Jordan Goodwin signs 2 way contract with Lakers

[almaman]

predict long legs for this thread :). Wizards @ home 01/13 off next day when G Washington host us 3 pm. 

[brianstl]

15 points 6-6 from the floor

[brianstl]

13 points

 

[Fraz]

JGOOD stuffing the stat sheet again!!

[brianstl]

17 points.  Perfect from the floor and the line. 4 boards, 5 assists, 2 blocks and tied for a team high +10. All in 21 minutes.

[brianstl]

[majerus mojo]

 

[RUBillsFan]

 

[Box and Won]

[brianstl]

[brianstl]

 

[Cowboy II]

-this is so neat, keep it going JGood

[NextYearBill]

Boots on the ground report from DC..... we got a 'Linsanity' situation brewing.

The local broadcast, post game analysis, morning radio sports talk.... RAVING about JGOOD's "lights out performance" 

[Duff Man]

Limited sample but JGood's PER (player efficiency rating) in 5 games this year is 26.4

That's outstanding.

He went from making a cameo to getting garbage time minutes to cracking the rotation to really impacting the outcome an NBA game in his 7th game.

Just keep it up and stay healthy and who knows how long this could go...

[brianstl]

 

[cgeldmacher]

If the Bills and JG have big years, its going to be a good year to be a Billiken fan.

[slu72]

2 hours ago, cgeldmacher said:

If the Bills and JG have big years, its going to be a good year to be a Billiken fan.

It’s always good to be a Bills fan. We’re Billiken Strong. We punch adversity in the mouth. 

[Bills By 40]

8 minutes ago, slu72 said:

It’s always good to be a Bills fan. We’re Billiken Strong. We punch adversity in the mouth. 

But often times adversity kicks us in the tip of the di*k. One hurts more than the other. 

[Bills By 40]

(Selfishly,) The best part of what Goodwin is doing is the benefit it will be to SLU recruiting. Proof of concept to sell to all the local and non-local recruits that want to come to SLU and think they have a chance at the league.  

[Pistol]

2 minutes ago, Bills By 40 said:

(Selfishly,) The best part of what Goodwin is doing is the benefit it will be to SLU recruiting. Proof of concept to sell to all the local and non-local recruits that want to come to SLU and think they have a chance at the league.  

This is huge.

Goodwin was never a no-doubt NBA prospect. Far from it. Fell in the 60-150 range of the HS recruiting rankings, depending on where you looked. Not a great jump shooter. Maybe a little in between size positionally. He's always been an unusual player. He's just put in the work.

The NBA doesn't care where you come from. There's a path from anywhere. SLU having someone actively in the league, getting minutes, and performing is such a massive boost. The staff just got a gigantic selling point that they've never had before.

[NoCoBillsFan]

What stands out to me about Godwin’s skill set is that it’s very different from the typical NBA prospect. When we discuss the best NBA prospects from SLU (even when Goodwin was here) we point out guys like Perkins and Jimerson because they have size and can shoot the lights out. Goodwin does all the other dirty work; plays stifling defense, rebounds, passes, and has a passable offensive game that compliments his defense and rebounding well.

Point being, Goodwin offers a skill set that is often missing from young guys in the league (especially in the G league, where no one plays D and is just trying to get theirs) and could very well make a solid NBA career out of it. To anyone who is tapped in with the NBA, is there a chance he could get himself a guaranteed deal?

[NextYearBill]

always a job for somebody in the organization willing to do the work others cant/wont 

[Taj79]

Ford's greatest accomplishment in the league, Marcus Smart, is 6'4" and 220#.  Goodwin is 6'3" and 200#.  Both seem to have similar games.  Can Goodwin get to a Smart-like situation?  Seems plausible.  Smart makes $17m per year.

[AnkielBreakers]

This may sound crazy, but if I was an NBA team looking at any Ford player past and present, Yuri Collins would be my first pick to draft. You can’t coach or teach what he does. At least try him out and see if your team’s PPG goes up by 5-10. Especially on a team with built-in scorers already.

[3star_recruit]

1 hour ago, NoCoBillsFan said:

What stands out to me about Godwin’s skill set is that it’s very different from the typical NBA prospect. When we discuss the best NBA prospects from SLU (even when Goodwin was here) we point out guys like Perkins and Jimerson because they have size and can shoot the lights out. Goodwin does all the other dirty work; plays stifling defense, rebounds, passes, and has a passable offensive game that compliments his defense and rebounding well.

Point being, Goodwin offers a skill set that is often missing from young guys in the league (especially in the G league, where no one plays D and is just trying to get theirs) and could very well make a solid NBA career out of it. To anyone who is tapped in with the NBA, is there a chance he could get himself a guaranteed deal?

There's always been 3 to 4 spots in the League for junkyard dogs who do all the dirty work.  But that's the extent of it -- 3 to 4 spots.  And you have a very limited time to show and prove before teams move on to somebody else.  Props to JGood for being ready when his number was called and playing lights out.  The percentage of people in the world who can produce under that kind of pressure is infinitesimally small.