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Following potential 2017 draftees...

Number of attempts, FT%, etc.
Here's Nylon Calculus' 3p projection for this year's draft class:
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You know if they did this for last year's class?
 
Frank Jackson strengths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcxqpsVa98M

Weaknesses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKf1OIOFBN4
 
I don't know if this is good or not but I have someone who Frank Jackson reminds me of - Olivier Hanlan. OK, I will see myself out now.
 
https://www.ocregister.com/2017/06/...mith-jr-enjoyed-working-out-in-group-setting/

Smith Jr. impressed the Lakers with his workout after leading the Wolfpack with 18.1 points on 45.5 percent shooting and 6.2 assists during his freshman season. He had a 48-inch vertical. He also believed he could have helped the Lakers in one specific category.

“I checked one of the stats and they’re bottom 10 in almost everything relative to pick-and-roll scoring,” Smith Jr. said. “I think I can contribute to that.”

I don't trust LAL numbers. I remember Russell posted 39.5" vertical a couple of years ago, when his vertical athleticism was never great. I don't believe this one either, but... oh well...
 
I don't know if this is good or not but I have someone who Frank Jackson reminds me of - Olivier Hanlan. OK, I will see myself out now.

I went to look at the numbers to prove you wrong... then I got sad... I liked Frank and now all I can think about is Hanlan bricking jumpers in summer league and pre-season.
 
I don't know if this is good or not but I have someone who Frank Jackson reminds me of - Olivier Hanlan. OK, I will see myself out now.

I went to look at the numbers to prove you wrong... then I got sad... I liked Frank and now all I can think about is Hanlan bricking jumpers in summer league and pre-season.
 
I went to look at the numbers to prove you wrong... then I got sad... I liked Frank and now all I can think about is Hanlan bricking jumpers in summer league and pre-season.

Keep in mind Hanlan was 2-3 years older than Jackson is right now coming into the league. He has a lot of time to improve and he has better athleticism than Hanlan had. What worries me is that it's not a functional athleticism. Watching Jackson play, you'd never guess he has 40+ inches vertical jump. I guess my hope is that with his body maturing he will start using his athletic gifts in in-game settings as well and this would ultimately raise his ceiling over what Hanlan has become.
 
Keep in mind Hanlan was 2-3 years older than Jackson is right now coming into the league. He has a lot of time to improve and he has better athleticism than Hanlan had. What worries me is that it's not a functional athleticism. Watching Jackson play, you'd never guess he has 40+ inches vertical jump. I guess my hope is that with his body maturing he will start using his athletic gifts in in-game settings as well and this would ultimately raise his ceiling over what Hanlan has become.

I just did really superficial measurements and freshmen year comparison. I do think Frank is George Hillish... not quite as long, but Frank does have a pretty good first step/crossover.

He doesn't dunk all over guys, but he shows he's kind of quick. I think the argument for him is that he was in a backcourt with established guys and played his role well. He likely played within himself in part because moving outside of his lane might cause him to be sitting on the bench.
 
Yep, Walt Perrin said he thought Trey Lyles was going to be a better NBA player than Karl Anthony Towns before Lyles played at Kentucky. Which actually made me not hate the pick as much as I did initially.

But it's things like this that make me really question Perrin's ability to judge talent.

These things can be hard to judge, plus wasn't Lyles regarded as one of the top prospects in high school? I can see how he could think that. I'm sure he's not the only one at his position that thought that at that time.
 
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