re: Jaxson Hayes Interview in The Athletic

Not sure what other big men can say they came into the league and got 3 elite mentors to shadow: Derrick Favors(say what you want about his decline, but he has a great reputation as a teammate and his fundamentals were as solid as it comes), Steven Adams, and Jonas Valuncianas.

I mean the kid basically got to shadow 3 of the best big men teammates you could ask for in the league. And with Vinson on the roster basically any skill he wanted to learn he had an expert teacher at his disposal between his teammates and our coaches. Favors and Adams both experts at the fundamentals of defense and defensive communication, how to carry yourself on and off the court. Set screens, rebound, box out, do the dirty work. Val, one of the most skilled low post scorers in the game currently, who grew his game to the three point line, also an excellent rebounder. Vinson an elite shooting coach to turn him into a stretch player he claimed to have developed this offseason but we have seen little of.

Hell, BI is an incredibly skilled mid range player, Jax should be studying tape on everything BI does on the block because a lot of it is classic PF skills.

But by all accounts he's done little to none of this.