Bickley and Marriota today said Jackson is a high IQ basketball player. Um, what?
jj does have a high bb iq (i.e. understanding of the game)
it's just that his skill doesn't match what's in his head
and he's not mature enough to balance the two.
he usually fails at the end of his executions
but when he starts controlling the finish of his drives,
he can be as productive as Socks or Barbosa was in that department
people keep mentioning he's one of the worst, statistically
but they don't have a stat for hustle
he IS one of our best defenders
and he's thrown some of the best passes to Ayton this season
overall,
he can drive, pass, handle the ball, defend, and rebound
and, too often, stink up the court like few can
a strong coach should be able to extract the better parts of him
and control his recklessness