Calm down sir. We have worst problems than Jrue on the team.
Man, I appreciate the advice, but I posted that last night. It’s been like 10 hours or something. That’s more than enough time to calm down. Heck, since then I've gotten a good night’s sleep, woke up, did a little yoga, had a cup of herbal tea, balanced my chi, and creatively visualized that we weren’t about to hand over a max contract to a mentally fragile, marginally talented point guard. Ahhhh….inner peace.
Did you read the post I was responding to? Why respond to mine and not the one that said that to begin with? Or any of the other posts that addressed that since?
As far as Jrue, the holes in the boats just got larger with those last few plays last night. That was high school stuff. That was a prime reason the team has been starting Frazier. Jrue cannot be trusted with the ball and this is NOT new. He had these dumb turnover problems way back in Philly.
At this point I just cannot see a GM dumb enough to pay him more than $20mm. Conley is worth his contract. Especially with a final year being voidable. Jrue is a few levels below that and should be paid like it.
They also like Crawford at SG off the bench for scoring. Moore needs more minutes and more time on the floor with Holiday. I'm not talking about 1 game, I'm talking about who he is as a player. Great defender, decent perimeter shooter, decent size but plays bigger than he is. This is the guard to pair with Holiday.
Jrue looked awesome running the point until the final two possessions. Cousins also looks excellent as a point forward. Moore is a good match with that lineup.
Can we agree that Frazier is a good back up PG that shouldn't be starting?
Moore/Crawford are good SGs that you have to find minutes for.
Everyone seems to agree we also need to add a PG that can handle the ball and initiate the offense.
Is there really a need on this team for a combo guard that can't play the 3, making a max salary??
Hmmm....
Has Jrue ever said that he's expecting 25-30 mil a year?? I don't remember ever reading that.. If we can get him at 20 I think we should eat that up all day every day. He is a Great defender and when he decides to shoot is usually money, he makes mistakes but who doesn't?? Is he a Westbrook CP3 caliber player? No. But he would start on 85% of the teams in the NBA. He's not some bumbling idiot off the street and he's the glue that holds this team together! I love watching Jrue play, he makes some amazing plays, plays that others just can't do, but eveyone forgets that because of a badly timed turnover. A lot of you sound like the people calling for Drew Bree's head if he throws an INT, these are pro athletes tying to make plays happen. Mistakes happen, I will agree that he has had too many turnovers recently, but that's not "typical Jrue" as a lot of you have been saying. He played pretty damn good before the break. If anything we need a shooter next to him who can take some of the defensive pressure off of him and also create and share ball handling.
Fact of the matter is Jrue is gonna stay, I would put a lot of money on that. I also don't think he will break the bank, he wants to be here we helped him a lot with his wife's situation and we brought in the best C that we could possibly have asked for. He would be dumb to leave and he's not dumb.
Jrue earns 11,3 millions. The contract was agreed in the old CBA.
11,3 is about 15 in the new 'times'.
Probably everybody on this forum would love him to take 20/year.
With this amount it is a no brainer to undersign the deal. Good player, tradable contract.
The problem is that he will receive bigger offers...
With Jrue it's not just the turnovers. I know this might be asking a lot these days, but your poit guard is supposed to be a coach on the floor. As in when a player is hot, you move other guys around to get that player the ball then tell him to go. Or when your team needs a bucket, you tell these big men to post up or run PnR. You don't allow someone to take a dumb 3.
I've seen more of that out of Crawford and Frazier than I ever have from Jrue, and that's saying a lot.
I'm all on board if Dell could swing a Teague or Bledsoe.