Who is next in line for the Hoosiers if Trayce-Jackson Davis likes his NBA draft situation and decides to pursue a pro career? IndianaMBB TrayceJackson iubb NBAdraft
, however, doesn’t have Jackson-Davis going in his most recent mock draft at all. Other mock drafts have him going somewhere in between.
Even before he arrived at IU, he knew NBA teams would want to see perimeter skill from him, as he stands a little shorter than most centers at 6-9, 245 pounds. As the game has become more wide-open, even most of the league’s power forwards are at least serviceable 3-point shooters, which is increasingly necessary to keep the floor spread.
“I'm just listening to what coach Woodson's saying,” Jackson-Davis said in early March. “…Our offense is mostly where I'm back to the basket. So I'm just listening to what he's doing, and if it's going to put us in the best position to win, I'm just listening to what he says.”Regardless of whether it was Woodson’s game plan or Jackson-Davis’ lack of confidence, the rationale for Jackson-Davis’ lack of jump shots was still the same.
Jackson-Davis’ potential departure just makes getting an experienced front court player who can handle the center position even more important. With, the only players on IU’s roster with any experience whatsoever playing the 5 are Race Thompson and Logan Duncomb. Thompson hasn’t announced whether or not he’ll return for a sixth year, and Duncomb appeared in just nine games and played 19 minutes this season as a true freshman.