Player Outlook - Jake Eastman

[electricmayhem]

Our alphabetical journey has taken us to our first freshman.

http://www.examiner.com/x-7020-Bradley-Braves-Examiner~y2009m6d28-200910-Player-Outlook-Jake-Eastman

[Da Coach]

I would like to see more of Eastman than you project, but I think you are about right with your projections.

[tornado]

I am also in agreement with your preview...and I think Jake will get a chance like Darian did last year, but he'd better produce.
A few years ago, we had a "lights out" shooter come in as a freshman, but after he got decent minutes in a dozen or so games,
he had only hit 3 of 17 shots and 1-12 from 3-pt range....
I am really hoping Jake does better than that!

[it's boogie time]

It'll be a tough lineup to crack for the rookie. The 7.5 apg for a shooting guard is intriguing.

[electricmayhem]

Does anyone think JE could turn into a Crouch-like player?

[SFP]

Does anyone think JE could turn into a Crouch-like player?

I've never seen him play but all indications point to that possibility. We will be lucky if that is the case! I do not see him playing to many minutes unless he becomes that lights out shooter that every team needs to break a zone. As 6'4 SG though one never knows.

[Da Coach]

None of us here have ever seen Jake play, so we'll know more when we do. He averaged 7.5 assists per game in HS. He played a lot of point guard, and looks like he is a very good ballhandler in all the video clips we've seen. He did have another D1 interior player on his team (Josh Brinkley- who is going to Delaware), so I suspect a lot of his assists came from getting the ball to him.
Jeremy Crouch turned himself into a very good ball-handler, and shooter, and learned to create some of his own shots. He was not always a deadeye shooter in high school, but worked really hard on that aspect of his game when he got to Bradley. It might take Jake a while to be able to do that against D1 opposition. They are very similar players, but I think at this stage, Jake may be a better ball-handler and shooter than JC was in HS.

Some videos and articles that have been posted before, but here they are again for thjose who haven't seen them:

Here is a YouTube video of Jake Eastman (#1 in blue) at point guard, driving to the basket for a shot, a miss, and the putback by teammate Josh Brinkley-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdso4tPBAaM

Here Jake is #1 in white-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0jvR0o29LU&feature=related

Here is Jake (#1 in dark blue) hitting an NBA-range three point shot to start a game.-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1OhxHR3l8Q

And a couple good articles-
Eastman followed the bouncing ball-

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/high_school_prep/article/JAKE30_20090129-200505/192671/

http://www.mytimesdispatch.com/index.php/sports/comments/playoffs_dont_talk_about_playoffs/6926/

[Samd2]

I never saw anyone mention Jakes defensive game? How does it look ? Im pretty sure the best way for a JL freshman guard to get minutes starts with defense.