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While Bouknight will get most of the attention (rightfully so), Jackson has played really well since his own return from injury and it feels like he's turned a corner.

Early in the year, Jackson struggled to find his role, pressing a bit too much as he adjusted to the college game. He struggled to find minutes before his injury. But now, he does so many things that help the team, it's hard to keep him off the floor.

Defensively, he's quickly become our best perimeter defender. He locked down Duke tonight. His length and athleticism is a real problem for opposing guards. He's quick and savvy to deny his man the ball altogether. He's not afraid to mix it up in the lane either... he's had a few uber-athletic blocks and skied for some rebounds among the bigs.

Offensively, he keeps the ball moving and gives our offense a nice flow. His solid ballhandling has really been a help, especially when Bouknight was out. We're starting to see his elite court vision and passing that was highly-touted coming out of HS. He made some great skip passes against Xavier that resulted in open looks.

Jackson's high IQ, court vision, and athletism allow him to shine in transition. His pass ahead to Whaley tonight was sublime.

Overall, Jackson is quickly becoming an X factor for this team, positively impacting the game in all facets. Like I said earlier, it feels like he's turned a corner... he has all of the tools to become an impact player and we're starting to see that happen.
 
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The most impressive thing to me about Jackson is some of the passes he makes. Threads the needle with insane vision. Made one or two bad reads tonight but the ability to be a true point forward is there.
 
UChusky916 said:
While Bouknight will get most of the attention (rightfully so), Jackson has played really well since his own return from injury and it feels like he's turned a corner.

Early in the year, Jackson struggled to find his role, pressing a bit too much as he adjusted to the college game. He struggled to find minutes before his injury. But now, he does so many things that help the team, it's hard to keep him off the floor.

Defensively, he's quickly become our best perimeter defender. He locked down Duke tonight. His length and athleticism is a real problem for opposing guards. He's quick and savvy to deny his man the ball altogether. He's not afraid to mix it up in the lane or paint, as he's had a few uber-athletic blocks and skied for some rebounds.

Offensively, he keeps the ball moving and gives our offense a nice flow. His solid ballhandling has really been a help, especially when Bouknight was out. We're starting to see his elite court vision and passing that was highly-touted coming out of HS. He made some great skip passes against Xavier that resulted in open looks.

Jackson's high IQ, court vision, and athletism allow him to shine in transition. His pass ahead to Whaley tonight was sublime.

Overall, Jackson is quickly becoming an X factor for this team, positively impacting the team in all facets. Like I said earlier, it feels like he's turned a corner... he has all of the tools to become an impact player and we're starting to see that happen.
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If he can just add a consistent jump shot he will be very special.
 
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He’s an Andre Iguodala type player for us right now and I’m loving it. Hopefully he can put in the work to make a superstar jump this summer. Has all the potential to be a high lottery pick.

It’s really good to see us getting talent that we can develop into lottery picks in the program again. Bouknight this year. Still have Jackson and Akok. Hawkins coming in next year. There’s a lot to be excited about.

I do wish Javonte Brown stayed. You don’t find many 7’s that can move like him. Great to see we have a coach who can find those diamonds in the rough.
 
His ability as a freshman to impact a game through his floor game and D is impressive. Don't need him to be a huge points guy this year.

Expecting him to be the X factor vs Nova on Sat.
 
I loved how pissed he got when he was unable to block the dunk and got called for a foul, he took it personally. Impressed by the defensive intensity. Once he improves on moving those feet, he will be a lock-down defender. (Not far off I'd say) Minutes are really helping him.
 
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I cannot overstate how much I love Jackson's game. You can talk about his defense, his passing, his athleticism, all that...but those individual things still don't tell the whole story. He's got an even more rare talent - his presence on the floor just makes everyone better at what they do.

So excited to see how he develops!
 
He's where I thought Gaffney would be.

Still think Gaffney is/will be a valuable piece, but will take some more time.
 
