Josh Jackson class of 2016: The next great basketball player out of Detroit

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Josh Jackson class of 2016: The next great basketball player out of Detroit

Josh Jackson - Detroit Consortium

Josh Jackson

 

Josh Jackson out of Consortium HS in Detroit, class of 2016, is going to be the most hotly contested Bball prodigy out of Michigan since? I don't know the answer to this question, he is only in 9th grade, but I can't remember a 9th grader this talented and polished in a long long time.

I've posted before, I was fortunate enough to see Mark Macon as a 9th grader at Saginaw Buena Vista, and thought his talent level was  jaw dropping. I watch Josh Jackson play basketball and I see jaw dropping talent.

I saw Chris Webber as a 9th grade, Shane Battier as a 9th grader and this kid is right up there with them.

This is going to be a recruiting battle you can be sure the Kentucky's and North Carolina's will be involved in

The kid would be perfect in Coach Beilein's offense. Smooth as silk, make the game look easy, nice mid range game, superior handle, you can tell he is just toying with some of the competition. Hell, he'd be great in any offense, even Wisconsin.

Jackson recently put up 23 in a close loss to Romulus (#2 in Class A), and followed that up with a 30 point effort in a win against 13-2 L'Anse Creuse North.

“Can you name 10 players better than him in the state? He’s the top five or 10 in the state, period, regardless of Class.”

-- Romulus coach Nate Oats talking about Detroit Consortium freshman Joshua Jackson. Jackson scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the loss to Romulus.

http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-3806719013772929800/the-slam-dunk-basketball-rankings-highlights-and-more-in-metro-detroit-feb-12/

I will post a couple video's in the first post of Josh Jackson doing his thing.

Try to keep in mind: 9th grader

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February 14th, 2013 at 4:23 PM | (No subject) (Score:5 Normal)
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February 14th, 2013 at 10:33 PM | WOW. This kid is a freshman. (Score:2 Normal)
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WOW. This kid is a freshman. Those highlights are extremely impressive regardless of class. Very nice shot and handles for a young kid.

February 15th, 2013 at 1:24 PM | ERMAHGERD (Score:2)
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ERMAHGERD - Yes please

February 14th, 2013 at 4:23 PM | (No subject) (Score:4 Normal)
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February 14th, 2013 at 5:18 PM | Wow... (Score:2 Normal)
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...I wish I was that good in 9th grade.

February 14th, 2013 at 5:46 PM | I wish (Score:5 Normal)
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I wish I was that good ever. I'd even take half as good.

February 14th, 2013 at 6:22 PM | This kid... (Score:2 Normal)
Cali Wolverine
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...could take Scalabrine one-on-one!

February 14th, 2013 at 4:24 PM | anyone who plays for the AAU (Score:0 Trolling)
February 14th, 2013 at 4:29 PM | I saw Macon play (Score:3 Normal)
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At Heritage his season year and Webber his senior year at Saginaw Nouvel. Webber was unlike any high school kid I've seen play. He did miss a breakaway dunk in the game though.

February 14th, 2013 at 9:08 PM | How many timeouts did he (Score:-1 Offtopic)
February 15th, 2013 at 8:36 AM | Webber went to Country Day. (Score:1)
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Webber went to Country Day.

On second thought, you're probably just saying you saw DCD play at Saginaw Nouvel, since Macon also didn't plat "at Heritage."  In that case, nothing to see here...

February 14th, 2013 at 4:30 PM | Doppelgänger (Score:-1 Overrated)
February 14th, 2013 at 4:48 PM | Except not really at all. (Score:4 Normal)
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Except not really at all. Their complexions aren't even that similar.

This reminded me of a classic mgoblog thread where some poster said (if I recall correctly) that Devin Gardner and Roy Manning looked like twins...

Edit: And here we have it:

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/devin-gardners-doppleganger

February 14th, 2013 at 4:59 PM | Thanks for linking - that (Score:4 Normal)
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Thanks for linking - that thread is hillarious and I missed it way back when.  Moleskyn is still with us and a solid contributor, I'm glad the unanimous -60 downvoting didn't scare him away.  Let's just hope he's never witness to a crime or the sketch artist will have a tough go of it. 

