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Strengths: Tremendously talented shooter whose slightly behind the head release and long arms make it very difficult for defenders to disrupt or block … Above average athlete who shows quality quickness in going end to end … Active player who constantly moves without the ball to get open … Possesses legit three point range on his jumper that he makes with great accuracy … Has improved in rebounding the ball this year thanks to his long arms … Becoming more comfortable taking one or two dribbles for the pull-up from mid-range … Quick release enables him to catch and shoot from the perimeter, especially coming off screens … Defensively, Foster displays good effort and understands how to use his wingspan to trouble opposing players … Needs little time or space to get his shot off … Starting to put together some resemblance of a post-up game when the match-up allows with his solid turnaround jumper and floating hook … Clutch player with great confidence in his abilities, simply wants the ball in his hands during critical moments … Has obviously dedicated himself to weight training and conditioning as his jump shot and quickness have been more consistent throughout the year than any other point in his career … Competitor who plays the game with a great deal of intensity …
Weaknesses: Physically, there will be some concern as to how much weight Foster can add to his body ... Additional weight could be a double edged sword in that any weight he does put on could limit him athletically, but would definitely augment his body strength … Defensively, he tends to get caught in screens easily – doesn’t fighting through them and lacks the lateral quickness to defend elite athletes on the perimeter … Ball handling has improved this year, but still not on par with what he will need to create on the next level … To compound matters his initial first step isn’t explosive enough to gain separation from his defender … This is one of the reasons his ability to draw contact is poor - he doesn’t usually get into the paint … Has a tendency to settle for three point shots way too much instead of taking advantage of his mid-range touch … A specialist in every sense of the word - anyone selecting Foster must do so with the knowledge that shooting is his only NBA skill right now … Doesn’t have great court vision at the moment, which naturally affects his passing the ball … Potential wise, he doesn't have a high ceiling left in terms of future growth …
Matthew Maurer - 2/27/08
Statistics | |||||||||||||||||
SEASONS |
GP |
FG% |
3PT% |
FT% |
SPG |
BPG |
RPG |
APG |
PPG |
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2004-05 Vanderbilt |
34 |
44.1 |
44.5 |
81.4 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
3.1 |
1.1 |
9.2 |
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2005-06 Vanderbilt. |
30 |
45.1 |
41.5 |
75.9 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
3.0 |
1.6 |
15.9 |
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2006-07 Vanderbilt |
34 |
44.9 |
34.6 |
84.3 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
4.6 |
2.3 |
15.6 |
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2007-08 Vanderbilt |
34 |
52.3 |
46.9 |
76.0 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
4.9 |
1.6 |
20.3 |
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DIV I Totals |
132 |
46.6 |
41.9 |
79.5 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
3.9 |
1.7 |
15.2 |