Jrue for the last 2 years: top 20 player in the NBA
Jrue this year: clearly taken a step back, but still a top 50 player
Half the people on this board: ''Jrue is a bad player the majority of the time, we should definitely trade him, probably for some combination of mediocre players and terrible picks.''
I've seen people saying he has more low scoring games than high ones
the fact is, he's averaging 20. If you're having far more low scoring games than high ones, you don't average 20.
He's played in 44 games so far this year. He's scored at least 18 points in 28 of them. That's about 64% of his games, well over half. You listen to half the people on this board, you'd think he was averaging 10 points a game on 39% TS% or something.
Jrue is
clearly the best defender on our team. Only really Favors comes close. Very arguably our best halfcourt playmaker as well. If not the best, he's unquestionably top 3.
Nobody will deny that Jrue this year is not as good as Jrue last year. But the hate he's received from much of the fanbase is kind of ridiculous.