Jamorko Pickett

[HamptonHoya]

Oct 9, 2021 14:08:47 GMT -5 michaelgrahmstylie said:

That’s a powerful statement! I hope recruits are paying attention!

I agree.  Coach Ewing needs NBA potential to get more wins so we that he can get more NBA potential.  Pickett will continue to be a great embassador for the program.  It's refreshing to hear that Coach is doing something right. The way some "fans" tell it....

 

[DanMcQ]

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[Gammo]

JP is such a stud.

Jamorko, listening to you in that interview I have to thank you for allowing all of the Georgetown community to feel the pride we feel that you are a Hoya. Your intelligence, confidence and down to earth nature jump out, as ever it has from you, as you share yourself in interviews. I am so happy for you and I am sure you will use this platform you have to nurture and guide other players, including many connected to GU now and in the future.

Keep being just who you are grind your way into a long and super successful NBA career. Best of luck and thank you again! Hoya Saxa!!!

[hoyazeke]

I believe that Morko was heading to have a Otto type career at GTown before the MacKinjo fiasco. If you really examine those 2 years (soph, jr) everyone that was on the roster regressed from their outputs before Mac/Josh/JA arrived. I truly believe that Morko is in the convo for BE POY if JA never comes to GTown....

[hoyasaxa2003]

Pickett has consistently been a great advocate and reflection on the program in the way he conducts himself, and it's great he's continued that in his current role.

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The intrigue meter on Jamorko Pickett is ticking up pretty consistently. He made everybody sit up and take notice with an impressive Summer League run, which earned him an Exhibit 10 deal with the Pistons, essentially an invitation to training camp, which got turned into a two-way deal once the Sekou Doumbouya trade to Brooklyn opened a roster spot. Casey’s mentioned him positively more than once already in camp and he hasn’t looked at all out of place or overwhelmed in his preseason debut or the open practice. To the contrary, he looks like he knows he belongs. He hit a pair of threes in rapid order in the open practice, the first in transition and the second off a nice step-back move. Even against NBA athletes, Pickett stands out for his length. Another rookie who had a good day: Luka Garza. He did some damage inside, then stepped outside to knock down consecutive triples.

www.nba.com/pistons/features/pistons-open-practice-impressions-frank-jackson-shines-jamorko-pickett-intrigues

[hoyaatheart55]

Oct 10, 2021 11:40:28 GMT -5 hoyazeke said:

I believe that Morko was heading to have a Otto type career at GTown before the MacKinjo fiasco. If you really examine those 2 years (soph, jr) everyone that was on the roster regressed from their outputs before Mac/Josh/JA arrived. I truly believe that Morko is in the convo for BE POY if JA never comes to GTown....

Morko was a solid college player and I love to see him off to a good start professionally. This is a bit of a stretch though. I know we’re upset at those guys for leaving but it’s not really fair to blame them for Morko not becoming BE PoY material when he couldn’t even get an honorable mention for all big East 2nd team as a senior.

Also, I hope we can soon find somebody (Aminu? 🤞) even close to as good as Otto was here. That dude was just different.

[Bigs"R"Us]

Porter came in very polished and took over games by his sophomore season. Pickett just needed more time to develop, both mentally and physically. Both players are easy to root for.

[michaelgrahmstylie]

Did you hear him say to the press, as he left, “Appreciate y’all!”

[cindad]

Pickett was always the best NBA prospect at Georgetown. His length and athletic ability showed that. He had too many games he was just not effective or just disappear. The general feeling in Detroit right now is, did we find a late bloomer. We expect to be bad but, Picket could find himself playing 15 minutes a night if someone gets injured, and he is playing well.

The good thing is in limited action his motor has been high for the Pistons, which frankly for a UDFA that's all you are asking for. If the skills get there and he makes 6-8 in the rotation that's a great bargain contract. Getting 3 years out of that is a win for us (Piston Fan).

