Rickea Jackson is an excellent offensive player, but for one detail: She has 10 assists in 335 minutes. Or to put it another way, she takes 11 shots for every time she sets up a teammate. Her 25 turnovers isn't bad, but a 10/25 A/TO is pretty bad for a wing.
Also, her defensive fundamentals are awful. It's like she was taught nothing about man and ball or general defensive principles in her entire career. She'll get better, if she wants to, but right now Jackson scores and rebounds, but is otherwise well below average. Of course, scoring and rebounding are really, really important, and the rest can be improved on, so it's not as if she's not a good player.
But given those two huge deficiencies, it's hard for me to give her more than a B-.
Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. I'm hopeful that as all these rookies continue to gain experience, their games will keep expanding and improving. And it should be pretty fun to watch that growth.
Rickea Jackson is an excellent offensive player, but for one detail: She has 10 assists in 335 minutes. Or to put it another way, she takes 11 shots for every time she sets up a teammate. Her 25 turnovers isn't bad, but a 10/25 A/TO is pretty bad for a wing.
Also, her defensive fundamentals are awful. It's like she was taught nothing about man and ball or general defensive principles in her entire career. She'll get better, if she wants to, but right now Jackson scores and rebounds, but is otherwise well below average. Of course, scoring and rebounding are really, really important, and the rest can be improved on, so it's not as if she's not a good player.
But given those two huge deficiencies, it's hard for me to give her more than a B-.
Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. I'm hopeful that as all these rookies continue to gain experience, their games will keep expanding and improving. And it should be pretty fun to watch that growth.