Brooklyn Shaffer was particularly impressive on the defensive end, where her instincts and understanding of positioning immediately stood out. She does an excellent job using the sideline as an extra defender, forcing her matchup toward the boundary and making it difficult to advance the ball. Brooklyn also has a great knack for finding the ball. I watched her consistently anticipate and pick off overhead passes, then quickly turn those steals into coast-to-coast opportunities.

What makes Brooklyn especially dangerous is how effectively she can turn those opportunities into offense. She finishes extremely well under pressure and plays with a scorer’s mentality—something that is difficult to teach. She handles the ball well and competes as a true floor general for her team, when she sees a driving lane, attacks with her head up and reads the defense. She can take it all the way to the basket when the opportunity is there or make the extra pass when a teammate has a better scoring opportunity. She consistently found her teammates inside on the block when there was a mismatch.

Brooklyn’s combination of defensive anticipation, ball-handling, finishing ability and natural scoring mentality makes her a dynamic two-way guard who can create momentum for her team on both ends of the floor.