2023 DRAFT: Mavs take Lively, OMP, sign Mike Miles to 2-way, sign Jordan Walker

[DanSchwartzgan]

Dan— interesting thoughts on GG Jackson. I didn’t get the Hardy comparison but then remembered he reclassified and was playing a year ahead so to speak. He was 18 as a freshman I think and was a top 1-3 recruit in his draft class before the reclass. I have seen him compared to Jaren Jackson Jr. I think in that he projects as a rim protector who can step out to shoot the 3 and has just enough off the bounce game to be a threat. He’s an interesting one. 

Just serves to drive home to me the feeling that a really good player should be there for us at 10 if we keep the pick.

Yeah, it wasn’t that their games matched up.  It was the reclassification and the similar high ranking in their respective classes. 

I think both may have been a little over their heads in the G-League and at SC.   There are certainly some holes in GG’s game just like there were concerns in Hardy’s efficiency numbers.  A good bit of Jackson’s issue seems to be decision making (too many hard shots and not enough easy ones).  Recall Hardy had a similar issue with his poor efficiency in the G-League.  Just seems like it might be an mis-priced asset.