drosestruts wrote:2weekswithpay wrote:drosestruts wrote:
I agree
And I feel like the "he's short" criticism doesn't hold much water, like finish the sentence he's short so he won't be able to....
Score at the rim? Actually he's one of the better at the rim finishers amongst all guards in the draft
Create space? He's got very good handles and moves great off the ball
Score in the mid-range? Again, one of the better prospects in the draft scoring in the mid range
Hit the three? he's a sniper
Guard effectivley? He's got a 6'6" wingspan
Jase only drives left. I wouldn't say he has great handles.
Basketball is a tall man's game. Everything is harder when you're short, and Jase being short is compounded by not being the PG at Michigan State.
So weird that everyone knows Jase can only drive left and yet he seems to be able to do so whenever he wants, get to his spots, and score efficiently from all three-levels.
If Jase were taller and scored better with both hands he'd be a lock for a top-3 pick.
But here we re talking about pick 12 - where any player we draft will have areas of improvement. But Jase will have far less than most players we've been discussing.
Some things can be fixed and some can’t. Height doesn’t change. And how is it that a 6 foot guard, with an NBA dad, who presumably spent his entire youth basketball life learning at the highest levels we offer in the US, not be equally strong going both ways? My youngest son who is a freshman in HS is nearly equally strong going both ways already as is 90% of his AAU team. If you are gifted and put in some work, it’s not that hard. Especially when you are a short guard who kinda has to learn it. That said, I guess he could still get better at it. It’s just not a great backdrop for assuming it.
Plus his athleticism does not offset his height. It’s just okay. Slightly above average based on combine data for leaping, and pretty troubling in speed and quickness for a little guy:
- tied with KJ in lane agility with a relatively low rank.
- got smoked by both KJ and Demin of all people in the shuttle run and ranked low over all,
- his sprint speed in the 30 was tied with KJ and 0.10 behind a plodder like Demin and ranked below mid (22 out of 34)
These are very bad things for a guy I can look straight in the eye. I used KJ and Demin as comps because they are largely considered weak in the “athlete” department. And KJ and Demin are 6’6 and 6’9.
While there are guys with “more areas of improvement” that people prefer more, it’s because there is the ability to make those improvements as a physical matters. And the ceiling, if that improvement is reached, is much higher than a somewhat slow yet moderately athletic 6 foot shooter with long arms (his 6’6 wingspan is nice, but it still averages out at average for a PG and 3 inches below average for a SG so it’s not a trump card to being tiny).
I think there are drafts in which I would have Jase in the top 10. Just not in this one. At least not for the Bulls. If a more stable team is looking specifically for a scoring guard to fill a specific role right away, I could see him going top 12 as well. He’s not a bad prospect. I just don’t think he makes any sense - at all - for Chicago as either BPA or a fit.
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