Jackson is trash. He's not an NBA talent. I was calling him G-Leaguer almost a year ago when most fans wanted to believe. His future is ballroom dancing with Dancing on the Stars. That's my career advice to him.
. It is not hard to tell if a guy can play or not. He can't play! I made this comment many times, but bears repeating: Even when his shots go in, usually garbage time when the butterflies in his tummy have dispersed, they are not good shots. A running midrange floater when nervous about getting blocked is not going to translate to efficient scoring. He chokes on open threes, doesn't draw fouls or get above the rim to finish. Everyone can see it without a delusional bias. It is plain as the nose on your face unless you live in Homerland.
Hypothetically a player could make a good percentage of floaters if he has the threat to get to the rim. Superstar in-training D-Fox can make a lot of midrange floaters because defenders have to give him space so as not to get beat to the hole. Don't forget D-Fox will draw contact too, unlike G-Leaguer. D-Fox can make those easy shots in the lane at about a 70% clip whereas G-Leaguer will give you 25% if you are lucky. That is the difference between a dynamic player and a baby. But there is good news....Look at this glowing comment from D-Fox: “(Williams) brings energy and he just picks everybody up,” Kings guard De’Aaron Fox said. “Everybody picks it up offensively and everybody picks it up defensively, and when you feel that energy everybody just starts making shots and that’s what he does. He’s able to change the energy of the game.” This is a stinging indirect indictment of Jackson The best compliment you can pay him is he's a nice guy. Nice guys don't win games.
Now here is the good news. It is hard to admit another mistake after Papa G and Malachi. It gives the ownership pause when another asset is wasted on a phony. But if we hover at or above .500 it is going to easier for the decision makers (Vlade and Joerger) to bench this bum. The ego is in the way to try to turn this guy into functional rotational player. If the Kings continue to play well, including sweeping the rest of this homestand, then they can feel more secure in demoting Jackson to the end of the bench where he belongs. I like the idea of all wing minutes going to Shump and Williams, also playing Boggy at backup PG if Mason does not get his crap together. Then you move Yogi back into the rotation (since he is a better fit off-the-ball). You can go hyper-athletic with the second unit at 4 spots (Yogi, Williams, Bagley, Giles over Koufos) with Boggy running the show.
Koufos killed us against the Raptors. He was ineffective in the previous game too. Giles may be ready to soon to be reinserted into the rotation. Boggy really makes it easy on the bigs to catch and flip it in. Giles can flip it in better than Koufos! Hopefully Giles has been going beast mode in the gym so he can fight for the boards better. Then this second unit can give us a nice boost instead of struggling relative to the first team. The bottom line is over the next month I want to see Giles and Williams in the rotation , Koufos and Jackson out, perhaps Yogi over Mason if Mason doesn't turn it around. This rotation has be treated very delicately and prudently so we can stay in the playoff race and improve our seeding. Joerger is going to prove how good of a coach he is over the next few weeks and it starts with acknowledging the obvious with Jackson.