[professorhoya]

Oct 11, 2021 4:10:56 GMT -5 cindad said:

Pickett was always the best NBA prospect at Georgetown. His length and athletic ability showed that. He had too many games he was just not effective or just disappear. The general feeling in Detroit right now is, did we find a late bloomer. We expect to be bad but, Picket could find himself playing 15 minutes a night if someone gets injured, and he is playing well.

The good thing is in limited action his motor has been high for the Pistons, which frankly for a UDFA that's all you are asking for. If the skills get there and he makes 6-8 in the rotation that's a great bargain contract. Getting 3 years out of that is a win for us (Piston Fan).

His athleticism is nothing special at the NBA level. Average at best.

What he came in with was plus NBA length and supposed shooting guard skills at 6-9.

But he was a horrible rebounder who couldn’t position or box out.
And couldn’t play defense.

Ewing was able to teach him how to rebound and defend 4 positions.

He would’ve led the Big East in rebounding last year if he cared about stats. But he’s the ultimate team player so a rebounding title or stats that looked good to the nba weren’t important to him.

If you watched him last season he shut down the opposing teams best player in almost every games. Once again things that don’t show up I. The stats. His defense will be missed more than anything this season.

This is the first Ewing guy to make the NBA (as Derrickson was a III guy. It will be interesting to see if he can make the NBA and stick in the league. With his work ethic and coaching I think he will.

[cas92]

Oct 11, 2021 6:26:00 GMT -5 professorhoya said:

Oct 11, 2021 4:10:56 GMT -5 cindad said:

Pickett was always the best NBA prospect at Georgetown. His length and athletic ability showed that. He had too many games he was just not effective or just disappear. The general feeling in Detroit right now is, did we find a late bloomer. We expect to be bad but, Picket could find himself playing 15 minutes a night if someone gets injured, and he is playing well.

The good thing is in limited action his motor has been high for the Pistons, which frankly for a UDFA that's all you are asking for. If the skills get there and he makes 6-8 in the rotation that's a great bargain contract. Getting 3 years out of that is a win for us (Piston Fan).

But he was a horrible rebounder who couldn’t position or box out.
And couldn’t play defense.

Ewing was able to teach him how to rebound and defend 4 positions.

He would’ve led the Big East in rebounding last year if he cared about stats. But he’s the ultimate team player so a rebounding title or stats that looked good to the nba weren’t important to him.

If you watched him last season he shut down the opposing teams best player in almost every games. Once again things that don’t show up I. The stats. His defense will be missed more than anything this season.

As an addendum, his vocal shepherding of teammates w/ regards to their defensive responsibilities also abundantly evident especially during the latter half of the season - it's served him in good stead as Dwane Casey has remarked when queried about Pickett's contributions/strengths.

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Oct 11, 2021 6:26:00 GMT -5 professorhoya said:

Oct 11, 2021 4:10:56 GMT -5 cindad said:

Pickett was always the best NBA prospect at Georgetown. His length and athletic ability showed that. He had too many games he was just not effective or just disappear. The general feeling in Detroit right now is, did we find a late bloomer. We expect to be bad but, Picket could find himself playing 15 minutes a night if someone gets injured, and he is playing well.

The good thing is in limited action his motor has been high for the Pistons, which frankly for a UDFA that's all you are asking for. If the skills get there and he makes 6-8 in the rotation that's a great bargain contract. Getting 3 years out of that is a win for us (Piston Fan).

His athleticism is nothing special at the NBA level. Average at best.

What he came in with was plus NBA length and supposed shooting guard skills at 6-9.

But he was a horrible rebounder who couldn’t position or box out.
And couldn’t play defense.

Ewing was able to teach him how to rebound and defend 4 positions.

He would’ve led the Big East in rebounding last year if he cared about stats. But he’s the ultimate team player so a rebounding title or stats that looked good to the nba weren’t important to him.

If you watched him last season he shut down the opposing teams best player in almost every games. Once again things that don’t show up I. The stats. His defense will be missed more than anything this season.

