“I promise you, you will all regret it.”
This is what Trayce Jackson-Davis wrote on the community after the first round of the draft on draft night.
Now it appears the number of regrets may be growing, and for the Warriors who selected him with the 57th pick in the second round, they may feel lucky to be able to sign the this player with a four-year contract.
The Warriors could 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 got the 57th pick from the Wizards before acquiring Trayce Jackson -Davis is successful. wing
“Before every game, I think if I can play Trayce.”
“We need Looney in the playoffs, we need him in many 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 completely new look.”
This is what Warriors head coach Steve Kerr had to say about Trayce Jackson-Davis (hereafter referred to as TJD).
After going through an adjustment period during the first two months of entering 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, after 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 performed some incredible moves on after a turn in the game, such as awarding consecutively 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 (about 224 centimeters) and is currently the top blocker in the league. 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 at the end of the second round?
A noble queen who lacks self-confidence
Trayce Jackson-Davis’ biological father is Dale Davis, the Indiana Pacers’ most famous penalty-court player in the 1990s. He is good at defending and rebounding. He was selected to the All-Star Game in early 2000 and also made it to the championship game that season. He is currently a skater and holds the record for offensive rebounds in history. the Colts.
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 a player Another NFL, 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, mostly on mindset.”
“Whenever he’s in town, he takes me to the gym.”
“They all do 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 to the father this adoption. Of course, his biological father Dale Davis never left 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 cell phone, Dale would also go watch his games and give him some encouragement and advice.
However, with the father of two professional athletes, TJD didn’t make a splash on the court right away. 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 made it hard 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 incentive to help Trayce get better.”
The AAU coach that TJD was playing for at the time recalled that when TJD first joined the team that “clumsy” and “coward” were the adjectives that best suited him. His performance saw him sit on the bench in the early stages, but unlike many players who fought back because of this, TJD seemed to accept this reality at the time and felt that he was ‘Sdim it didn’t matter if he couldn’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’s afraid of hurting his head again.”
“There is 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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