Otchere's offense is mostly Drop off passes that he turns into explosive dunks or finishes with a power lay up or gets contact to go to the line.8 out of 10 times that's the result he gets on dribble drive and dump off.(Garden City Guards don't dump off enough). On pick and roll he can catch and finish. He dives to hard after setting a screen. His feet are so quick that he can slip a screen faster a defense can call it out which would cause all kinds of havoc with a steady guard handling it. He can also screen and rescreen faster than 99% of bigs due to those cat quick feet. Picture getting screened on your left and before you can turn your head the same guy is screening you on your right, you'll be stuck. And the ball handler you're defending is barreling down the lane while Otchere is rolling to the rim. He's a great vertical spacer in the mold a guy like Jarrett Allen from the Brooklyn Nets. You can Lob it up to him in transition, halfcourt or broken plays. The guards at Garden City have lobbed the ball up to him maybe 5 times all season in the games I've seen. And I've spotted over 20 scenarios where a simple on- line lob would of resulted in 2 points for them. His right hand jump hook on the baseline or going middle is respectable. He seals hard too. His guards give him the ball 3 out of every 10 times he seals his man. I feel his right hand jump hook is reliable enough that I'd give it to him every time he has a guy sealed really well. This jump hook is a catch and go up jump hook or a one dribble then go up Jump hook. He doesn't take a lot of dribbles and seems like he isn't confident in putting the ball on the ground. Lots of room for growth there. With his quickness, if he could face up and put it on the floor, it would be scary. Guys with his foot speed almost exclusively face up. His skill set does not allow him to do so currently. He needs to improve his left hand also. If he goes over his right shoulder he still likes to favor his right hand. Not a good thing. Remember how good warney was going over that right shoulder with his left hand!! Otchere's reach is so high that very few people on any level of basketball would be able to block it. He's taken 2 mid range jumpers in all the games I've watched and no 3's. He shot in the 30's from the line in the first half of the year shot in the 50's from the line the second half of the year. You can visibly see some tweaks in his approach to the free throw line in the second half of his season. That's a great sign. Means the kid took some coaching and implemented it during a season. His offense also includes put backs. I believe of his 5 rebounds per game. 2 were offensive. Let's remember that's at 15 minutes per game. Give him 25 minutes per and that's 4 offensive rebounds he'll get. He converts half of his offensive rebounds.Sometimes in the putback dunk variety. He also offensive rebounds then kicks it out to reset the O. His quick feet once again help him in this department. He doesn't also get inside position but his agility and motor allows him to track the ball when his teammates miss. He'll need to get position then track the ball at the next level but there is something there.
If he free throw production can continue going upward. He may be able to shoot 60% for a season. Whatever tweaks he's been making are bringing results. Which leads me to believe he can become a respectable Mid range jump shooter in the next couple of years. Free throw improvement typically indicates a player can improve as a shooter overall. That's Pretty much Otchere's current offensive game, His offensive upside and why he produces the way he does now.
If Otchere were a Seawolf for the upcoming Albany game tomorrow and played 20 minutes I could see him putting up better numbers than he does in Juco because Boals would make sure he touched the ball more.
He'd run a lob play or 2 for him. He'd get him in pick and rolls diving to the rim, a kid like McKenzie would be looking for him and find him a lot better than his current Juco teammates do.
He'd get 2 rim running buckets off long misses that a guard rebounds. Rim running baskets are automatic for guys that gifted. 2 rim running baskets may be underestimating but not trying to go overboard. He'd get 1 offensive putback. Thats with his ability today just a better surrounding cast and more touches and more playing time.
After a full summer with a college staff there is no telling the kind of impact he'd be able to make from Day 1 if he puts on Red and white.
His defensive acumen speaks for itself. He'd be the best defender in the AE today.
Scary part is Otchere can get better there also. He stands up on the perimeter a lot. Takes bad angles at times, his physical gifts allow him to recover. Times he does sit in a stance even guards have a hard time getting past him.Also he doesn't block shots with his left hand much, if he did he'd stop reaching across himself with his right hand and collecting silly fouls in the process. There is still major upside to his defense and that's his calling card.
If Otchere becomes a Seawolf and continues improving over the summer and becomes less foul prone I could envision a season like this for him as Sophomore:
25 minutes per, 12-14 Points Per, 8 Rebounds Per, 4 blocks Per, 1 steal per
55% FT, 60% FG
Favorite for DPOY in the AE