Hal14 wrote:ConstableGeneva wrote:playa-hater wrote:Well a player even younger than Walsh, GG Jackson was thrown into the lineup and has killed it already for Memphis the last 2 games..
Grizzlies have no healthy players. It's like apples and screwdrivers.
Yup, Grizzlies have no healthy players, they are clearly tanking. Much different team context than a deep, talented Celtics team with everyone healthy and the favorite to win the title.
Also, GG Jackson is an outlier. Just because there's 1 19-year old rookie drafted in the 2nd round who is making an impact, it doesn't outweigh the 100+ examples on the other side of the coin.
Lastly, GG is not a typical 2nd round pick. He was the #1 ranked player in his HS class. He fell in the draft. But many people thought he should have gone 1st round and this draft analyst even had him top 5 on his big board:
GG was a 1st rounder on my big board as well.
That 2023 draft has been interesting. Some of the top picks not very good, whereas there's been some nice finds in late first round and second.
I recall tracking Jaime Jaquez Jr., GG Jackson, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Leonard Miller, and Walsh before and during the draft, and some of those guys plus, Brandin Podziemski, Cam Whitmore and others have done pretty well.
GG Jackson is offensively gifted, but the D was a concern. I was surprised he fell as far as he did, and thought he'd be a nice pickup, but Brad kept trading away 2nds for more future 2nds.
Anyway, I doubt he'd be getting minutes on the Celtics this year.
Yet, he and Walsh are both still only 19 I think. It would be nice to see Walsh get some minutes now that we are at the half-way point of the season and only need to defend home court advantage.
