Ghost of Kleine wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:Ghost of Kleine wrote:
If this is true, then the suns would be very stupid to not just accept Green to try Jabari Smith and it 10th pick back. There's going to he a number of teams that we could trade J Green to, and it shouldn't be that difficult to move him for other pieces.
You might have posted before but what is your take on Jabari as a young player?
I think Jabari Smith Jr is pretty solid. He's still got a higher ceiling than what people understand yet due to his defensive awareness, motor, physicality. He'll never be a 1A alpha star and is more of a 3rd tier star player, but he projects pretty well as a high end starter. I like the possibility of him being more of a mix of a poor man's Jaren Jackson Jr and maybe a better Antwan Jamison than comparing him to Rashard Lewis or a Chris Bosch.
He's very solid, but not really the elite shooter that Lewis was, and also not as dynamically versatile as Bosch either. Hyst a very solid two way 3 & D archetype big with impressive defensive playmaking skills.
That aligns with my view. I do see him similar to a poor man's JJJr at his positions 3/4. I really like his playmaking ability and while I'd like to see better shooting stats, he's at least confident enough to take a good number of them each game. Of course, his defense is probably his calling card right now, absolutely love the activity, ability to switch and just being super long and disrupting everything. Also a really good rebounder as well, which isn't always a given in spite of size.
I'm all in on the guy.
