<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Like most college seniors, Jared Jordan has started considering his first real job. As much as he's enjoyed studying criminal justice at Marist, he doesn't anticipate putting that degree to use. He says he'd eventually like to coach basketball, but only after playing in the NBA. One look at Jordan's slender 6-foot-2 frame does not evoke NBA images, until you see him play. Then, just about anything seems possible ? for both the player and the team he now leads. Of the 100 or so players that will take the floor this weekend at the Arena at Harbor Yard for the MAAC men's basketball tournament, many will be talented, but none will bring the kind of package Jordan presents. He began the week as the Division I leader in assists, with an 8.9 average that all but promises him a second straight national crown in that category. He also averages 17.7 points, and is the main reason top-seeded Marist is regarded as the favorite to hoist the MAAC championship trophy Monday night and earn the school's first NCAA tournament berth in 20 years. Many have NBA aspirations, but the dream becomes reality for only a precious few ? and the odds are even longer coming from a mid-major like Marist. But Jordan has faced monumental challenges before, starting with his emergence from Kingswood-Oxford School in Hartford, earning him a Division I scholarship (Canisius and Hartford were his only other serious options). "It's real," Marist coach Matt Brady said, when asked about he NBA talk that surrounds Jordan. "He's going to be in an NBA camp in the fall and he's going to have an opportunity to make a team. If he gets drafted in the second round ? a very real possibility at this point ? he needs to land with a team that needs a passer as a point guard."</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">kobe23 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">is he the son of M? lol i dont know him</div> Nope. Jeffrey Jordan is Michael's son.
hellzzz yea. i've liked him for the past two years ever since my sister started considering going to marist (she is going there next year) and i saw him play for the first time a few weeks ago. IMO, he could make it in the nba. i'd love to see him on the heat.
This is why I suck at projecting guys into the NBA - I don't see why Jordan isn't in the top 20 of teams' draft boards. The guy is a fantastic point guard, a true floor general who never makes a bad play. He feeds the post very well, which is an undeveloped skill for most college 1's entering the NBA. He has dramatically improved his shooting range and consistency this year. He will struggle if teams make him put it on the floor, but as long as his outside shot is solid, he'll have time to improve that skill. He plays well defensively, moves his feet, anticipates, has very good hands. I'm sure he won't be a high pick, but look at the guys who have been afterthoughts on Draft night. Steve Blake. Mike Redd. Gilbert Arenas. Salim Stoudamire. All guys who fell because they were undersized, weren't true point guards, or because they didn't have much of a dribble drive game. Jordan falls right into this class. He's a true point who can shoot it outside, handle, make the smart play. If I'm a GM with a 2nd round pick, this guy is gonna be on my team, be it with the 31st pick or the 59th.
