Kostja Mushidi (2017-Undrafted)

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Position: PG/SG Birthday: 18.06.1998
Height:  196cm / 6’5” Weight: 93kg/205lbs

Strengths:

Kostja is having good  physical profile. He has excellent frame long arms and big hands. He is a good  athlete , that can play above the rim once he attacks close outs. Posses solid speed  in open court. Kostja is definition of  combo guard. Can easily play as PG and SG. Has good speed and quick first step. Attack close outs and can finish in traffic. Posses great scoring instincts in ISO game. Shifty in transition and can play coast to coast. Likes to search for contact while attacking the basket.Huge defensive upside. Thanks to good physical tools can guard anyone from PG to PF position. Has potential to become lock down defender.

Weaknesses: 

Not a smooth shooter but posses natural scoring instincts. Streaky shooter one he is hot can be dangerous behind the arc. Anyhow not the most consistent shooter both in catch&shoot and pull up situations. Can create his own shoot but as mentioned before lacks shooting consistency. Sometimes can have trouble finishing around the rim once he is defended by stronger defender. Can be very careless with the ball and have poor decision making. On last FIBA U20 averaged 1.9 TO’s on 15 minutes playing time. Can lack his defensive focus since he can lose it form time to time.

Miscellaneous:

Born in Belgium but grow up in Germany . Father from France mother is from the Congo. Selected as MVP on Albert Sweitzer tournament where he was leading Germany to the first place. This summer also played for German U20 national team even he was two years younger then the competition.

Overall Rating:

One of the top European guards in his generation. Has huge playing experience despite he is only 18 years old. If improve his shooting can go all up to NBA level.

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