Cammo101 wrote:It depends on the player, but lumping Jackson in with a bunch of guys who are either dreadful shooters or have flawed mechanics isn't really fair either. Jackson will probably never be a guy we see camping out at the three point line waiting for passes, but no one would even want him to be that guy. He is a dynamic athlete who can score in any number of ways. Including outside jumpers.
His free throwing shooting is definitely an issue, but again, I see no reason he can't clean that up to an acceptable level. Jackson is a guy the game seems to come so easy to, if he puts in the work, I don't think there is much he won't be able to do on a basketball court.
Can you tell me guys who shot less than 60% on free throws in college and became even acceptable shooters in the NBA? The list will be extremely short (I know because I've looked). The overwhelming odds on someone shooting this poorly on free throws is that he will be a below-average NBA shooter (from everywhere). And those guys are hard to hide with or without the ball.
I like the narrative that "hard work" pays off. But the facts are that most of the time, bad shooters are just bad shooters. Justise Winslow by all accounts is a very hard worker, and he is very talented at a lot of things. But his shooting is bad, will likely remain bad, and will always limit his ceiling. I see the same thing for JJ.
I actually think Isaac projects to be a much better shooter than JJ and will be a safer pick at #3. To me JJ starts to make more sense in the 7-10 range. We'll see in a few years who's right I guess.