MettaWorldPanda wrote:greg4012 wrote:GG Jackson's appeal is that he has length and has enough of a handle and enough athleticism to create open looks for himself around the court. And he's young.
But, if he can't hit any shots then what good is it to add a blackhole that only tries to take them. His shooting numbers and decisionmaking were BAD BAD.
His wingspan is subpar for his size (6'10), so he's kind of a mediocre-sized 4 that tries to play like a 2. His assist to turnover ratio was putrid (0.8 assists to 2.7 turnovers) and his usage was massive.
Seems like a blackhole that doesn't have a skillset to do the things you want someone his size or position to do and needs the ball in his hands to try to make an impact but isn't efficient enough to warrant having the ball in his hands.
I see the upside appeal. But when chasing upside, I want to at least see some baseline skills to function as a role player. That's what I like about D'ariq Whitehead (baseline as 3&D role player) and Leonard Miller (baseline as rim-runner and modern PF).
I may be a broken record on my Leonard Miller hype, but to me he is the real version of what GG Jackson is hyped to be.
I like Miller but from Spo's point of view he's not going to play him with Bam. Miller would be isolated to rim running Center in our system. Kris Murray is probably the best fit at the 4 right now with Bam. I don't want us having another Precious Achuiwa situation.
I don’t see why he couldn’t be developed to play with Bam. He’s the prototype modern nba PF.
He’s a former guard that had a late growth spurt to get to his current size (6’10 with 7’2 wingspan).
He’s mobile enough to develop as someone who can switch and potentially guard 3-5.
He shows promise and upside as a 3-point shooter that Achiuwa can only dream of. He’s a better shooter today than Precious is after 3 years of NBA development (Precious is already 23 and has been a sub 60% FT shooter for his college career and most of his NBA career).
Leonard Miller is a 80% ft shooter and has shown marked improvement as a 3 point shooter just over the course of his one post-HS season in the G League (NBA 3-pt line). He literally just came in 4th at the draft combine in the 3-point drill hitting 60% of his looks (15/25). Miller shot 58% from 3 over the last 10 games of his season (2 attempts per game—33% for the season) while averaging 22 ppg, 13 rpg, 2 apg (vs 1.4 to), 1.1 steals and 1.7 blocks.
He was placed in a bunch of different roles throughout the season including some lead ball handling duties while Scoot was out. Despite all of this and really learning to play as a big man for the first time he only continued to improve as the season went on.
Miller and Achiuwa are VERY different prospects.
Unfortunately, it’s likely a moot point as I think it’s trending that he’ll be gone before we pick
