I decided to go back and watch the Sacramento highlights from 10/1 and see if I saw anything new with JJ. I was pleasantly surprised with one of his plays. For those interested here's what I noticed at the :56 mark:
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JJ gets the ball at the top of the key
Makes a solid cross over move to create separation to his left
Ayton makes a solid pick and then rolls
JJ correctly dribbles into the double team to try to free up Ayton (all left handed)
The D stones the play with weak side help against a lob (4 guys collapse the lane)
JJ makes a perfect jab step and goes into his shot motion
*It's by far the best form I've seen from him
From the jab step he collects the ball well on his right side (He might have been off-line but couldn't tell from the angle.)
Maintains 90-90 discipline throughout
Incredibly motion and lift on jumper
Great follow through.
His one negative on the play; toes are pointed incorrectly about 45 degrees left of the rim (should be aimed at rim)
In all my times evaluating his shot I've never seen it look that good. If he shoots like that through his career he will be a force. I can tell you that this is FAR better than what I saw in SL. He actually looked terrible then. Good to see he's been working on it. Shots are a tough thing to fix. Hopefully the staff is making this a priority.