2024-03-19 03:14:49
“I promise you, you will all regret it.”
This is what Trayce Jackson-Davis wrote on the community following the first round of the draft on draft night.
Now it seems that the number of people who regret it may be increasing, and for the Warriors who selected him with the 57th pick in the second round, they may be feeling lucky to be able to sign this player with a four-year contract.
The Warriors might have ended the night by selecting Brandin Podziemski with the 19th pick, but in the draft, they traded Patrick Baldwin Jr. to the Wizards and obtained the 57th pick from the Wizards before successfully acquiring Trayce Jackson-Davis. Take him under his wing.
“Before every game, I think regarding whether I can play Trayce.”
“We need Looney in the playoffs, we need him in a lot of matchups.”
“But we also need to increase Trayce’s playing time to get him ready.”
“He has the ability to finish in the paint and block shots, which gives the team a whole new look.”
This is what Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said regarding Trayce Jackson-Davis (hereinfollowing referred to as TJD).
After going through an adaptation period in the first two months of joining the industry, TJD averaged 9.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 1 block in December and January. Although his performance in February was unstable, However, following entering the rotation in March and getting more playing time, TJD posted 10.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.5 blocks in March, and even repeatedly performed amazing moves in the game, such as consecutively awarding Giannis Antetokounmpo made three hot pots and even deducted the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, Victor Wembanyama, who is 7 feet 4 inches (approximately 224 centimeters) and is currently the league’s leading blocker. These performances also made many Warriors fans call them a treasure.
But, where did such a player come from? And given his strength, why was he picked up at the end of the second round?
A noble queen who lacks self-confidence
The biological father of Trayce Jackson-Davis is Dale Davis, the most famous penalty area player of the Indiana Pacers in the 1990s. He is good at defense and rebounding. He was selected to the All-Star Game in early 2000 and also reached the championship game that season. He is currently a skater. The record holder for offensive rebounds in the history of the Colts.
It’s just that unlike many second-generation stars who receive education from their fathers from an early age, when TJD was born, Davis wanted to focus more on his basketball career, so TJD’s mother chose to separate from Davis and be with another NFL player, Raymond Jackson.
“When I was in high school, I realized it wasn’t fair.”
“Ray pretty much raised me all my life, so I put his last name in.”
“He would take me to the gym and give me a lot of guidance.”
“Dale will also give me a lot of advice, mainly on mentality.”
“Whenever he’s in town, he takes me to the gym.”
“They are all doing their part to help me become the best player I can be.”
Since then, Jackson has become TJD’s stepfather and the father who mainly raises TJD. In high school, TJD took the initiative to put Jackson in the middle of his original name, Trayce Davis, to show respect for this adoptive father. Of course, his biological father Dale Davis did not leave TJD’s life. After retiring in 2007, TJD, a senior in high school, would visit him once or twice a year. After TJD got a mobile phone, Dale would also go to watch his games and give him some encouragement and advice.
However, with the father of two professional athletes, TJD did not immediately make a splash on the court. On the contrary, in middle school, he was the worst player on the team.
“Trayce is by far the worst player on the team.”
“My first impression of him was that his skills were very primitive.”
“We had very good defenders on our team at that time.”
“They found it difficult to play with Trayce.”
“They kept questioning why I wanted Trayce to play.”
“But I told them he has huge room for improvement.”
“So that gives them the motivation to help Trayce get better.”
The AAU coach who TJD played for at the time recalled that when TJD first joined the team, “clumsy” and “cowardly” were the adjectives that best suited him. His teammates often complained that TJD didn’t pick and roll well, or mightn’t even catch the ball when he was sliding down. His performance made him sit on the bench in the early stage, but unlike many players who fought back because of this, TJD seemed to accept this reality at the time and felt that it didn’t matter if he mightn’t play, as long as it was fun, but the coach and every game Jackson, the adoptive father who was present to watch, didn’t think so.
“He was always very careful.”
“I think he was afraid of hurting his head once more.”
“There’s no sense of competition in him, and that confuses me.”
“Because I never do that.”
“When his teammates score, he will be happier than his teammates.”
“But I often feel that he is more capable of scoring.”
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