Kolkmania wrote:GabeCerebro wrote:LongLiveHinkie wrote:Jackson with that awful form still shot a better percentage than Fox, Tatum, Smith. That should say as much if not more about those prospects. It tells me at least Jackson has some type of touch and if he corrects his mechanics he could be a league average shooter from distance in the NBA.
However, Fox, Smith, Tatum's forms are pretty good, much better mechanics, but shot worse. That's scary. At least you can look at Jackson and find things to correct. If it's touch, sense of accuracy issues with Fox, Smith, Tatum then that's a bigger issue because that's an innate ability.
Exactly. And for this reason he's still my #1 other than Fultz.
No it does not say more on it's own. Scoring 34 out of 90 attempts is such a small sample size that the percentage isn't conclusive at all. I think that the combination of three point percentage, three point volume, free throw percentage, high school shooting, shooting form, footwork and consistency forms a more educated guess.
Josh Jackson has a terrible form, shooting in two motions, low release point, his footwork (especially off the catch) is atrocious and his volume, FT% and high school history is also really poor.
Fox, has historically bad 3PT% and 3PA and I'm not a fan of his form since he brings it too far back, but I like it better than Jackson's. That said, he's a far better FT shooter, shot nearly 34% out of ~500 attempts at high school from three (just one foot closer to the basket) and his footwork problems are heavily correlated to his lack of lower body strength.
Dennis Smith jr. and Jayson Tatum are overall far better bets on becoming an average three point shooter than Jackson and Fox imo, not even going to discuss their evaluations on the aforementioned points.
Note: I'm not saying that Jackson will become the worst shooter of the four prospects, just that I think the chance(!) him becoming the worst is the most significant.LongLiveHinkie wrote:If Jackson's shot sucks, at least he'll give you other things. Defense, attack the rim, passing. I think him not shooting impacts his NBA game much less than the others. If Tatum can't shoot in the NBA he's pretty much useless. If Smith can't shoot he'll be a high volume, low efficiency player. If Fox can't shoot, he'll be a quicker faster version of Elfrid Payton.
As a prospect on itself I agree with this, but this is the point where fit matters to me. Since Simmons and Embiid are the superior prospects I don't want an inferior one holding them back. With both Simmons and Jackson on the court the spacing will be absolutely horrible, allowing at least one, probably two opponents to help off their man and clog the lanes.
