The San Antonio Spurs “misplaced” the coin flip to the Houston Rockets and can formally be thought-about the third-worst crew within the league this season. Don’t despair as the percentages to get a top-2 decide are nonetheless nice and there are a ton of fine participant choices within the second spherical. A type of prospects is Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis.
The 6-foot-9, 245-pound senior is likely one of the most polished put up gamers on this draft, if not probably the most. Regardless of defenses zeroing in on him all yr, TJD put up some nice numbers and was named the Karl Malone Award winner this season as the perfect energy ahead in school. He might see some enjoying time instantly as a small ball heart and can be price a second-round decide. Listed below are his numbers from the season.
20.9 PPG, 10.8 RPG, 2.9 BPG, 4.0 APG58.1 FG%, 69.5 FTpercent34.2 PER, 121.9 ORtg, 94.1 DRtg
Trayce Jackson-Davis Breakdown
Jackson-Davis is likely one of the finest scorers across the rim on this draft and regardless of defenses doubling him, tripling him, and doing all the things of their energy to cease him from scoring, he nonetheless did it. And he did it principally out of the put up as he doesn’t have a lot of a midrange sport and doesn’t shoot threes. He took guys off the drive, has a few go-to dribble strikes, and nobody can cease him one-on-one within the put up.
Not solely is TJD extremely expert within the paint, however he offers nice effort and has a unending motor. That’s what has helped him seize all these rebounds and common 20-10 in his final school season. When he’s getting double and triple-teamed, he’s glorious at discovering open teammates for good pictures. He doesn’t maintain the ball too lengthy and is fairly decisive in what he needs to do.
The largest weak spot in Jackson-Davis’s sport is his lack of versatility in his shot choice. He actually doesn’t shoot a lot outdoors of the paint, even with the dribble-driving skill. He will probably be pretty restricted to enjoying as a small ball heart or enjoying alongside a extra three-happy five-man. His rim safety is great and he’s glorious as a weak-side defender. He strikes his toes effectively within the pick-and-roll too. This could give him some good worth on protection as effectively.
