I think Jabari's ceiling is Jaren Jackson Jr. or higher (probably a 3/4 instead of a 4/5 like JJJ, so, fewer blocks, but maybe more threes and steals). I looked at the 2018 draft. Other than Doncic and SGA and maybe Jalen Brunson, I would still take JJJ highest (yes, higher than Trae Young). But JJJ's rookie season looked a lot like Jabari's, except that Jabari somehow "forgot" how to shoot. If and when he regains his shot (I blame some of that on Silas), he will just be more confident overall, and much better. I would NOT count out Jabari at all at this point.
Jabaris rookie season went pretty much as expected - besides his 3pt shooting. Had he shot 38% I‘d say he were right on par. I still believe he can improve his shooting to close to 40%, since he has been a great shooter all his life. Now I do believe he can benefit greatly from Udoka. Jabari needs a structured offense. He is not the guy that will create a lot of offense by himself. And I do believe he is very coachable. I would like to see a lot of off the ball screens both with him as a screener and with him as the one trying to get open. And on defense we can see his talent, but to be able to play in a real system and knowing what he should do at all times, should help him as well. I still don‘t think he will turn into a superstar, but he should turn into that super role player a lot of us were expecting.
He looks like a PF version of Reggie Miller but not that accurate of a shooter. Very similar mechaniques after the shot has been released.
If he ever becomes half as good as Giannis i'll post my nude here and you will not like it trust me. His ceiling is somewhere around Harrison Barnes.
lol nice one. I agree he won't ever be as good as Giannis. They don't even have similar strengths and weaknesses, even setting aside the obvious talent differential. Harrison Barnes as a ceiling comp is underselling Jabari though. At very least, he has a lot more rebounding/defensive potential. Rashard Lewis is a comp that I hear a lot. That seems closer
Yeah i don't like this oh x player could be Giannis because Giannis was once slim too ting. If every slim dude could add weight there would be 125152 Giannises. People need to understand that some limitations are there to stay you can not overcome every single obstacles in your way. I read the same bs about Chet no way that kid can add weight and stay healthy. Just look at his ankles. His BMI frighteningly low it was sth like 18 as far as i know. He's barely human. I don't hate RL comparison but if my memory serves me right, RL was pretty good in the post, could dribble and definitely wasn't as stiff as Jabari. I don't remember vomiting all over the place watching RL. I think he's far more likely to end up being HB than RL. The only thing i genuinely like about Jabari is his middy. I remember at some point through the end of the season i checked his stats and his FG% was below .4 even below Kwame. I think if Jabari can't get this **** together next season by get his **** together i mean not looking like a G-League player when his shots don't go in you gotta give up on him. Then he's officially bad at basketball. People said he was the most ready rookie geniunely **** r/NBA_Draft
I think you're being too hard on him, he was 5th among all players under 23 in rebounds per game, 7th among all under 23 players in blocked shots. Harrison Barnes never in his entire career grabbed as many boards or blocked as many shots, let alone as a rook Give the kid a chance to prove himself, he was really coming around toward the end of the season
Yeah i trust Ime and Jabari's work ethic. I think this applies for Sengun too if they never reach their potential it'll be because we misevaluated their potentials not because they didn't work hard.
Rashard Lewis' career high in rebounds in 7 and blocks is 0.9. Jabari has matched or bested those numbers already in his rookie season. Also for half his career, he was not a good defender (probably got good around age 26). If we're getting Rashard Lewis plus all of those other things, that would be incredible. Good comp though.