Post by jhb on Jun 15, 2021 10:12:15 GMT -5
Detlef Schrempf
SF
6'10"
235
22
Washington
A former Bayern Leverkeusen Youth Academy star who immigrated to America as a high school senior and became a PNW legend, Schrempf comes to TMBSL after winning a state title his only high school season and then leading the Washington Huskies to two Pac-10 titles and three postseason appearances with a trip to the Sweet 16 in his junior year. He was an All-Pac-10 1st Team performer and a 2nd Team All-American and one of the very best all-time in University of Washington history.
Schrempf possesses elite size and length for a wing, coming in at 6'10". His history in the Euroleague youth system is evident as he's a highly skilled player. He's a good passer of the basketball and possesses an adequate handle for a player of his size who will likely handle the ball quite a bit on a perimeter. He's a solid jump shooter with very clean mechanics and he has shown the ability to extend the range on his jumper out to TMBSL 3pt range (despite not having the benefit of a 3pt line in college). His size creates mismatches when he ventures into the paint and he possesses a very high level of skill and fundamentals both in his face-up game from the mid-range and with his back to the basket. He greatly improved his touch around the rim over his time at UW and by the time he was a senior, made over 55% of his attempts from the field despite taking a fair amount of mid-range to distance jumpers. He does a good job of absorbing contact and still finishing at the rim and if he's fouled, he'll generally do a good job of making his free throws.
Defensively, Schrempf isn't much of a factor. He possesses fair quickness and explosiveness for a man of his height, but he just appears to not really put it together and maintain focus from time to time as a team defender on the perimeter. He would make more sense as a 4 with his size but he just doesn't seem to have the mentality to want to bang in the post as he's more of a finesse player. He makes up for some of that by getting a fair share of rebounds with his length and quickness. He possessed the unique honor of being one of the few perimeter players in college basketball to play significant minutes and somehow record more blocks than steals (but this had more to do with him being really bad at recording steals than being good at blocking shots).
Schrempf is pretty well-coached and developed but he showed great progress in his time at college and has a great work ethic. With his elite size and skill, he may be able to continue to improve his first several years in the league.
