Something to give us a little more patience with Elmarko’s progress.
Before 2020 his sport was lacrosse.
He has only been seriously playing basketball since 2020.
From a March 2023 pro insight interview
www.prospectiveinsight.com/post/elmarko-jackson
PI: Can you walk us through your basketball journey? How did you get to where you are today?
EJ: So I started playing basketball in like fifth grade, just for fun, I was just like playing around. I was mainly a lacrosse player, that was my first sport. So I took that serious pretty much up until sophomore year, lacrosse that is. When COVID hit, I started taking basketball more serious.
That indicates he’s been on a really steep learning curve these past 3 years and stepping up to D1 ball — and out of need being thrown in the deep end in a position he has never played before (2G vs PG) — is going to take him a while to get his act together.
Hope he figures things out this season!
