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highlights (low-lights?) from an article today in the Athletic:
- Jackson is unquestionably making winning plays all over the place and has NBA athleticism.
- a wing with the assist-turnover profile of a point guard (10.1 assists per 100 possessions is phenomenal), he rebounds like a four and his defensive dynamism is rather obvious.
- easy to see him taking better advantage of his gifts in the NBA’s more open floor, especially in transition.
- but Shooting has never been more important in the NBA, and my goodness, Jackson cannot shoot at all.
- One rep through the warm-up line is all it takes to see that, a herky-jerky heave that goes wrong early and often.
- a 29.3 percent career 3-point shooter, and even that seems borderline miraculous.
- weakness aren’t just limited to 3-point shooting. inside the arc, Jackson shot just 45.9 percent a year ago and is at 50.0 percent this season.
- also has a massive propensity for fouling for a perimeter player, with a jaw-dropping 6.3 personals per 100 possessions for his career.
- the biggest question by far for evaluators is the evaluation of their own player development systems. Is Jackson’s jumper fixable? And on what level? and what do we mean by “fixed” here, anyway?
- Can he at least get to the point where you might think about guarding him, or is he destined to be unplayable in any playoff series?
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