The swag is back. 

February 14th, 2013 at 5:49 PM | But for real, he looks a bit (Score:1 Normal)
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But for real, he looks a bit like Manny Harris

February 15th, 2013 at 8:09 AM | Dude looks like Keyshawn (Score:1)
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Dude looks like Keyshawn Johnson

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February 14th, 2013 at 4:30 PM | Reminds me of C-Webb. (Score:2 Normal)
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Reminds me of C-Webb. Hopefully we get him and things end a whole lot differently. 

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February 14th, 2013 at 5:09 PM | Not at all (Score:3 Normal)
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Webber was a big guy with a power game.  Jackson has a lot of great moves, is very fast, and can shoot from outside.  I don't see any similarities at all.

 

 

 

February 14th, 2013 at 4:32 PM | Do want! (Score:5 Normal)
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Do want!

/°>

 

February 14th, 2013 at 4:34 PM | I wonder how old he is. He (Score:4 Normal)
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I wonder how old he is. He sure doesn't look like a freshman. 

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February 14th, 2013 at 4:59 PM | I ask that question every (Score:1)
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I ask that question every time wait nvm....

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February 14th, 2013 at 4:37 PM | Doesn't beilein have a policy (Score:1)
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Doesn't beilein have a policy of not even looking at potential recruits till they're at least juniors? If that's the case I'm sure this kid will be a lean somewhere else long before Michigan gets a chance.

 

 

 

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February 14th, 2013 at 4:59 PM | He still recruits them, he (Score:2 Normal)
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He still recruits them, he just doesn't offer them.

Luke Kennard is a 2015 kid and the coaches have been recruiting him since last year.

 

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February 14th, 2013 at 5:09 PM | Is that before or after he (Score:1)
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Is that before or after he talks about going to coach in the NBA

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February 14th, 2013 at 7:41 PM | Only as long as (Score:2 Normal)
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Its never a true center.. We roll only hybrids

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February 14th, 2013 at 7:53 PM | beilien is looking (Score:1)
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they are aware of good players as early as junior high school.  they recruit and network with these players very early. if you do not , you will really have no chance.

he does not make commitable offers until they are juniors.

other coaches offer very early  crazy stuff like 12 years old, etc

pbmd

February 14th, 2013 at 4:37 PM | Webber (Score:3 Normal)
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was just as good as this kid, but add a massive body to it. Although he has a silky smooth game for sure. Looks like a young Durant.

February 14th, 2013 at 4:41 PM | Reminds me of Spike (Score:5 Normal)
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Reminds me of Spike Albrecht. 

The swag is back. 

February 14th, 2013 at 4:58 PM | I see it too! (Score:1)
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I see it too!

If you see someone in an airport with Michigan logos on luggage and they are wearing a pilot uniform come say hello.

February 14th, 2013 at 5:01 PM | Impossible to miss, (Score:5 Normal)
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Impossible to miss, really...

 Josh Jackson

 

The swag is back. 

February 14th, 2013 at 5:11 PM | Which one is spike again? (Score:5 Normal)
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Which one is spike again?

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February 14th, 2013 at 4:50 PM | 2016 will be a good year for Josh Jacksons (Score:3 Normal)
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And then there is this Josh Jackson, class of 2016:

The Huron High School marching band prepares to walk to the field before the game against Pioneer on Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com

 

Son of Fred, brother of Jeremy.

5 4 3 2 1 Touchdown!

Touchdown Billy Taylor!

Touchdown Billy Taylor!

February 14th, 2013 at 5:55 PM | If Tom Brady and denard had a (Score:5 Normal)
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If Tom Brady and denard had a kid it would be him.

