The Atlanta Hawks are Hiding a Superstar…

The Atlanta Hawks are Hiding a Superstar…

The Atlanta Hawks have had an underwhelming season thus far not even at 500 despite high hopes for the Trey young Le team while disappointing there is one bright spot for the Hawks and he goes by Jaylen Johnson Jaylen said hey you know what there’s a new high F in

Town drafted in the 2021 NBA draft and selected 20th overall Johnson is now in his third NBA season and is finally broken out as a versatile forward but his play has seemingly being overshadowed by the mediocrity of the Haws among players playing over 30 minutes of night Johnson is second in

The entire NBA in true shooting at 67% behind only Grayson Allen at 67.5% with Johnson also averaging over 15 points per game I shouldn’t have to explain to you how rare this is for a small forward in just his third season on this play Johnson has to bias Harris

On the perimeter before crossing over over to his right finding some space before stopping into the turnaround fadeaway nothing Tobias could do there here the Beast Josh giddy loses the ball only for Jaylen to pick it up as he gets on his bike in transition before Isaiah

Joe reaches so Jaylen teaches he’s got a really good handle for a 6’9 player here in basically the same position he intercepts the ball from Joe with his 7t wingspan and gets into to the fast break after a couple of dribbles he sees baay ahead of the ball

So he throws up a perfect lob for the bay Jam despite being a lengthy paint Beast he is a willing passer and does it well for a bigger guy he’s also a 40% shooter from Deep which gives him even more opportunity to attack the paint with that extreme speed and length with

These traits he also averages over a steel and a block per game not to mention his Synergy with Trey young is unmatched matched although he is going under the radar in Atlanta considering the trajectory of Johnson’s career thus far and his versatile skill set he proving to be bound for Allstar status

Soon and it’s only due time until the NBA World wakes up with that said is Jaylen Johnson actually the real deal welcome to sports fere let’s get into it good defensive sequence didn’t give him anything there you go Jaylen that’ll wake him up watch your head oh that was

Nice Jaylen Johnson was selected by the Atlanta Hawks as the 20th pick after coming out of Juke as a five-star recruit he ended his time at Juke by putting an early halt to his career after the Juke team struggled compared to their usual standards before ending

Their season with a 13 and 11 record but in the late stages of the Season as a standout draft prospect on his team Jaylen Johnson would forego the remainder of the season to prepare for the 2021 NBA draft seemingly out of dedication to preparation an unusual choice but I guess it made sense

Considering dukee was an underwhelming team that season he ended the season with over 11 points and six rebounds as well as two assists in 13 games for the Blue Devils regardless at this point Johnson was listed as a 6’9 small forward who was seen as a five-star recruit with

Good athletic ability High basketball IQ who strives in transition and also could pass the ball draft recruiters made comparisons of Johnson to players like Tobias Harris and Paul Pierce and many draft programs predicted him to go in the MidFirst round of the 2021 NBA draft this saw him taken 20th overall by the

Atlanta Hawks and after playing mostly garbage minutes for some time and sitting on the bench before sigining with the Hawks G League affiliate the College Park Skyhawks after the season ended he would have a non-surgical procedure on his left knee after a previous injury anyways The Following Season he

Would see himself as a consistent bench player on the Atlanta Hawks the spot still receiving limited minutes in the 2022 23 season Johnson played 70 games averaging 15 minutes a game 5.6 points four rebounds and over an assist on decent efficiency but this season he is

Well and truly broken out and despite a left wrist injury disrupting his season he’s having career highs in all categories so far doing so on career high percentage and he’s also looking like a most improved player candidate although he was seen more as a lengthy Rim Runner he’s proven to be a much

Better shooter than expected and although shooting primarily open Catch and shoot threes in 3.4 attempts per game he’s going at just over 40% making over 1 three per game he also has good free throw percentage which is another good sign for his shooting ability and this shooting ability opens up a lot more

Opportunity for a player with a skill set at The Rim just watching this play with the opponent’s defense not set up he drives hard to his left expects the contact and as soon as he feels the contact he goes up for the finish and gets the n one

Great body control from the young man as well as this play as he catches the ball behind the ark fakes the shot before driving in for the crafty eurostep finish aside from being a beast in transition his tendency to fake the three ball at the perimeter unlocks the

Rest of his game and opens up easy looks near the rim with his size and finishing which is proven to be a big part of his game he also loves these little floaters and he’s also got a decent mid-range game which shows potential of becoming a great three-level scorer in the future

But it’s not just scoring Johnson tends to often make the right offensive reads finding the open man here he catches the ball at the post on a much smaller tie as Jones sees a double as the Wizards try to switch before kicking it out to the open shooter Trey Young Who buries the

Three here too he has the ball at the position where he isn’t exactly comfortable scoring in so he makes a crosscourt pass to the open man in sadik Bay a good shooter who buries the triple defensively his length allows him to get into passing lanes and once he

Makes the steal it’s usually an easy transition basket for him down the other end with a good handle for a big man and with the explosiveness he possesses although his defense could use a lot more work both interior and perimeter but this should not be a problem giving his athleticism and willingness to

Defend Jaylen Johnson has also become Trey Young’s favorite highflying partner just look at some of these plays Trey the race is on off the board to Jayla Johnson young thr it upstairs the Johnson left hand how do you how do you make that kind of pass great no looks at

Jayen Johnson rocks the rim with that duck not to mention in his last 10 games Jaylen is averaging over 18 points per game 11 rebounds and four assists and has recently proved himself to be one of the hawks’ most reliable players despite being in just his third season overall the 22-year-old forward

Jaylen Johnson has not only been the most efficient finisher on the Hawks but also one of the most efficient players in the entire NBA as he continues to grow and get a bigger role in the Hawks there’s no doubt that he will be on track to becoming an Allstar by as early

As next season his game consists of seemingly doing everything on the court and he doesn’t even have an obvious weakness at this stage from playing in the G League just two years ago and being a bench warmer last season Jaylen Johnson has proved indeed to be one of the best small

Forwards in his draft class and has truly broken out in his third year and although he has still got a lot of work on there’s no doubt that he’s a confident exciting player that is probably going to be a superstar in a few years is and only in due time will

The NBA wake up to the rise of Jaylen Johnson anyways thanks for watching sports FIA when will Jaylen start getting the recognition he deserves please let us know in the comments below see you in the next video

Trae Young’s favourite teammate, Jalen Johnson, selected in the 2021 NBA Draft has quietly become one of the best player on the Atlanta Hawks this season.

The poster dunk machine out of Duke has also been one of the most efficient players in the entire NBA, but is still highly underrated.

How high do you think Jalen Johnson’s ceiling is?

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