Monday, March 29, 2004
Jarrett Jack, NBA Prospect?
I'd like to think so. Calm, confident and in-control in each of the big games I've seen him play. B.J. Elder may be Georgia Tech's leading scorer, but it is Jack who makes or breaks the Yellow Jackets.Wayne Drehs has a nice column on Jack's work ethic over at ESPN. In an age of pampered, lazy, and self-obsessed stars, the intro alone should get the NBA scouts interested:
It happened every single day this summer. Georgia Tech point guard Jarrett Jack would head to the basketball building, pop his head in assistant coach Cliff Warren's office and undergo the most intensive mental rehabilitation any basketball player could imagine.
Together, they'd watch every play of every game from the previous season. Fast-forward. Rewind. Pause. Three times, four times, five times. Why did you pass? Why did you shoot? Why did you dribble to your right? Why did you turn it over? Why didn't you find the open man? Why didn't you get this rebound? That steal? Why did you let him beat you?
Everything down to why Jack's shirt wasn't tucked in properly was broken down, analyzed and argued over. At Jack's request.
