Baylor Scheierman Scouting Report
A plug & play do-it-all wing
Name: Baylor Scheierman
Birth date: September 26, 2000
Height/Weight: 6’6/202
Wingspan/ standing reach: 6’8 ¼/8’6 ½
Hand size: 9 ¾
Position: Wing
Pre-Draft team: Creighton
Tools: Shooting, rebounding, feel for the game
Background: Two sport athlete that played quarterback. 2022 All-Summit League Player of the Year. Member of All Big East in 2024.
Season Stats: 18.5 PPG 9 RPG 3.9 APG 0.9 SPG 0.1 BPG 2.2 TOPG on 45/38/87.6
Pros:
Strong shooting touch with deep range
Fantastic rebounder
Intelligent team defender; digs and traps well, and is always aware of his assignment
Strong feel for the game and knows where to be and when to be there; can easily help execute gameplans and not get in the way
Cons:
Needs to get stronger; can get the ball ripped out easily
Basic handle and very straight-line driver
Poor first step
Falls over while dribbling at times (vs Providence)
Mediocre frame
Swing Skills:
Will his shot translate well in low clock catch & shoot situations against a hard contest?
Summary:
Baylor Scheierman is a do-it-all wing offensively with some defensive concerns.
Offensively, Scheierman’s shooting is his elite trait to hang his hat on. The history of high volume shooters at or above Scheierman’s height to be drafted has a successful track record, especially considering the other areas in his game that make him impactful without scoring.
Another key query proves Scheierman’s uniqueness is the blend of playmaking, passing, and shooting.
Despite a somewhat funky release, the touch is outstanding and he can hit movement 3s or thrive as a spot up shooter. He has great touch, he takes smart shots, and doesn’t force the issue as a scorer.
Scheierman checks the box of being a shooter that thrives at making his teammates better. He wins box outs and takes advantage of his teammates’ box outs to crash the boards in the holes of the defense, and he will crash the offensive glass too. As a playmaker, there is upside to become a serviceable point forward that can be a play initiator at times, a la Joe Ingles. Scheierman is brilliant in reading when and how to make the extra pass out of his shot as defenders overcommit to him, or he can run a simple P&R and execute simple reads at a high level.
With athleticism concerns and mediocre length, Scheierman doesn’t profile well as a defender. However, with his intelligence he makes up for on-ball woes with knowing where to be and how to be part of a bigger glue of a team defense, which inches him closer to a neutral defender than a negative defender. Holding neutral defensive value with his offensive versatility would be a strong win for a team picking anywhere between 20-40 to find a serviceable wing.
Scheierman always makes his teammates better, both as a first option like he was at South Dakota State and as a glue piece/secondary option at Creighton, which better resembles his NBA role. Scheierman made his bigs, particularly Kalkbrenner, better by always seeing over or through the defense towards the rim, helping capitalize on broken defenses. With a strong couple of Combine scrimmages in May, his feel for the game popped and he raised his stock. Even in his worst games of the season, he was always among the most impactful players on the court and rarely a key part of the blame in a loss. Scheierman’s role, ability, and intelligence make him an easy fit for a playoff team picking in the second half of the first round or in the early second round.
Projected draft range: 16-35
Expected role: Shooter that can contribute in a variety of ways to from game-to-game with a versatile gameplan buster value.
Unplayable if: Hard to fit him as unplayable, but if his defense is more of a negative than perceived, he will be tough to slot into key minutes.
Exceeds expectations if: Jump shot translates at an elite level and his playmaking takes another jump into growing as a true P&R wing that can attack defenses as a scorer from screens.
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