear in banging in the post
  • acceptable but not the most efficient finisher. Can miss some easy attempts
  • makes effort to be creative with footwork and moves in the post but to no avail so far against bigger centers. Tries difficult long distance jump-hooks at times
  • undersized for a Center position. Dangerous mostly as a passer while stretching the floor. Needs to add range to his decent-looking shot
  • gives too much room for outside shots defensivel
OUTLOOK
Tass is a Tallin native who spent one year of high school in France playing for Limoges. He is a player with good IQ who can be very productive offensively but is definitely a team first type of guy. Lack of great size can limit his potential among big man in the professional basketball. The key to succeed on the high level for Matthias is developing his outside game to be able to contribute more as a Power Forward. He has a tools to fit this position in modern style especially with improved explosiveness.

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League / TeamGMINPTS2%FG3%FG%FTRDRORTASSTTOBFvFCmEff
FIBA U18 2017
Estonia		825.211.460.0%33.3%59.1%6.42.08.42.51.32.32.62.019.0
Alexela KML 16/17
BC Kalev/Cramo		1311.54.957.1%20.0%76.5%1.60.82.40.70.00.90.51.74.8

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