Uros Tripkovic
(Serbia & Montenegro; SG; 1986; 6'5; 30.6 mpg, 13.4 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.9 apg, 2.3 topg)
Tripkovic was perhaps the most elegant player at Zaragoza. In every situation on the court, no matter how difficult a play might look, he seems balanced. But beyond style, Uros is a very complete shooting guard. Another inch wouldn't hurt with his 6'5 size (maybe 6'6 in shoes), but he possesses fine athleticism, showing quickness and great leaping ability.
The most obvious skill he demonstrates is his picture perfect jumper. It is a pleasure for the eyes. Like Belinelli, he can make it static, coming off the dribble, or off a screen to catch and shoot. When he's in motion, he has the body control to use his horizontal momentum to create a marvelous vertical jump shot in one fluid movement. He is completely balanced in the air when he releases his shot, generally from very high point. All this is executed very quickly, and it gives Uros the tremendous advantage to take any shot comfortably. In Zaragoza, he was streaky, hitting only 32.6% from behind the arc, but with his mechanics I'm sure he will become a most reliable gunner in the future.
His skills are not limited to shooting. Tripkovic has some aptitude to play point guard as well, including a great handle and nice court vision. He is especially good at driving and dishing. With his quickness, first step, and dribbling ability, he penetrates with ease. He works very well without the ball, always cutting to find open looks. On defense he benefits from his strong lower body, although he was no stopper at the tournament. But he has the tools, to be sure.
Uros is a very nice prospect with a chance at the NBA. Consistency on his shot and defense are needed areas of improvement, but I think he will become a very good shooting guard. You can't rule out him playing point guard, either, but he looked to me like a full-time off guard. If Zaragoza was any indication, he seems comfortable at the two. It was not so easy to tell considering how difficult it was for the Serbian players to shine individually on a team so obsessed with systems and team
From DraftExpress.com
http://www.draftexpress.com/article/Zaragoza,-The-Best-of-the-Rest--Guards-47/#ixzz0y2AE5ve6
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This is the scouting report for Tripkovic 7 years ago before he became full time member for the Partizan senior team. It's the same Tripkovic that I used to see on the tapes from the various youth competitions. I remember story's about NBA scouts secretly coming to Serbia for his practices they even compared him to some of the NBA greats. Sadly he had to play for Vujosevic in the system in which whenever you make any small mistake or do some flashy move you get verbally abuse and they send you to the bench. Under Vujosevic he became one dimensional player . Imagine if Rubio or Teodosic somehow ended up in Vujusevic team
On the other hand Teodosic has received a lot of freedom to create in FMP and he become what he is today. Teodosic had some great games even before EC in Poland, Ivkovic gave him his freedom back playing for the NT he just continued to showcase his skills further, it is not like Ivkovic innovate Teodosic all over again he had that talent and skills under Gershon as well.
