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seattlejazzfan said:
miller doesn't have character issues. every team that has met with him and done their research on him, dug into his background, etc, is not only saying his character isn't an issue, but they are saying it is a strength.
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People let right wing media paint him as some kind of accessory to a planned murder and are still buying it
 
Elizah Huge said:
What evidence do we have that he can flat out shoot? One workout video? Lmao the dude was a terrible shooter in college.
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He's young and the form and confidence is pretty. He took bad shots and he's inconsistent. If you need someone to hold your hand over the differences between him and Black as shooters you're kind of a lost cause.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
He's young and the form and confidence is pretty. He took bad shots and he's inconsistent. If you need someone to hold your hand over the differences between him and Black as shooters you're kind of a lost cause.
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I’m not calling Black a flat out shooter. It’s not hard to have reading comprehension.
 
Elizah Huge said:
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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.
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Sounds like someone I want to spend a top-10 pick on.
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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.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Could GG replicate Paul George’s rise in the draft more than a decade ago?
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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.
 
Elizah Huge said:
What evidence do we have that he can flat out shoot? One workout video? Lmao the dude was a terrible shooter in college.
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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.
 
Elizah Huge said:
67.7% from the free throw line. Worse than Black but somehow is getting coined as a flat out shooter lmao.
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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.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
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.
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You lost me at Coulibaly... lol..
 
NUMBERICA said:
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.
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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.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
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.
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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.
 
Elizah Huge said:
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.
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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.
 
Elizah Huge said:
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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That is an ideal outcome… unfortunately he’s more likely to go in the 20s. The amount of work and maturity he needs to gain to get himself on the court in an nba game is gonna scare teams off. He has to do the basic functional stuff on the wing before he can do his iso scoring stuff.

Competing at this level is going to require mental toughness… GG and all these guys are not finished products and will mature but my goodness that guy has a lot further to go than some.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
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.
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Or a microwave scorer.

The key to getting him on the floor is to force him to play fundamental basketball early on. Move the ball, D up, set picks, finish plays but not initiate them.

Also, no G League. The hero ball stuff doesn’t need development. It’s the boring **** in practice where he is low on totem.
 
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