Jaren Jackson Jr. – Memphis Grizzlies
Jaren Jackson Jr. returned to the court near the end of April and in his 11 games during the regular season, he averaged 14.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and shot 42.4% from the floor, 28.3% from three-point range.
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Over the last couple of weeks, Jackson Jr’s minutes and production has started to increase and given the Spurs’ overall lack of depth/size in their frontcourt, this is an ideal matchup for the 6’11” big man. Jonas Valanciunas is also a guy you can point to for the Grizzlies to keep an eye on, but Jaren Jackson Jr. has that “it” factor to him that will be key for the Grizzlies in this game and moving forward.
Jakob Poeltl will have his hands full guarding Jonas Valanciunas in the low-post, which means that Jaren Jackson Jr. will draw a very favorable matchup against either DeMar DeRozan or Keldon Johnson. Either way, he will have the size and footwork to be able to score against either of them on the low-block or in the paint.
He has scored in double-figures in 10 of the 11 games he has played in for the Grizzlies this season and with Jackson Jr. seeing double-digit shot attempts per game over his last 4 or so games, he is on track to have a really solid performance for Memphis in this one.
