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Message: [QUOTE="Ricker, post: 3576596, member: 1245"] A little slow on the draw responding to a May 20th post, but my view of him being under ranked is based on living near Brewster and going to a number of their games. Brewster always has 4-8 ranked players on the team and are playing opponents with ranked players in the games I go to. Combined with attending Hoophall, this is my personal frame of reference. This year I saw a lot of top 100 like Kadary Richmond, Matt Cross, and Jamal Mashburn's son at Brewster. Between this year and last year I watched Terrence Clarke at least 10 times in person, and Jackson 2x in person plus the mix tapes and posted games. Clarke is consensus top 10 going to Kentucky and I don't think he's clear-cut the better player. Clarke can make shots, but he doesn't shoot any better than Jackson. Clarke's handle isn't better than Jackson's. Clarke is a tad bigger and is also an athlete, but Jackson is a spectacular athlete. Clarke and Jackson are both finishers, but Clarke doesn't have the playmaking instinct for others that Jackson has. I've seen spectacular passes from Jackson including the full speed behind the back pass from mid court to the corner for an open 3. I can't even think of a Clarke assist that turned my head. Husky429 has watched more games and feels turnovers are a problem with Jackson. He does take playmaking risks but I have not personally seen that as an issue, (and maybe I should). Kadary Richmond is a PG warrior with size. Matt Cross is as good a shooter as I have seen. I'm not obsessed with rankings, I'm just saying Clarke in the top 10 has nothing on Jackson, and Jackson has more to his overall game than similarly ranked kids like Richmond and Cross that are very good players with a particular strong suit. If you like Booknight your going to love Jackson. [/QUOTE]

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