Armel Traore

Armel is a versatile wing who plays with a lot of effort and has an impressive defensive upside. Not afraid of physical contact, has a good body with muscle already outlined on the frame that will fill in nicely over time. Usually delegated to guard the best players on the opposing team, was doing a fair job of making their life difficult, cutting them off the ball, but clearly wasn’t always able to keep up when guarding smaller/faster opponents. Also having trouble when going through screens and recovering back, but always played and contested until the end. On the other end, was shooting from the spot with success, penetrating the defense with a comfortable first step, finishing inside as well as being aggressive on the glass getting half of his rebounds on offense. Was also drawing fouls regularly driving to the basket and converted his opportunities on the line at the solid 70% rate. Finished the tournament with averages of 12.9pts, 5.4rebs and 1.7ast.