165bows wrote:Hal14 wrote:165bows wrote:Not big on passing the ball doesn’t look like.
I touched on it in the article, but imo Jackson is a better passer (and defender) than the stats indicate..
And in terms of scoring volume, scoring efficiency (from inside the arc and from 3) he's as good as any prospect in this draft class.
Def possible but 0.25 AST/usg and 0.76 AST/TO are a bit wince inducing for a guard who’ll be 20 on draft night.
20 is not that old. Here's some guys who were 20+ on draft night:
Haliburton, Brunson, Holmgren, McCain, Brandon Miller, Middleton, jimmy butler, Lillard, Steph, Kemba, Siakam, Bane, Mikal Bridges.
And again, the numbers aren't everything. When I look at the film..and I watch other games from before he was in college (which is helpful to do so we're not basing everything on a 1 year sample size, and in this case it's only half a season sample size) he's a better passer than the numbers indicate.
Sometimes a guy will make a good pass but it's a hockey assist so doesn't count as an assist. Or he'll make a good pass but the teammate misses the shot...or teammate gets fouled.
And Jackson's turnover % is very low, especially relative to his usage %..
While he's older for a freshman, he's still just a freshman. Freshmen who are this good at driving to the rim and shooting from 3 are probably not going to be great playmakers..otherwise they'd be a perfect offensive prospect, which pretty much doesn't exist.
