Jaxson's future development

I think the end of the season has unfortunately highlighted how far he has to go still. His offensive and defensive awareness is still pretty lacking, his shot not consistent enough to either respect, or chance possessions on, he is still abysmal at rebounding and boxing out, and while in theory he should be someone capable of switching out onto the perimeter ala AD/Ayton/Bam, his anticipation, footwork, positioning, and decision-making just doesn't seem to be there yet, and his IQ and anchoring at the 5 has not been pretty except for spurts against back ups, against mostly bad teams.

Thankfully, that probably means he will not be super expensive to keep around and continue developing.

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Is there any chance Jaxson can develop enough to compete with Ayton type centers?

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Ayton is an elite true center, I cant see Jaxson ever being that. I think he's clearly best at the 4. I just cant see his rebounding get good enough to be a starting 5.

Jaxson was a decent factor in getting us to where we are, but these past three games he pretty much doesn't have a roll (although the Spurs were respecting his shot so it gave needed spacing). The ball movement hasn't been there though either so there has been like no cutting. I think this next game the starting lineup should stay the same to see if things click like they were clicking with that unit. But I think for this team, at the moment, he should be a top option for the 2nd unit not a 4th option for the starters.

That applies even more so next year. Jaxson in theory pairs really well with Zion but the rebounding really does hurt you if you have to put him at the 5. He's not getting a contract this off season so we still have time to try and get a clearer picture of his ceiling. I mean he's still only 21, I dont have any reason to think he can't keep getting better. Either good enough to have a really defined role on the squad or a key piece in a trade next year. I personally am rooting for his game to keep improving. I'd love to see more of the outside shot and driving to the basket.

I’ve said this for a while now, but I’m convinced that if Jax ever figures it out it won’t be on our team. He just oozes “2nd draft” kind of guy.

I can’t argue with a lot of the things said here I mean sometimes it looks like his goal is to only touch the ball when going for rebounds - it’s so weak.

However, he seems to have a high level natural ability to draw fouls and does have a good hook shot right now that isn’t being utilized enough by the coaching staff. He doesn’t need to be out there if they can’t put him in a position to use his strengths. His game/confidence just isn’t there yet for him to know what to do when he gets the ball at the 3 point line. I guess I see it as there’s blame to go around not just Jaxson.

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Is there any chance Jaxson can develop enough to compete with Ayton type centers?

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ANY chance? Yes

Likely chance? No. Jaxson is only hard enough to beat up women and doesn't have the dawg in him to hang with guys like Ayton.

Jaxson thinks he's a 3.