Jesus Shuttlesworth was played by Ray Allen in the movie "He Got Game". Ray Allen was actually nominated for best breakthrough performance with his roll in this movie. Basically Jesus is the #1 recruit in the country and his father is removed from jail on parole to persuade him to go to a politician's school. Basically his character has all the game of Ray Allen and maybe a little extra for hollywood. In college he was a first team all-american and Big East player of the year in the 95-96 season, and has gone on to have a hall of fame NBA career. Now, could Jesus live up to this height, nobody knows, but he most certainly was a special player, hell Spike Lee wanted him as real as possible so he grabbed him coming out of his second year in the league. I will try and rank him as true to his movie personal as possible, but his real life career may sneak in a bit because he is one of my faves ever and probably the greatest shooter in NBA history. I will use NBADraft.net's scale of rating NBA prospects, its quite a comprehensive breakdown and it will give many a chance to really break down the player, they are out of a 1-10 scale FYI
Athleticism: 8 Great athlete with good quickness and solid vertical, but not to the extreme levels of players like Ty Thomas, Lebron, Josh Smith and so on. He has to gather his body to reach rim level unlike players like Ty Thomas who seem to be eye-level with the rim in half a second. His athleticism allows him to take players off the dribble and also doesn't let defenders key on his stellar jump shot
Size: 9 For a shooting guard he has ideal size, 6-6 210 is perfect for the league this day and he doesn't sacrifice any athletic ability either.
Defense: 6 He can work on this, got schooled a few times by a 50 YO Denzel. With effort he can be a force on the defensive end with his natural gifts
Strength: 7 His body looks strong and it gives him the ability make plays in heavy traffic, but seeing him get pushed around by an old man is a little nerve racking.
Quickness: 8 Very quick, not to the level of an Iverson or even a Maggette, but quick enough to take players off the dribble and finish strong at the rack.
Leadership: 6.5 Didn't have to show much leadership, though it isn't his style, his leadership comes from taking his team and crushing the opponent and involving others when needed. Not a vocal leader, but his play and his will to win sets examples
Jump Shot: 10 Just watch his real life counterpart
NBA Ready: 8 Could use a year at Tech U
Ball Handling: 6 Not a point guard but his handle is ok, tends to carry the ball a bit and doesn't assert possession with ball handling dribbling high up and away from his body
Potential: 10 Has endless upside with his shooting capabilities, knowledge of the game and athletic talent
Passing: 7 Does he even need to pass? Not at the high school level, but in the pros he will, he can thread the needle at times but no one will ever confuse him as Jason Kidd
Intangibles: 7 His work ethic coupled with his skill set has taken him to the top, and it wont stop there
Rebounding: 8 (For Position) He has great in air body control and good strength to hold position in the paint, even with the big boys, double doubles will happen on a more than regular basis for an off guard
Jesus has the potential to be one of the best, has all the skills and athletic ability to be on a special, Hall of Fame level.
Now, when creating him in a game such as NBA 2k10 and so on, one must be a bit leery to go right ahead and double up Ray Allen. Though his skills are on the same level as Spike Lee gave him specific instructions to play Ray's game, he also Hollywoodized it a bit adding a bit more of an above the rim playing style that Ray really doesn't play all that often, it also showed him in more of a slasher roll than his current NBA roll of perimeter play and taking the lane only when given. I would take Ray Allen's skills and adjust them more towards a Manu Ginobilli with a more efficient jump shot.
A lil' youtube action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI7A3ILE6Ks&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideosearch%3Fq%3Dray%2Ballen%2Bcollege%2Bmix%26www_google_domain%3Dwww.google.com%26hl%3Den%26emb%3D0%26aq%3D0%26oq%3Dray%2Ballen%2Bcolle&feature=player_embedded#t=35
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