This is the first Ewing guy to make the NBA (as Derrickson was a III guy. It will be interesting to see if he can make the NBA and stick in the league. With his work ethic and coaching I think he will.

This is exactly right...proven by the fact that when Mac arrived, Pickett gave up his starting shooting guard spot for Mac.  Pickett was relegated to the bench and had to wait for the next opportunity to start which didn't come about until the next season.  Pickett didn't complain.  He didn't bolt to the transfer market.  Naww, he just did everything coach asked of him.  All the while, Pickett was learning and taking on new assignments from coach (Also the same can be said about Blair when Akinjo arrived). 

In that same year when Mac arrived, Pickett played off the bench and played primarily the small forward position.  It could be said that Pickett game may have suffered because he was relegated to a supporting role.  However, because he was ask to play a different role and a different position, he actually benefitted because he was able to add a different dimension to his game. 

By the time Pickett's senior year, I am almost certain that he became one of Patrick's favorite player.  Patrick even asked Pickett to play the power forward position which allowed Pickett to add more dimensions to his game with the rebounding and defending some of the best interior guys in the Big East.  What most don't know is that Pickett actually played the center position for a lot if not most of his high school career (Eastern High School).

Pickett is truly the ultimate team player!  

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Oct 11, 2021 10:42:15 GMT -5 hoyafansinceewingera said:

Oct 11, 2021 6:26:00 GMT -5 professorhoya said:

His athleticism is nothing special at the NBA level. Average at best.

What he came in with was plus NBA length and supposed shooting guard skills at 6-9.

But he was a horrible rebounder who couldn’t position or box out.
And couldn’t play defense.

Ewing was able to teach him how to rebound and defend 4 positions.

He would’ve led the Big East in rebounding last year if he cared about stats. But he’s the ultimate team player so a rebounding title or stats that looked good to the nba weren’t important to him.

If you watched him last season he shut down the opposing teams best player in almost every games. Once again things that don’t show up I. The stats. His defense will be missed more than anything this season.

This is the first Ewing guy to make the NBA (as Derrickson was a III guy. It will be interesting to see if he can make the NBA and stick in the league. With his work ethic and coaching I think he will.

This is exactly right...proven by the fact that when Mac arrived, Pickett gave up his starting shooting guard spot for Mac.  Pickett was relegated to the bench and had to wait for the next opportunity to start which didn't come about until the next season.  Pickett didn't complain.  He didn't bolt to the transfer market.  Naww, he just did everything coach asked of him.  All the while, Pickett was learning and taking on new assignments from coach (Also the same can be said about Blair when Akinjo arrived). 

In that same year when Mac arrived, Pickett played off the bench and played primarily the small forward position.  It could be said that Pickett game may have suffered because he was relegated to a supporting role.  However, because he was ask to play a different role and a different position, he actually benefitted because he was able to add a different dimension to his game. 

By the time Pickett's senior year, I am almost certain that he became one of Patrick's favorite player.  Patrick even asked Pickett to play the power forward position which allowed Pickett to add more dimensions to his game with the rebounding and defending some of the best interior guys in the Big East.  What most don't know is that Pickett actually played the center position for a lot if not most of his high school career (Eastern High School).

Pickett is truly the ultimate team player!  

Agree about his unselfishness but think Pickett started the whole time. He never had a bench role from what I can recall.

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Oct 11, 2021 11:06:30 GMT -5 @yaboynyp said:

Oct 11, 2021 10:42:15 GMT -5 hoyafansinceewingera said:

This is exactly right...proven by the fact that when Mac arrived, Pickett gave up his starting shooting guard spot for Mac.  Pickett was relegated to the bench and had to wait for the next opportunity to start which didn't come about until the next season.  Pickett didn't complain.  He didn't bolt to the transfer market.  Naww, he just did everything coach asked of him.  All the while, Pickett was learning and taking on new assignments from coach (Also the same can be said about Blair when Akinjo arrived). 

