For the first 18 years of Jeremiah Fears’ life, nobody could stay in front of him.
You learn this simply by watching the first few games of the Oklahoma Sooners’ 2024-25 season. Fears, a NBA Draft prospect the Brooklyn Nets must consider with the #8 overall pick in June, spent much of November and December realizing that some NCAA defenders could actually slide their feet with him.
This didn’t always change his approach, though. Sometimes that was a good thing. On the first clip below, the 6’3”* guard runs a pick-and-roll where the big man hedges out to him.