Class of 2023 Joseph "JP" Estrella (ME / Brewster) Portal from Tennessee

[Orangefan1]

This is true.

Very true

 

[Orangezoo]

In making the case for Estrella if healthy, one of the big things for me is the different sets you can run with him given his skillset. The work around the post in this tape shows me he can absolutely be a bucket getter. I do think he needs to get stronger and his health has to be something that isn’t an ongoing worry. I also think he can defend the rim better than he’s shown given he’s a decent athlete.

 

[Scotch]

In making the case for Estrella if healthy, one of the big things for me is the different sets you can run with him given his skillset. The work around the post in this tape shows me he can absolutely be a bucket getter. I do think he needs to get stronger and his health has to be something that isn’t an ongoing worry. I also think he can defend the rim better than he’s shown given he’s a decent athlete.

Wow, more athletic than I thought. Nice range on his shot too.

 

[Orangezoo]

Wow, more athletic than I thought. Nice range on his shot too.

I’m gonna stick with the team I laid out in the other thread with one more kid who is a shot blocker from maybe a smaller school as the ideal squad with Estrella and Wilkinson the big gets. I really think that team would play hard, have some alphas and space the floor well. Whether it’s doable with our budget is another matter.

To me you could sell both the big targets on the potential of the team, a packed dome and a team full of guys that want to win and will do all the small things to do so.

 

[721Comstock]

Wow, more athletic than I thought. Nice range on his shot too.

That jump hook is a weapon.

Also love that he dunks it A LOT.
Really active with putbacks at the rim.

Good vision too, gives up a good shot for a great one.

 

[phil77]

Wow, more athletic than I thought. Nice range on his shot too.

He is a really solid player been hurt with injuries. Not a massive block shot guy would be my knock from watching him play at Tennessee the last couple of years.

 

[granthath9]

He is a really solid player been hurt with injuries. Not a massive block shot guy would be my knock from watching him play at Tennessee the last couple of years.

Great take. Rick Barnes played him at the four quite a bit because he’s not a great shot blocker. Granted he had Felix Okpara to play at the five.

 

[007]

Great take. Rick Barnes played him at the four quite a bit because he’s not a great shot blocker. Granted he had Felix Okpara to play at the five.

The ability to play the 4 makes him even more intriguing. I like his offensive skill set at the 4 and the 5. The foot surgery that caused him to miss most of last season, and then soreness issues in the same foot at the end of this season is the downside risk here.

 

[phil77]

The ability to play the 4 makes him even more intriguing. I like his offensive skill set at the 4 and the 5. The foot surgery that caused him to miss most of last season, and then soreness issues in the same foot at the end of this season is the downside risk here.

Just need to bring in a bruiser type to play with him and provide some rim protection

 

[007]

Just need to bring in a bruiser type to play with him and provide some rim protection

Agree. It's relatively "easier," and maybe less expense, to find a 5 who is a rim protector with some limitations on offense.

 

[phil77]

Agree. It's relatively "easier," and maybe less expense, to find a 5 who is a rim protector with some limitations on offense.

Yup funny a player like Kyle would make a great front line pair with Estrella

 

[granthath9]

Yup funny a player like Kyle would make a great front line pair with Estrella

100%. Okpara and Will are very similar players.