In that same year when Mac arrived, Pickett played off the bench and played primarily the small forward position.  It could be said that Pickett game may have suffered because he was relegated to a supporting role.  However, because he was ask to play a different role and a different position, he actually benefitted because he was able to add a different dimension to his game. 

By the time Pickett's senior year, I am almost certain that he became one of Patrick's favorite player.  Patrick even asked Pickett to play the power forward position which allowed Pickett to add more dimensions to his game with the rebounding and defending some of the best interior guys in the Big East.  What most don't know is that Pickett actually played the center position for a lot if not most of his high school career (Eastern High School).

Pickett is truly the ultimate team player!  

Agree about his unselfishness but think Pickett started the whole time. He never had a bench role from what I can recall.

I went and checked the stats for the season 2018 - 2019, the year that Mac and Akinjo came in as freshmen and it said that Pickett started 23 of 31 games and Mac started 29 out of 29 games.  I don't know why 29 games instead of 31.  Perhaps Mac may have gotten injured and didn't play two games. 

Anyways, Pickett perhaps moved over to the small forward position and thus may have been the reason why he started those 23 games.  But, I do remember when Mac arrived, Pickett and Blair came off the bench in deference to Mac and Akinjo.  Blair was already coming off the bench but that year, he should have been starting. 

So you are right, he didn't always have a bench role though he did start off (that season) coming off the bench when Mac arrived (2018 - 2019).

[EtomicB]

Oct 11, 2021 11:29:41 GMT -5 hoyafansinceewingera said:

Oct 11, 2021 11:06:30 GMT -5 @yaboynyp said:

Agree about his unselfishness but think Pickett started the whole time. He never had a bench role from what I can recall.

I went and checked the stats for the season 2018 - 2019, the year that Mac and Akinjo came in as freshmen and it said that Pickett started 23 of 31 games and Mac started 29 out of 29 games.  I don't know why 29 games instead of 31.  Perhaps Mac may have gotten injured and didn't play two games. 

Anyways, Pickett perhaps moved over to the small forward position and thus may have been the reason why he started those 23 games.  But, I do remember when Mac arrived, Pickett and Blair came off the bench in deference to Mac and Akinjo.  Blair was already coming off the bench but that year, he should have been starting. 

So you are right, he didn't always have a bench role though he did start off (that season) coming off the bench when Mac arrived (2018 - 2019).

Pickett started most of his sophomore year but had some issues at the end of the year where he didn't start games but it definitely was not due to Akinjo or Mac...


www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jamorko-pickett-1/gamelog/2019/

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Oct 11, 2021 12:02:52 GMT -5 EtomicB said:

Oct 11, 2021 11:29:41 GMT -5 hoyafansinceewingera said:

I went and checked the stats for the season 2018 - 2019, the year that Mac and Akinjo came in as freshmen and it said that Pickett started 23 of 31 games and Mac started 29 out of 29 games.  I don't know why 29 games instead of 31.  Perhaps Mac may have gotten injured and didn't play two games. 

Anyways, Pickett perhaps moved over to the small forward position and thus may have been the reason why he started those 23 games.  But, I do remember when Mac arrived, Pickett and Blair came off the bench in deference to Mac and Akinjo.  Blair was already coming off the bench but that year, he should have been starting. 

So you are right, he didn't always have a bench role though he did start off (that season) coming off the bench when Mac arrived (2018 - 2019).

Pickett started most of his sophomore year but had some issues at the end of the year where he didn't start games but it definitely was not due to Akinjo or Mac...


www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jamorko-pickett-1/gamelog/2019/

Thanks, but I already said that he started most of the season but he didn't start at the beginning of the season (He started 23 out of 31 games) and he didn't start because Mac started at the shooting guard position.  He subsequently at some point in the season moved over to the small forward position where I am assuming is where he started for the 23 games. 

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Oct 11, 2021 12:22:18 GMT -5 @yaboynyp said:

Damn I can't read the article because they want you to pay for it!  Shoot!!