Walt Kelser

INTRODUCTION: Former at Ferris State Bulldog in NCAA Div. 2 where he was named for 3 years in the first team of conference GLIAC (from 2020 to 2022). Spend his first pro season as 6th man (19 times started from the bench) in Sweden with Sodetalje and grabbed the last place for local play-offs.  

PHYSICAL: Rather small but with really important speed and explosiveness. Agile, fast and able to run away with a first step, he can encounter difficulties in traffic or in static plays situations where lack of physicality pays off. 

OFFENSIVE PHASE: In the open court situations it is difficult to limit. He doesn’t have great reads against defense positions and if limited he can take advantage of the pick and roll or his ability in isolation: whether it’s going to the basket or shooting from well beyond the three-point line for him it changes relatively little, the scorer instinct in a right day makes him unstoppable and in his 7th professional match in Sweden he scored 45 with 7/11 from 3 points. Skilled at playing off the ball next to a couple of more physical teammates with good at dictating the rhythms, he can get more excited.

DEFENSIVE PHASE: Fast hands and good timing for the steal (1.1 at game). He can put a lot of pressure on the ball handler while in mismatch situations he is in great trouble. In his first season as a pro he showed a certain difficulty in managing himself suffering several whistles against (3.2 with 7 fouled out matches). Very reactive and manages to grab rebounds to go on the break.

IMPROVED AREAS: He can have interesting margins of improvement, he must be able to better manage situations in attack and learn to read defensive choices better. Selection shooting can be improved with limiting hero moments. In defense pay more attention to fouls and maybe look less for the steal that generates some avoidable whistles. Overall he can be a very exciting player with interesting numbers in the 40′.

PRO 

• Shooting range and three points average
• Scorer of the dribble, great first step
• Handler

CONS 

• Physicality 
• Selection shooting
• Defense and managing fouls

STATS

Match	32
Points	12.6
Rebounds	2.4
Assist	1.8
From field	43.1%
3P	40.6%
Free throws	77.6%
Minutes	25.7

Partite Giocate	31
Media Punti	18.9
Media Rimbalzi	3.6
Media Assist	3.3
T2%	45.4
T3%	35.4
TL%	78.8
Media minuti	30.1