NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Dan Z wrote:NotaHypeJob wrote:GG Jackson goes top 5 in a 2023 redraft right?
He's looking like a Danny Granger/Michael Porter Jr kinda guy and he's barely turned 19.
You think he goes higher than the Thompson twins or Scoot?
He's having a good season, but I wouldn't take him top five. There are other rookies in that class that I'd rather have too, but it depends on my team.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2023.html
He would absolutely go before Scoot in a redraft, think he goes before Ausar as well. The skillset he has at the size he has is extremely valuable, more so when you realize he's only 19. He's been putting up numbers better than Miller since he got the start, and is already the 3rd leading scorer in the class despite basically not playing for the first 1/3 of the season.
It's only year one of this rookie class so you have to keep potential in mind too. That's one reason why I don't think he goes top 5, but to each his own.
He's barely the third hightest scorer in his class and compared to most rookies he has ample opportunity on an injury depleted Grizzlies team.
The Kia rookie ladder has him tied for 10th place (9th if you don't want to count Chet).
https://www.nba.com/news/kia-rookie-ladder-march-20-2024-edition