Rafael122 wrote:80sballboy wrote:Latest ESPN.com mock from Givovny15. Washington Wizards
Isaiah Jackson
Kentucky
PF/C
Age: 19.3
The fastest-paced team in the NBA would surely be attracted to the youth and upside offered by Jackson, a rim-running, lob-catching shot-blocker who dropped strong glimpses of offensive potential in his lone year at Kentucky.
He has Garuba going 17, Moody 18, Kispert 13, Wagner 11.
I just don't see Moody falling past us. We already have Gafford.
These are KOC's weaknesses for him:Struggled to generate open shots against better defenders. Doesn’t project as a primary scorer unless his handle dramatically improves, and lacks the fluidity of players who develop that skill.
Lacks a floater.
Draws a lot of fouls but doesn’t finish well inside. A below-the-rim finisher. Needs to add more touch on finishes.
Lives in the midrange off the dribble. Needs to extend his range to 3 to hit more one-dribble side-step shots like high-level role players can.
On a team with Westbrook and Beal, he doesn't need to be a primary scorer, but if he's a 4th option? Maybe 3rd as a ceiling...why not?
Feels like a floater is something that can come with time and not necessarily a weakness. He's only 19.
All in all, it's weaknesses that can be corrected with playing time, practice, etc.
Not sure if Jonathan even takes needs into some of these picks. However, if many of those top wing guys are gone, I would certainly consider him. We'll see who they bring in for workouts in the next couple of weeks (assuming they do), though Deni was not one of those guys they brought in so you never know what Tommy is thinking. I remember when they took Rasheed Wallace in 1995 and everybody wondered why they were taking another big when they already had Webber and Howard. Of course, those were different times and we turned that into a declining Rod Strickland and Harvey Grant the next summer.
