Jaden Rising

[Coolbreeze44]

Consider his defense and burgeoning offensive game

[thedoper]

Its been awesome. When he goes to the hoop it is amazing.

[Q-is-here]

After the top 10-15 players, I really don't have much of an opinion since it's such a big list of players, most of whom I hardly ever watch.

I think what we saw this year was Jaden blossom into more of a two-way threat and someone that can attack a defense that often puts an inferior defender on him. I personally think he could be our long-term answer at PF.

[FNG]

Tough to say, but I would summarize Jaden like this:

Game 3: Top 25 player
Game 2: Not in the top 100
Post-game interviews: needs some work!

All seriousness aside, we saw last night what he is capable of. He's a terror in the open court on fast breaks and has an unbelievable touch around the basket. And I attribute Luka's poor game last night more to Jaden's defense than the bad taco he ate for lunch in the skyway yesterday. I don't think Luka is looking forward to 2 or more games with Jaden hanging all over him.

[Wolvesfan21]

Tough to say, but I would summarize Jaden like this:

Game 3: Top 25 player
Game 2: Not in the top 100
Post-game interviews: needs some work!

All seriousness aside, we saw last night what he is capable of. He's a terror in the open court on fast breaks and has an unbelievable touch around the basket. And I attribute Luka's poor game last night more to Jaden's defense than the bad taco he ate for lunch in the skyway yesterday. I don't think Luka is looking forward to 2 or more games with Jaden hanging all over him.

I agree that he is still inconsistent too much. Top 25? You got to bring it nearly every night, which he mostly does on defense. I voted top 50. I think that is fair.

But I also agree his game is getting better and better. His rebounding and driving to the hoop are really nice.

[Monster]

Tough to say, but I would summarize Jaden like this:

Game 3: Top 25 player
Game 2: Not in the top 100
Post-game interviews: needs some work!

All seriousness aside, we saw last night what he is capable of. He's a terror in the open court on fast breaks and has an unbelievable touch around the basket. And I attribute Luka's poor game last night more to Jaden's defense than the bad taco he ate for lunch in the skyway yesterday. I don't think Luka is looking forward to 2 or more games with Jaden hanging all over him.

I agree that he is still inconsistent too much. Top 25? You got to bring it nearly every night, which he mostly does on defense. I voted top 50. I think that is fair.

But I also agree his game is getting better and better. His rebounding and driving to the hoop are really nice.

This is a good series in terms of match up for him offensively. He is literally longer than almost everyone the Lakers put on the floor most minutes. If he can get into the paint he should be able to finish. Basically all you have to do is not have Lebron block you. In addition there are some guys guarding him that he can beat off the dribble. He seems to have found the confidence this season to actually do this more consistently which is great and what was expected and hoped for him by fans and the Wolves. I think he has a chance to be more of a cositant threat on that end.

Meanwhile his rebounding has taken a pretty significant jump which makes him much more valuable and points to what Q mentioned that he could end up the Wolves PF at some point.

[rapsuperstar31]

The real Scottie Pippen jr, that one in Memphis is a fake.

[FNG]

Tough to say, but I would summarize Jaden like this:

Game 3: Top 25 player
Game 2: Not in the top 100
Post-game interviews: needs some work!

All seriousness aside, we saw last night what he is capable of. He's a terror in the open court on fast breaks and has an unbelievable touch around the basket. And I attribute Luka's poor game last night more to Jaden's defense than the bad taco he ate for lunch in the skyway yesterday. I don't think Luka is looking forward to 2 or more games with Jaden hanging all over him.

I agree that he is still inconsistent too much. Top 25? You got to bring it nearly every night, which he mostly does on defense. I voted top 50. I think that is fair.

But I also agree his game is getting better and better. His rebounding and driving to the hoop are really nice.

This is a good series in terms of match up for him offensively. He is literally longer than almost everyone the Lakers put on the floor most minutes. If he can get into the paint he should be able to finish. Basically all you have to do is not have Lebron block you. In addition there are some guys guarding him that he can beat off the dribble. He seems to have found the confidence this season to actually do this more consistently which is great and what was expected and hoped for him by fans and the Wolves. I think he has a chance to be more of a cositant threat on that end.

Meanwhile his rebounding has taken a pretty significant jump which makes him much more valuable and points to what Q mentioned that he could end up the Wolves PF at some point.

Correct, monster. Jaden is a remarkably humble player, but he literally said what you said post game 1. He basically said he noticed that other than Hayes, there isn't anyone with his length on the Laker roster (and what he didn't say is that Hayes isn't much of a rim protector). I'm not sure why he was so ineffective on offense in Game 2, but he certainly took advantage of his length and quickness advantage in 1 and 3.

[Coolbreeze44]

Conley said he doesn't realize how good he is and that his ceiling is unforeseen

[Coolbreeze44]

I voted top 35 due to taking a tough defensive assignment every night and his offensive game really coming on. I think he will play in an all star game in the next 2 years.