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What do you think of Kasparas Jakucionis?

Kas was as two faced as any player and its left me completely confused. He was awesome early and awful late. There was an injury. It wouldn't surprise me if he lands in the 10-14 range and is the obvious gem (with hindsight) and some team got a steal.
 
Kas was as two faced as any player and its left me completely confused. He was awesome early and awful late. There was an injury. It wouldn't surprise me if he lands in the 10-14 range and is the obvious gem (with hindsight) and some team got a steal.

We can't know how much the injury really affected him...but he really did have two different seasons and it would be a huge coincidence if it just played out that way randomly before and after the injury. I don't believe he really is a 40%+ 3 point shooter off on strictly pullups and stepbacks like was though.

Somewhat related, I found kind of funny/interesting that Kas is 1% in spot up frequency. Seems impossible for a guard to be that way, but it does speak to the fact that a huge portion of his offense was self created. His high efficiency/self creation combo is only rivaled by Harper in this class.
 
We can't know how much the injury really affected him...but he really did have two different seasons and it would be a huge coincidence if it just played out that way randomly before and after the injury. I don't believe he really is a 40%+ 3 point shooter off on strictly pullups and stepbacks like was though.

Somewhat related, I found kind of funny/interesting that Kas is 1% in spot up frequency. Seems impossible for a guard to be that way, but it does speak to the fact that a huge portion of his offense was self created. His high efficiency/self creation combo is only rivaled by Harper in this class.
Like I would feel better about him than Fears... wouldn't surprise me if either guy all of a sudden pops in the right situation and I'm sad.
 
IDK, on the surface yes Kas is a better athlete, but the defensive stuff tells me Kon has more "functional" athleticism.
Kas was a much better rebounder and about the same on stocks. I'm not sure what defensive stuff you are referring to, but for any advanced numbers you have to take in to consideration that Kon played next to great defenders and played against worse players than Kas.

Kas is a better functional athlete, I'm pretty comfortable with that take.
 
Like I would feel better about him than Fears... wouldn't surprise me if either guy all of a sudden pops in the right situation and I'm sad.

I've been trying to make the case for Fears because it seems like he's a real option and he's not as discussed....but I've really just come away with the conclusion that Kas is the prospect I prefer. Fears is way quicker and has a much tighter handle and maybe that means better translation. I just believe in Kas's shot, BBIQ, and passing much more.
 
Kas was a much better rebounder and about the same on stocks. I'm not sure what defensive stuff you are referring to, but for any advanced numbers you have to take in to consideration that Kon played next to great defenders and played against worse players than Kas.

Kas is a better functional athlete, I'm pretty comfortable with that take.
I mean, Kas was on a loaded team with great defenders as well.
 
I am not a big draft analyst but I like Kasparas Jakucionis more than anyone being projected at #5 and want to know what others think.

I think he has a good aggression, playmaking, and shooting skills. I think he is going to be much better in the NBA game with spaced floors and foul calls. I think he is will be a star and is the type of player you can win championships with because he will make others better.

I would probably have him #3 on my board. Thoughts? Where would you take him?

I'm still trying to figure out what his elite skill is. He might be a big guard who can do a bunch of things pretty well, but isn't elite at any one thing, maybe like Podziemsky.
 
Not saying they were, but they were still a very good and deep team with a stretch 5 who could rim protect.
You are just saying stuff to say stuff then.

My point was any comparison of Kas's and Kon's advanced defensive numbers should take in to consideration that Kon played with better defenders and against worse competition. I don't think you would disagree with that.

To be honest, I'm still not sure what you mean by Kon's defensive stuff, so maybe my comment isn't relevant.
 
You are just saying stuff to say stuff then.

My point was any comparison of Kas's and Kon's advanced defensive numbers should take in to consideration that Kon played with better defenders and against worse competition. I don't think you would disagree with that.

To be honest, I'm still not sure what you mean by Kon's defensive stuff, so maybe my comment isn't relevant.
Well you brought up rebounding, but we arent going to act like it's harder to stack rebounding numbers on Duke vs Illinois?

Kon just moves his feet better on defense. He can wall up and stay with players. Kas is a traffic cone.
 
Well you brought up rebounding, but we arent going to act like it's harder to stack rebounding numbers on Duke vs Illinois?

Kon just moves his feet better on defense. He can wall up and stay with players. Kas is a traffic cone.
Kas was extremely two-faced as a defender. He had pretty solid stretches. But he definitely coasted if he thought the game was out-of-reach. The coasting is a problem in its own right, of course; but his ceiling is better than it can seem at times.
 
Well you brought up rebounding, but we arent going to act like it's harder to stack rebounding numbers on Duke vs Illinois?

Kon just moves his feet better on defense. He can wall up and stay with players. Kas is a traffic cone.
Good point on taking the situations in context regarding the rebounding numbers, that should absolutely be considered.

Your comment about Kas being a traffic cone makes me feel like you have no idea what you are talking about, which I know isn't true.
 
Good point on taking the situations in context regarding the rebounding numbers, that should absolutely be considered.

Your comment about Kas being a traffic cone makes me feel like you have no idea what you are talking about, which I know isn't true.
IDK, maybe I just caught some bad games. Kas is one of the players I watched a ton of early on then stopped watching as much later.
 
IDK, maybe I just caught some bad games. Kas is one of the players I watched a ton of early on then stopped watching as much later.
He was really bad at screen navigation early on, but got much better as the year went on. He does get lost off ball, but I don't think it's often enough to be concerned about. He's really quite good at help and recover, which I think is a good way to see his athleticism. He's also a very good defensive rebounder.

Overall I would rate him as a slightly above average college defender, but I think he'll most likely be an average to slightly below average NBA defender.
 
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