Jelani McCoy, UCLA

Name:	Jelani McCoy
College:	UCLA
Height:	6'10"
Weight:	240
Class:	Junior
Position:	Power Forward
Other Position:	Center
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Stats (Provided by JazzyJ)
G MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS 95-96 UCLA 31 921 138 204 0 0 40 92 214 76 28 62 102 18 316 96-97 UCLA 32 846 152 201 0 0 45 101 207 85 48 86 61 19 349 97-98 UCLA 15 319 57 95 0 0 35 67 107 30 13 34 25 7 149 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTALS 78 2086 347 500 0 0 120 260 528 191 89 182 188 44 814
MIN FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG TPG BPG SPG PPG 95-96 UCLA 29.7 67.6 0.0 43.5 6.9 0.9 2.0 3.3 0.6 10.2 96-97 UCLA 26.4 75.6 0.0 44.6 6.5 1.5 2.7 1.9 0.6 10.9 97-98 UCLA 21.3 60.0 0.0 52.2 7.1 0.9 2.3 1.7 0.5 9.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTALS 26.7 69.4 0.0 46.2 6.8 1.1 2.3 2.4 0.6 10.4

Scouting Report: orca [orca03@hkstar.com]
I'm not exactly sure what he is. He's like a 5 on that team but he's really more of a 4. He's a good shotblocker but I don't think he shoots it real well. He's skinny. He showed a couple of flashes but he hasn't taken his game up.

Scouting Report: Mathes [mathes@westdata.com]
Jelani is a tremendous athlete with a poor attitude and a worse work ethic. Playing for Steve Lavin - who doesn't develop his players - didn't help matters. Solid defender, excellent shot blocker, decent offensive moves within 10 feet of the basket. Other than that, he's nowhere near ready for the NBA. If he turns his attitude around, works hard and gets a coach that can teach, he could develop into a player. That's a lot of ifs, though.

Scouting Report: Mathes [mathes@westdata.com]

Jelani is a tremendous athlete with a poor attitude and a worse work ethic. Playing for Steve Lavin - who doesn't develop his players - didn't help matters. Solid defender, excellent shot blocker, decent offensive moves within 10 feet of the basket. Other than that, he's nowhere near ready for the NBA. If he turns his attitude around, works hard and gets a coach that can teach, he could develop into a player. That's a lot of ifs, though.

Scouting Report: Matthew Chin [sasquatchsasquatch@yahoo.com]
After watching McCoy not improve any part of his game at all in two years of college. I doubt any team would want to wast a first round pick, or maybe even a second round pick on this guy. Coming in as a freshman, many thought he could be a top 5 pick by his sophomore year. In between the summer of his freshman and sophomore years he did try to add a version of Hakeem's dream shake move, only he TRAVELED every time. He travels anytime he tries any move. As a matter of fact he can only dunk, and that's it. He is a decent defender and did control his tendency to swat the ball into the stands. He is also a decent offensive rebounder, but relies more on his athleticism than any fundamental skills. If there is a worse free throw shooter than Shaq, it's definitely Jelani.

Scouting Report: Matthew Chin [sasquatchsasquatch@yahoo.com]

After watching McCoy not improve any part of his game at all in two years of college. I doubt any team would want to wast a first round pick, or maybe even a second round pick on this guy. Coming in as a freshman, many thought he could be a top 5 pick by his sophomore year. In between the summer of his freshman and sophomore years he did try to add a version of Hakeem's dream shake move, only he TRAVELED every time. He travels anytime he tries any move. As a matter of fact he can only dunk, and that's it. He is a decent defender and did control his tendency to swat the ball into the stands. He is also a decent offensive rebounder, but relies more on his athleticism than any fundamental skills.

If there is a worse free throw shooter than Shaq, it's definitely Jelani.