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#4 Jaren Jackson Jr.
Height: 6-11 (2.11m)
Weight: 240lb (109kg)
Wingspan: 7-4 (2.24m)
Date of Birth: September 15, 1999
College: Michigan State, Fr.
Jaren Jackson is another top high school recruit. One of his class' best rim protectors, Jackson drew attention when he put up 15 points and nine blocks in a high school game. Eighteen different colleges offered him a scholarship, before he decided to commit to Tom Izzo's Michigan State.
In college, he accumulated 106 blocks in 764 minutes this season, one every 7.2 minutes. Jackson is one of eight players since 2009 to make at least 100 blocks in 800 minutes or less, and he is the only of them to score three-pointers. His value to the team is apparent in his box plus/minus stat, second best in the league at 15.4, even though he played only 21.8 minutes per-game.
The only red flag about Jackson is his performance in the conference and NCAA tournaments. Michigan State lost in the conference semi-finals and in the national second round, while Jackson averaged only seven points and a single block in those tournaments. A 39.6 percent three-point shooter in the regular season, Jackson shot only 1 of 7 from deep in his four tournament games.
Jackson is still an expected third to seventh pick in this draft, thanks to his versatility and efficiency, but what distinguishes between an NBA-level player and an NBA superstar is the ability to show up in money time.
