BYU basketball: Rating the Cougars NBA Jam style
Yoeli Childs
| Height | 6’8″ | Weight | 225 |
| Speed | 5 | Block | 9 |
| Power | 8 | Pass | 4 |
| 3PT | 3 | Clutch | 5 |
| Steal | 3 | FT% | .512 |
| Dunk | 10 | Rebounding | Yoink |
Childs just keeps getting better for BYU basketball. He started as a young and springy backup for Kyle Davis, but as a starter with a jump in minutes, he proved he that he earned them. Yoeli has a couple different solid post moves, especially pretty deep righty hook.
But mostly, Childs has done well at making himself available – letting guards like TJ draw people in, and then pay it off with a thunderous wide-open dunk. Even his free-throw shooting, which suffered around 40 percent for much of the season so far, has made a recent jump.
And speaking of jump, Yoeli’s best qualities have much to do with his hops. Rebounding, put-backs, and blocking have all been substantive additions he’s made to the team. He and Mika as a duo form are formidable post protectors (soon to be bolstered by Kaufusi’s return). And Childs’ ability to keep in front of a guard on switches will take away a lot of tactics teams have used against BYU in the past, i.e. screening and slashing to the basket.