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February 14th, 2013 at 7:55 PM | huron football (Score:1)
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tough stretch currently.

is this jackson trying his luck as QB?

pbmd

February 14th, 2013 at 4:59 PM | Its pretty amazing to watch (Score:1)
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Its pretty amazing to watch these young kids with such great skill and the knowledge that they can basically take over a game whenever they so desire.  Yet it seems like this kid enjoys sharing the rock and giving it up as much as getting it, at least from the short clips you posted.

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February 14th, 2013 at 5:01 PM | He was pretty dreamy on Dawson's Creek (Score:2)
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Oh wait...different Josh Jackson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Jackson

Apparently someone posted Ron Zook's offensive playbook online

February 14th, 2013 at 6:09 PM | If he's half as good at (Score:3 Normal)
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If he's half as good at basketball as he was in The Mighty Ducks...

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February 14th, 2013 at 6:57 PM | thats just ridicolous.  (Score:3 Normal)
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thats just ridicolous. 

February 15th, 2013 at 1:37 PM | I like the fact you signed up (Score:2)
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I like the fact you signed up for your first post to be about Josh Jackson. You nicely summed up my thoughts in three words

February 14th, 2013 at 7:31 PM | I hadn't heard of this kid (Score:3 Normal)
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I hadn't heard of this kid until now but he seems like a player. Consortium is a Class C school and appears to be on a collision course with Flint Beecher for the state title. Beecher is the defending champs, #1 in Class C and only loss (after blowing 18 pt lead) is to Class A #1 Detroit Pershing.

February 15th, 2013 at 1:35 PM | Would be awesome if (Score:2)
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Would be awesome if Consortium met Beecher for the Class C title. I hadn't thought of that matchup, but would definitely have to set the DVR for it.

February 14th, 2013 at 11:56 PM | if he comes to uofm (Score:2)
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do you think coach b would make him play the 4?

I do it for my love of the Streets

February 14th, 2013 at 11:13 PM | Looks like he has Jamal (Score:1)
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Looks like he has Jamal Crawford type handle

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February 15th, 2013 at 12:39 AM | We played T Mills and Romulus in the opening round (Score:2)
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of the playoffs during his senior year. We were doing our little layup drill warmups, then looked down the court and watched their layup drills, which were a series of alley oop slams. We were beaten before the tipoff and lost by more than 50...

I never fully realized the disparity of basketball talent until that night.

February 15th, 2013 at 1:58 PM | Terry Mills was Mr. (Score:2)
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Terry Mills was Mr. Basketball that season and I am pretty sure Romulus won the Class A state title.

Mills was Mr. Basketball but WOTS was Derrick Coleman (Detroit Northern), and 4th in the Mr. Basketball voting that year was a better player than Mills, and Coleman probably was. Both had nice college and NBA careers but Coleman could have been a HOF'er had he been properly motivated.

4 of the 10 in Mr. Basketball voting in 1986 ended up playing in the NBA.

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1985-86 Mr Basketball 

College

NBA
  1) TERRY MILLS, ROMULUS Michigan yes
  2) Anthony Pendleton, Flint Northwestern Iowa/USC  
  3) Willie Burton, Detroit St. Martin dePorres Minnesota yes
  4) Derrick Coleman, Detroit Northern Syracuse yes
  5) Nathan Buntin, Detroit Murray-Wright Missouri  
  6) Bill Wood, Saginaw Valley Lutheran don't know
  7) Steve Scheffler, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern Purdue yes
  8) Todd Bayle, Walkerville don't know
  9) Leonard Thomas, Mt. Clemens don't know
10) Tarence Wheeler, Detroit Southwestern don't know

 

February 15th, 2013 at 12:53 AM | Is he supposed to keep (Score:1)
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Is he supposed to keep growing or do you think he will remain 6"5?

February 15th, 2013 at 4:54 AM | I can't believe he's only in 9th grade and is that good (Score:2)
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Wow.  He is actually really graceful looking with the ball, too...if that makes any sense.  Usually a kid that is that tall at such a young age is not as coordinated or graceful.  This kid is going to be AMAZING by the time he graduates high school.

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