Who is to blame? Is coach Jenkins too stubborn, or is Jarren Jackson's margin too low...
Being elected to the No. 4 pick in the recognized draft shows how good Jaren Jackson's talent is, yes, whether it is physical talent or technical level, it is difficult to find Jalen Jackson's shortcomings, he has both offensive and defensive, can be inside and outside, the ceiling may not be as high as Doncic, but as a team player, it is a rare existence.
However, four years on, and although Jackson got a $105 million contract extension a year earlier, his performance this season has left Memphis fans with little hope in sight.
As of now, Jaren Jackson has only averaged 13.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.9 blocks per game, compared to the past few seasons, almost a total decline, but this is not the most terrible, look at his scoring efficiency, whether under the basket, or outside the three-point line, can only be described as "bad".
In the 0-3 foot zone, Jackson shot 60 times, only hit 23 goals, shooting 38.3%, ranking first from the bottom among all the league's interior players, and shooting 35.3% from the second offense, which is also the bottom of the same position, even worse than VanVleet and Seth Curry, who are 1.85 meters tall;
From 23 feet away, Jackson did not reach the passing level, shooting only 34.5% of 81 shots in total, and for comparison, the Magic's Bamba had 37.5%;
As for rebounding, it is still Jackson's weakness, we don't know how he, a big man with a height of 2.11 meters, managed to grab only 3 or 4 rebounds in a game, 9.7% rebounding rate, ranking 4th from the bottom among the inner players, only stronger than Lopez, Theis and Markkanen;
Only the defense is still decent, whether it is the inner line guard frame, or the change of defense outside line, there are few losses.
But this is not what the Grizzlies want to see, in their plan, Jaren Jackson is morant's second boss, is expected to become the next Anthony Davis top big forward, no matter how bad it should reach the height of "Roaring Heavenly Lord" Rashed Wallace, averaging 17-20 points per game, can open up space, but also can attack + defend inside.
But now, Jaren Jackson is fully in the direction of Miles Turner, and it is a weakened version, the latter has averaged 3.36 blocks per game this season, a 44.1% three-point shooting rate and nearly 70% shooting from the inside.
I don't know if there's a problem with the Grizzlies' approach to development, or if Jaren Jackson didn't work hard enough, knowing that he's had a surprising performance in the past few seasons, but whenever Jaren Jackson learns one skill, he quickly forgets another.
For example, in the first year of his career, his basket shooting rate can still reach the league average, and his three-point shooting rate is relatively weak;
In the second season, Jaren Jackson increased his three-point shooting rate to 39.7%, but the basket shooting rate dropped by 3.3%.;
Then this season, his internal and external lines have all become short boards, from partial to koko failed, completely a "four unlike", neither like blue collar, nor like pitchers, neither can protect rebounds, nor can he respond high, fortunately, Jaren Jackson is young enough, I hope that the Grizzlies management can find the problem as soon as possible, don't waste his top talent.