Dude says that he's been working on his weaknesses which is shooting & ball handling but think's he can grow into a 4 in the NBA. I mean look the guy is skinny right now and no not as skinny like BI. But man really say the Lakers do take him, how is he going to get playing time with Randle at the 4 and BI at the 3, without him taking important minutes from them? Now even if they tried playing him at the 2 that would be a even bigger mistake since everyone including him knows one of his biggest weakness in his game is shooting and having literally zero range from the 3 point range. But ok lets draft him and pass on a PG like Lonzo, Fox, or Fultz so the Lakers can take a step back and have him come off the bench instead.
I'm just seriously wondering why some people like LTB are so hyped about him.
Bottom line is dude is just a bad fit for the current young core of the team, is a tweener and has obvious big holes in his game.
I understand what you are saying and you're definitely not wrong. Lets be clear here, all of these prospects have big holes in their game. None of them are perfect, no basketball players are.
Also, as i've mentioned before if we get Lonzo, Fox OR Jackson I will be happy. I was just happy to get this pick, i thought it was extremely unlikely wed get it again this year so this is like playing with house money i don't think we can lose either way.
However, referring to why I want JJ so much more than the others, i just believe his skillset is needed in this league. I just personally believe his strengths outweigh his weaknesses far more than other prospects' after Fultz.
This is why I am hyped about him:
In the interest of objectivity, here is also his weaknesses:
I just personally believe his weaknesses are far more improvable than the other players weaknesses, and we can see early on that he's already self aware and not in denial about them. He's clearly working on them already and by all accounts based off his teammates, coaches and his own interviews seems like someone who won't stop working on them. Of course Fox and Lonzo are great prospects too and this isn't taking anything away from them, they seem like great kids with great work ethic as well so like i mentioned id be happy with any of them.
However, just to respectfully answer your question i think he will be at least Iggy and at best...well, ill just leave it there so im not laughed at
Regarding playing time, i don't believe Randle will be starting as a Laker long term, especially when all these rookie contracts end and we have to make tough contract decisions. Im not concerned about Randle's playing time. Playing time is earned not given, if Randle doesn't improve his own weaknesses significantly enough I don't see Magic just blindly staying loyal to him and allowing him to start for the Lakers. Clarkson got moved to the bench and I can see the same happening for Randle potentially.
All in all, where else can you get someone who can guard point guards and power forwards?
I know Lonzo and Fox are special, but if Ingram turns into what I believe he will and Dlo keeps improving his shot, I don't think we'll be shooting deficient so i don't think we NEED JJ to be an amazing shooter right off the bat.
If Iggy can eventually learn how to make a nice amount of open 3's I don't see why JJ can't, Iggy's jumper used to be broke AF.
