The official start Luke Jackson thread

[aaronr]

Re: Jackson Over Sasha

I'd go along with playing them regular minutes until Hughes returns to find out once and for all whether either one of them is worth a damn. Frankly, I don't think either one will ever play more than a marginal role on an NBA team. Luke was a number one pick, and we always get infatuated with our number one picks. He may have been a good player in college, and he's definitely a big-league passer, but he's just too slow and too weak to hold his own in the league. Sasha has a big league body but he's a mechanical man with poor basketball instincts. Give him an uncontested shot and he can hit it, but put him in a contested situation and he's always a step or a thought slow reacting. I'd love to be wrong about both players because we don't have anybody decent behind Lebron and Hughes on the wing, so yes, let's play them and I'll glady eat crow if I'm wrong.

 

[Dungong]

Re: Jackson Over Sasha

Sasha has been more impressive than Luke as of late. Luke had that one good game against the Lakers, and Sasha has shown he cant handle the end of close ones. Ira has shown that his offensive game is no where near where it was last year, not that it was that great last year

 

[Karma]

Re: Jackson Over Sasha

We need an athlete at the two with offensive ability! We dont need a guy who'll not shoot (Newble), cant defend (Jones) or a slowfooted tentative rookie (Jackson). Sasha is far from perfect, but he has the skillset and athletisism we need right now.

 

[MarkPrice25]

Re: Jackson Over Sasha

Right now, Sasha is the better fit for this team. I think that Sasha, with consistent minutes (i.e. continuing to start), will be a different player a week from now. He looked much more comfortable last night. He gives us a scorer/slasher as a stop-gap until we get Hughes back. He is FAR from perfect4, but right now, he beats the otehr alternatives.