Jaylen Crocker-Johnson appreciation post!

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JCJ has really upped his scoring the last 3 big ten games with 20 vs Wisc., 22 at Illinois, and 26 most recently at Ohio St. He has now raised his scoring from 9.0 ppg and 4.4 reb, to 14.1 ppg and 7.1 rebounds. He is definitely one of the top centers in the league, and he is undersized and playing out of his best position. The big lefty is really able to face up and drive.

My only complaint is the amount of 3's he is taking? He took 7 last game. I mean maybe he should take about 4 per game, and if makes 2- maybe 7 is warranted. I also don't like the amount Asuma is taking. Asuma did have a nice all around game with 8 reb, 5 ass, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. I think Tyson should be the only one attempting 7 per game.
 







Crazy evolution for him this year. He keeps getting better, and that's as the competition gets stronger.

The people who are worried about retaining him, I'm sure he understands what happened to Tyson formerly and his past teammate, Evans currently.

And I'm sure there was more money available to him elsewhere after last year, but he chose the coach and system that he knows will make him shine.
 

topos said:
Crazy evolution for him this year. He keeps getting better, and that's as the competition gets stronger.

The people who are worried about retaining him, I'm sure he understands what happened to Tyson formerly and his past teammate, Evans currently.

And I'm sure there was more money available to him elsewhere after last year, but he chose the coach and system that he knows will make him shine.
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He would be crazy to leave but tough to count on anything these days. He has a featured role here with a coach who is heavily invested in him.
 

As they said last night in the commentary. He keeps moving up levels and continuing to get better, that doesn't happen often. Hes the#1 guy we need to stick around this year. Obviously many candidates but if I could only pick 1 it'd be him.
 



leib0039 said:
As they said last night in the commentary. He keeps moving up levels and continuing to get better, that doesn't happen often. Hes the#1 guy we need to stick around this year. Obviously many candidates but if I could only pick 1 it'd be him.
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Yep. Crock and Asuma are 1a and 1b priorities.
 

Lot of viable pieces to be back on next years team. I think if we add more, next year we’ll see JCJs efficiency numbers really pop more. He’d being asked to do it on both ends of the floor for 30+ minutes a night so I’m not surprised his 3pt% has dropped just from legs. Add another big to spare him some minutes and I bet those numbers shoot back up. His shot from 3 looks sound and he’s solid from the FT line for a forward. Could maybe play himself into being an nba rotation guy with his trend
 





Jaylen Crocker-Johnson has been our most important player this season. Sure...Cade Tyson is going to lead the team in points and Isaac Asuma is likely to lead the team in assists...but Crocker-Johnson has been the glue guy. Gives us a little (or a lot) or everything--scoring, rebounding, hustle, size, passing, defense, grit. Love his play this year! We would be lost without him. He is the engine that keeps this team running which is especially important when we are playing only 7 players. Thank you, Jaylen Crocker-Johnson. So glad you chose to wear the Maroon and Gold!
 



upnorthkid said:
Lot of viable pieces to be back on next years team. I think if we add more, next year we’ll see JCJs efficiency numbers really pop more. He’d being asked to do it on both ends of the floor for 30+ minutes a night so I’m not surprised his 3pt% has dropped just from legs. Add another big to spare him some minutes and I bet those numbers shoot back up. His shot from 3 looks sound and he’s solid from the FT line for a forward. Could maybe play himself into being an nba rotation guy with his trend
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He's been very solid, especially considering that we need him to play out of position (at least at the Big 10 level) for most of the season. I love remembering when so many on this board were adamant that he should never be allowed to shoot the 3 earlier this season, basing their knee-jerk, definitive reactions on a pretty small snapshot of his overall body of work the season before. The fact that Niko never discouraged him from taking open 3's had no effect on their opinion. Which is why most actual basketball people (coaches, players, ect.) pay no attention to we idiots on this forum.

We have a habit of going from "he's awesome" to "he sucks" to "he's awesome" inside the space of a week. We should be a little embarrassed and humbled as time widens the scope of what these players are able and asked to do during the course of a season or career, but we aren't and we never learn. Imagine how we would be judged in our lives or careers if we lost our cool over (good or bad) what we did "RIGHT NOW" every day or every minute. People would look at us and think we are bat shit crazy with zero perspective.
 

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