His only mistakes on defense are because he is too aggressive, going for unlikely steals or blocks. I expect those mistakes will become less and less frequent as he adjusts to the college game. This was only his 5th (!!) game with more than 5 minutes
 
quacktalker said:
His only mistakes on defense are because he is too aggressive, going for unlikely steals or blocks. I expect those mistakes will become less and less frequent as he adjusts to the college game. This was only his 5th (!!) game with more than 5 minutes
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I could have sworn on the block they mistakenly called a foul, he reach peak height, hung for a split second, and then went higher.
 
he reminds me of bouknight last year -- when he enters the game, it's obvious that he is at a different level in terms of skill and athleticism. the game is played differently when he is on the floor.

that being said, he hasn't shown the same shooting and scoring abilities yet. i would love to see him drop 20 on someone.
 
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Dre almost had another insane put back. Might have been on our first possession. Missed shot. He jumped out of the gym but couldn't control the put back. If it went.... it would have been another highlight.
 
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As long as Bouknight, Cole and Martin are in the rotation, I'm not really worried about Jackson's scoring ability until his sophomore year. Obviously there's a lot of work to do there.

But boy, he is an absolute weapon on defense for us right now. He's going to be a special player. Like you said, our ability to just throw Jackson on the opposing team's top guard/wing is so huge. And he contributes well to our rotations on offense. Great vision, feel and passing ability.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
He’s an Andre Iguodala type player for us right now and I’m loving it. Hopefully he can put in the work to make a superstar jump this summer. Has all the potential to be a high lottery pick.

It’s really good to see us getting talent that we can develop into lottery picks in the program again. Bouknight this year. Still have Jackson and Akok. Hawkins coming in next year. There’s a lot to be excited about.

I do wish Javonte Brown stayed. You don’t find many 7’s that can move like him. Great to see we have a coach who can find those diamonds in the rough.
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Samson's got 1st round potential as well!
 
Magic32 said:
I loved how pissed he got when he was unable to block the dunk and got called for a foul, he took it personally. Impressed by the defensive intensity. Once he improves on moving those feet, he will be a lock-down defender. (Not far off I'd say) Minutes are really helping him.
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He was pissed because he did block the dunk, cleanly. All ball. No body contact either. I think it's one of those things with athletes like him, who haven't yet built a reputation, that the refs don't really think he can do what he just did.

I expected Jackson to be a key piece once he was able to come back. We so badly needed a guy who can be disruptive on defense at the perimeter, in the press and around the rim. His court vision and passing really help even more now that we've found some additional scorers in Sanogo and Martin. I think his outside shot even looks good. Want him to keep taking them. If they have to come out hard on him (and they will with his length) he will blow by people and be a matchup nightmare.
 
UChusky916 said:
While Bouknight will get most of the attention (rightfully so), Jackson has played really well since his own return from injury and it feels like he's turned a corner.

Early in the year, Jackson struggled to find his role, pressing a bit too much as he adjusted to the college game. He struggled to find minutes before his injury. But now, he does so many things that help the team, it's hard to keep him off the floor.

Defensively, he's quickly become our best perimeter defender. He locked down Duke tonight. His length and athleticism is a real problem for opposing guards. He's quick and savvy to deny his man the ball altogether. He's not afraid to mix it up in the lane either... he's had a few uber-athletic blocks and skied for some rebounds among the bigs.

Offensively, he keeps the ball moving and gives our offense a nice flow. His solid ballhandling has really been a help, especially when Bouknight was out. We're starting to see his elite court vision and passing that was highly-touted coming out of HS. He made some great skip passes against Xavier that resulted in open looks.

Jackson's high IQ, court vision, and athletism allow him to shine in transition. His pass ahead to Whaley tonight was sublime.

Overall, Jackson is quickly becoming an X factor for this team, positively impacting the game in all facets. Like I said earlier, it feels like he's turned a corner... he has all of the tools to become an impact player and we're starting to see that happen.
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Would like to see Jackson shoot more. He passed up several good looks last evening. Loved the way Bouknight squares his body before shooting.
 
Jackson is very coachable-he listens to the coach and does what is asked of him. He's being asked to leverage his excellent floor game/vision as well as accepting the challenge of taking on the team's best wing players (the last two games).

It allows Bouk/Martin the opportunity to save themselves for offense instead of overextending themselves on D all the time.

As for the form on his jumper--The ball keeps going in so let him work on form after practice and next summer. He's a scorer not a shooter.
 
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