NBA Comparison: Rafer Alston
Favorite Move: Anything streetball
Bio: For all those sports writers that have posed the question, “What if we took our best NBA players and made them into World Cup soccer players?”, let me flip that question around on you. What if we took our best soccer players and turned them into ballers? The answer is Zack Trubow, whatever that means. Zack brings that same Brazilian flair from the soccer pitch to the hardwood, and it’s that unique style that makes him such delight to watch. When Mel allows him to have fun, Zack likes to play poker with his boys, cheer for Arsenal F.C., and show up unannounced at various summer camps.
Strengths: A versatile player with good size. Trubow has many different parts to his game, and will usually go with whatever is working best for him on a particular day. His go-to move is the mid-range jumper, which he effectively shoots over smaller defenders. Zack also has a great post presence and can score easy buckets for his team. But what really gets Zack’s engines going (besides Mel on a Friday night), is the chance to bust out his And 1 Mixtape moves. Play him too close, and Zack will make your head spin with his magic handles. Before you realize what happened, he’s blown by you and is on his way to the rack.
Must Improve: Zack is so cognitively advanced, his mind is usually 2 steps ahead of his body. If he could just work on his fitness so that he was firing on all cylinders, he would be an unstoppable force.
