Age

Height

6'7''

Weight

205

Workload

MIN%

61

USG%

15

TS%

51

Per 70 Possession Stats

PTS

10.1

REB

5.2

AST

1.1

STL

1.1

BLK

0.6

TOV

1.8

Efficiency

RIM FG%

64

MID FG%

19

3PT FG%

35

FT%

29

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Report by: Dennis Janßen

Kam'Ron Blue

Forward Coppin State

Athletic shooter with size on wing

Age

Height

6'7''

Weight

205

Per 70 Possession Stats

PTS

10.1

REB

5.2

AST

1.1

STL

1.1

BLK

0.6

Positions Defended

Offensive Role

 

Defensive Role

   

Meet Kam’Ron Blue.

First, in his own words:

Kam’Ron Blue, a redshirt senior from Greenville S.C., is a 6-7 wing who played for Coppin State in the 2022-23 season. Before that, he was at Daytona State in junior college for two seasons, then a season at Mississippi Valley State, another at Fordham. 

Offense

At Coppin State, Kam’s usage was cut down to mostly being a spacer and cutter. In the games I watched, Coppin played with almost exclusively a 5-out offense with minimal player movement. 

Kam’s main usage came from spotting up behind the line. He converted 35% on his 139 three point attempts this season – mostly in catch and shoot situations. He looked really confident in his shot, rarely influenced even by back-to-back misses, a positive indicator. Against most closeouts, he was able to just shoot over or do the old pump fake / fly by combo to create enough room to shoot. Over his collegiate career, he was a 32% 3PT shooter on 284 attempts. In junior college, he went 65-178 3PA (36.5%) which is another positive indicator in regard to his shooting numbers being sustainable. You can question the portability of the 3-point numbers to a certain extent, but when it comes to free-throw shooting, Kam has a really positive history being a reliable guy at the line, hitting 81% of his 67 free-throw attempts in junior college. In division I, his percentage dropped to 46% on just 48 attempts in his three seasons. Both numbers are possibly too loud to be true, but I see no reason why he couldn’t be at least an average free throw shooter with a more reliable sample. 

I think there could be an underlying ability to at least attack closeouts over the long term. Every now and then he flashes solid straight line drives and got to show his strong vertical ability. In transition, he is able to attack in a more open space with and without the ball and pressure the rim.  Kam’Ron is a pretty solid athlete overall and showed flashes making quick decisions and attacking gaps directly off the catch in a few occasions in his career high 34-point outburst. However, the spatial awareness and decision making process needs a bit of work, as he found himself too often in gaps his ball handler was about to drive into, took his own defender into a better help position because he left his stationary spot up or wasn’t able to create a passing angle. On the other hand, there are moments where Kam looks like a devastating cutter, slicing the defense with well-timed backdoor cuts or occupying the dunker spot and finishing strong with his vertical presence. For being mainly tasked to be a spot up guy with overall limited offensive usage, the 16 dunks in 32 games are a pretty good indicator of his functional athleticism. 

At Coppin, it seems to have not been his role to attack off the catch and make decisions as he looked more to take one or two dribbles and quickly pass out instead of using his slashing ability to get to the rim. Speaking of rim pressure, according to bart torvik, he finished 63% of his attempts at the rim on 44 rim attempts which is a good sign for someone with a rather limited usage overall. Even in potential grab and go situations, it seems like the emphasis is more on a controlled buildup in the halfcourt than push the tempo – as Kam rarely was allowed to bring the ball up after grabbing the rebound, even with a good amount of space ahead of him. Overall, it looks like he was dutied to be almost exclusively a play finisher without much decision making tasks. 

Defense

On the defensive end, Kam mostly was deployed on top of the zone in the games I watched, occasionally moving to the wing or middle making rotations or switching. As a point of attack guy, I like how well he uses his length and overall horizontal movement to stay in front of the ball handler and make solid recoveries into position. He took effort in communicating with his teammates and overall showed a good feel for rotations and a willingness to defend even on multiple efforts within a possession. The results are then often negative as far as Kam making an impact on the finishing play. On the processing side of things, Kam sometimes looks to be a bit too slow recognizing rotations and switches which could hurt him playing in a higher level environment. 

Overall

It’s hard to get the full picture of Kam’Ron as a prospect. He played with an extremely short leash and very limited decision making capability on offense. The overall package of size, athleticism and shooting indicators are really intriguing. The range of outcomes depends on how good he will become as a modern three and D wing – blending shooting with connective skills like closeout attacking with his driving game and some passing to keep the advantage alive, and how good he becomes at the nuances of the aforementioned skills. 

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