Don’t circle a date on a calendar just yet for coveted recruit GG Jackson’s decision about his basketball future. That’s according to the family patriarch Greg Jackson. The Ridge View High School star, currently a junior in the 2023 class, indicated last Thursday after a state championship win that he expected to make a decision within the next two to three weeks. Monday night, his father said things aren’t moving that quickly.
“We’re still a ways off,” Greg Jackson said. “He threw out there that two to three weeks and I don’t know why he said that. If something does happen in the next two to three weeks, it will be him on his own.” Would GG go out on his own with the decision? “I’d be in the newspaper for another reason,” his dad quipped.
GG Jackson last week in a social media post identified his options as USC, Duke, North Carolina, Georgetown, Auburn and the G League. Prior to that announcement, his father did not consider going straight to the pros to be a strong option. “We were shocked about the list,” Greg Jackson said. “The kids kind of got together and did that, he and my daughter.
Me and my wife were like, ‘What is all this?’ The G League is still an option. I don’t know about this year, but it is an option. The G League, in my opinion, it will prepare you for the NBA, but they don’t have the exposure that the college guys are getting. You never see any of the G League games on TV.
You don’t know who is doing what. These college guys, certain programs, they are on TV all the time. Their stock is going high.” Former NBA guard Rod Strickland, who is the program director for the G League’s Team Ignite, has been the primary recruiter of GG by the pro league. His phone calls have been rolling in just like the ones from USC’s Frank Martin, Duke’s Jon Scheyer, North Carolina’s Hubert Davis and the other head coaches.
“We’re still a ways off,” Greg Jackson said. “He threw out there that two to three weeks and I don’t know why he said that. If something does happen in the next two to three weeks, it will be him on his own.” Would GG go out on his own with the decision? “I’d be in the newspaper for another reason,” his dad quipped.
GG Jackson last week in a social media post identified his options as USC, Duke, North Carolina, Georgetown, Auburn and the G League. Prior to that announcement, his father did not consider going straight to the pros to be a strong option. “We were shocked about the list,” Greg Jackson said. “The kids kind of got together and did that, he and my daughter.
Me and my wife were like, ‘What is all this?’ The G League is still an option. I don’t know about this year, but it is an option. The G League, in my opinion, it will prepare you for the NBA, but they don’t have the exposure that the college guys are getting. You never see any of the G League games on TV.
You don’t know who is doing what. These college guys, certain programs, they are on TV all the time. Their stock is going high.” Former NBA guard Rod Strickland, who is the program director for the G League’s Team Ignite, has been the primary recruiter of GG by the pro league. His phone calls have been rolling in just like the ones from USC’s Frank Martin, Duke’s Jon Scheyer, North Carolina’s Hubert Davis and the other head coaches.