Which is why I was SCREAMING all last year.... trade him while he still has a lot of value in the eyes of the NBA.
.... you’re right. That ship has sailed.
... I’m sure there are still a select few people her that still love him for some reason.
Serious question:
Is there any trade value in Ball?
I can't think of a single team in the league who currently has a starting PG worse than # 2.
Of corse he’s not garbage. However.. he is not the HIGH value vet that a lot of people think he is. You’re also right about his leadership... it’s non existent. You have to communicate to be a leader or at least lead with your play... neither of which Jrue is capable of.
It’s odd, Zo was having a solid year prior to the bubble, and now it seems like he just isn’t into it. Do we read more into it than he is one of the few players not feeling the bubble?
He can't drive or hit free throws. He is the worst in the league at both, and that is no exaggeration. The stats back it up.
Nobody is trading for a guard who can pass pretty good on fast breaks, and rebound decently for a guard, but can't shoot or do anything else.
Outside of Redick, our bench is 3/10 from the field so far this game.
Add to that both Jrue and Lonzo being 1/6, and Zion being 3/9 (with no FTs somehow), it tells the whole story.
We should of traded Jrue and whatever picks the Wizards wanted for Beal when we had the chance.
Throw in a young not named Ingram with Jrue.
I think what people need to understand is that Lonzo was not actually having a good year prior to the bubble. He had a really good 15 game stretch before the season ended that changed how everyone looked at him, but until Christmas (that is, the first 25 games he played) he was averaging 10/5/5 on 37.4%FG, 33.3% from 3, and 50% from the FT line. He was really bad.
He improved after the new year, until having that final super hot run before the shutdown, but if you view this year as being overall pretty good for Lonzo, you miss his horrendous multi-month start.
If you add the next 17 games to get to half a season (41 games total for him, basically until February), Lonzo was still only putting up 12/6/6 on 39/36/54, which is still fairly grim.
Those final 15 games or so really changed how a lot of people saw his season overall, which is a bit odd.
Zion isn't right. Not even close.
Can we get that March team back pls. We was hot and not embarrassing ourselves. Seems like every other team took the break seriously and we just relaxed.
Every other fringe team came into the bubble like it was the playoffs. Even teams like the Nets which are essentially a skeleton crew put it all out there.
We came in like everyone on the team believed Griffin when he said we weren't going to make decisions based on the bubble. Like ''oh nice, if I'm not gonna get judged on this, I won't bother.''
And that perspective combined with Gentry's general incompetence and lack of urgency produces a team that's pointless to even watch. There's no pride right now.
Man... Perfectly time timeout to stop other team's momentum is lowkey one of my favorite coach skills.