NBA Draft 2023: 5 most overrated first round prospects

Most overrated NBA Draft prospects: 4. G.G. Jackson

Jackson enrolled at South Carolina as one of the most hyped prospects in his high school class. Unfortunately, his erratic play for the Gamecocks hurt his draft stock during his one season in Columbia.

There’s still hope that Jackson can emerge as a quality NBA player due to his functional size and athleticism for the forward position. He measured just over 6-foot-8 at the NBA Combine and his wingspan of just under 7 feet gives him plenty of size to play as a power forward in the modern game.

Length has never been the issue for Jackson though. Decision-making and efficiency are major question marks for him heading into the pre-draft process. In the end, it’s his long-range shooting that will do more to determine his NBA future than anything else. Shooting just over 32% as he did in college won’t get it done for Jackson.

The hope is that Jackson has a lot of room to develop and it’s true that he’s one of the youngest prospects in this year’s draft class. Selecting him at the bottom of Round 1 is an acceptable gamble by an enterprising front office but anything higher than that represents a serious miscalculation of his current stock.