Why Grizzlies GG Jackson has been a ‘STEAL OF A DEAL’ | Yahoo Sports

Why Grizzlies GG Jackson has been a ‘STEAL OF A DEAL’ | Yahoo Sports

Now speaking of a lot of losing right Memphis is almost taking like a gap year so to speak but and with those who don’t know of course John Morant being out for the year he had the suspension to start the season they were really behind the eightball and then he had surgery after

A reasonably promising start but with all the losing and all those injuries GG Jackson a second round pick he’s had a monster January going into February I love to see it GG Jackson when he was a junior in high school he was the number one ranked Junior in the

Country you know uh competed up a up a level for Team USA and the u8s got to play with you know uh Anthony black keante khalo wear was on that team and he was just comfortable he was comfortable in himself he was comfortable in the situation then what

Happened he reclassified up a grade he was originally committed to North Carolina decided to decommit from North Carolina committed to South Carolina it was not a good situation for him and when I saw him during the pre-draft last year he was just down and and it was

Really Weighing on him so I was really hoping he would go to the right situation and Memphis it turns out at pick number 45 has been the best situation for him Memphis got a seal of a deal they got a kid that if he had stayed in his original High School class

An original draft class he could have been a top five pick this year top five top top 10 pick this year and they got him for cheap you know and he’s been so productive Ive in his first year they just signed him for a 4year $8 a. half million contract and welld deserved

Because he’s showing that you know uh you shouldn’t have write written him off there were a lot of teams that were worried about his attitude and how he was going to take being an NBA player and just the maturity of it and he’s been absolutely fantastic for the G Grizzlies

Yahoo Sports’ senior NBA writer Vincent Goodwill and NBA analyst Krysten Peek discuss this year’s rookie class, centered on the surprise performance by Grizzlies forward GG Jackson.

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