I hope some team is dumb enough to take GG in the top-8. We’d then have our choice of two guys in the top-9.
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He's young and dumb. He needs coaching. The dude cried when his team lost in the first round of the SEC Tournament. It might sound stupid, but after I read that is when I started to rethink him. If you're crying when you're the worst team in the league who loses in round 1 it tells me you really care. Just need a good coach and organization to harness that.
As playing time declines, GG Jackson’s body language and frustration stand out
He didn’t start for the third straight South Carolina game and spent most of Tuesday’s second half against Vanderbilt slouched on the bench.amp.thestate.com
Sounds like someone I want to spend a top-10 pick on.
Cy's been coming around for a while now. It's not just the workout vids.
GG is 18. He's a year younger than Tatum was entering the draft. The team that drafts GG isn't going to get anything from him for at least a year and a half. Guys that young normally slip a few spots because the teams that suck enough to be high in the lottery need production sooner. I'm not sure how the Jazz feel about GG. Theoretically they should be patient enough to take him. Otherwise, he would be a typical Sam Presti or Masai Ujiri pick.
GG has the potential to be a primary offensive player, meaning, a top-3 scoring option that you'd design your offense around. So do Cam Whitmore and Bilal Coulibaly, two more guys who are still 18.
The FT shooting is indeed head-turning, but I think the percentages from the field are mostly just terrible shot selection.
I also suspect that FT shooting is something he just doesn’t work on, but that is based on nothing but that it looks like his motivation is hero ball. Will need that drubbed out of him and SC was a bad spot for him to focus on the right things.
For the record, I would be more stoked to get Black 16 than GG.
GG's talent is his ability to get shots off and his aggressiveness getting downhill for a player his size. Whether he's going to make shots efficiently is a question of whether he wants to be great and whether he's willing to put in the work. We won't know how good a shooter he is for a couple years.
You lost me at Coulibaly... lol..
Dude… people are legit saying we should run to the podium to draft GG at 9 not 16 lmao. The hype train is unreal on here right now.
As playing time declines, GG Jackson’s body language and frustration stand out
He didn’t start for the third straight South Carolina game and spent most of Tuesday’s second half against Vanderbilt slouched on the bench.
Sounds like someone I want to spend a top-10 pick on.
If my team were getting blown out by 20 pts in the 1st half of games, I'd be going bat **** too.
You might be easy to lose.
Is it Opposite Day? Teams that suck don’t need to win quickly. Teams that don’t suck are trying to win….because they don’t suck.
If GG is getting drafted lower, it’s because he stunk it up badly not because teams are trying to win now at the top.
GG is probably gone by 13 or 14. If the Jazz want him, they should take him at 9 or trade back with Orlando at 11. Orlando would take Gradey probably.