Time to break down two red teams that are staples in college basketball. Louisville made it to the Round of 32 this year. It was a disappointing year, but the injuries to Mikel Brown impacted their season. With Indiana, they just disappointed. Not much else to it. Let’s break down their prospects.
(Note: This was written a couple months ago. Just reuploaded)
Mikel Brown Jr.
Louisville Athletics
Mikel Brown burst onto the scene early in the cycle at the FIBA U19s, where he was the best player on the team, which included someone named AJ Dybantsa. You saw the potential for him to be an athletic, lethal scoring guard who can really run the pick and roll. This season at Louisville, you saw flashes of it, but it wasn’t consistent. The process has been good this year when you watch the film; the shot just didn’t go in this year, and he had injuries.
Scouting Report
On Drives: 30/47 = 63.8%
On Layups: 35/57 = 61.4%
On Pullups: 17/40 = 42.5%
On Dunks: 10/12 = 83.3%
So while Mikel finished well around the rim, he didn’t really get to the rim that much. As you can see from the shot chart, it is very reliant on hitting 3s right now, and he needs to hit more of those shots to really be able to make his mark. He needs to get stronger for both his ability to get to the rim and on defense. Once he does, he could be a real threat as a scorer.
Honestly, this query doesn’t really accurately represent who he is as a prospect. A reason for that is because Mikel has had such a weird year. If he continues to shoot like this, then it could get pretty dicey, but if he really starts to improve the efficiency, we could really be rocking. Something to think about here as well, which I haven’t really been able to figure out yet: Is he like Tyrese Maxey, where the process looks good but the shot hasn’t been good? I honestly can’t rule it out. Also, he only has one offensive rebound on the year which isn’t ideal.