Sorry for the delay, pick is up.
Round 7 / Pick 253 - Stephen Jackson
HIGHLIGHTS
STATS ages 24 and up:
PPG 16.6 - 3.1 AST/G - 526 TS% - .343 3PT% - 4 RPG - 1.4 SPG
I'm taking Stephen Jackson with a bit of reservation. He's been no angel and is bit inefficient for my liking, but I think he makes up that with his versatility, defense, and passing abilities.
Offensively Stephen is a mid/high volume guy with a variety of ways to score and create for his teammates. He can be inconsistent and a bit of a chucker, however I think that with the squad I've got that becomes less of an issue. His ability to post up should work well with the outside shooters I've already got, and his semi-effective outside shot will keep the floor spaced nicely for the big men I have down low. He can also stop and pop, pick and pop, pick and roll, and of course slash Stephen's definitely a guy who can create his own shot, which was a bit lacking on my team.
Defensively he's been above average against guard and smaller wings, but he does tend to get overpowered by stronger 3's. That's no biggie for my squad, with KG and Bobby Phills being able to check those types of players.
Stephen's had his issues with character, but that really hasn't really translated to the locker room and the perceptions of him by his teammates and coaches. Across the board, SJax has been praised by both coaches and teammates, as well as those in the community for his charitable efforts. His on and off-court inconsistency make him a bit of an enigma, which you can take as either a positive or a negative. Either way, I feel that my team is full of enough high-character guys to take someone who might be questionable in that department.
I'm not quite sure how I'd play Stephen, but right now it's looking like he'd be a starter, with Mike Miller coming off the Bench. That's something I'll have to think about further.
My team so far with proposed lineups:
PG/SG - Jeff Hornacek
SG/SF - Bobby Phills
SG/SF - Stephen Jackson
SF/PF/C - Kevin Garnett
C - Bill Laimbeer
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SG/SF - Mike Miller
C/PF - Elden Campbell
Last edited by Seadood228; 07-01-2008 at 08:01 PM.