11/20 Celtics vs. Hornets: Where is Thy Sting?
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I love how two games of Jrue having subpar offensive games has the Port Cellar ready to throw him to the timberwolves.
Yeah…I don’t see that anywhere. But ok.
People were overrating the shit out of his offense earlier. This is a natural progression. Soon, it will settle in to the appropriate level (although he will definitely have haters. Thays the way it goes for every Celtic not named Jayson Tatum. Maybe ever)
Again, I agree with where you are going with this. A lot of the Jaylen complaints are essentially familiarity breeding contempt. All these players are flawed including Jrue and Porzingis and even Tatum.
True, but as the fifth option he's damn good. I thought his decision making was a lot better than it is though, late game should basically always be White or Tatum initiating.
No arguments there whatsoever.
I think Jrue is a damn good player but a good deal of posters are acting like he’s prime CP3….hes not. He’s a good offensive player, that needs to be a 3rd option or worse on a championship team.
I think that was proven in his time in Milwaukee. Without Middleton, that team just didn’t have the offensive juice
Yeah I’m not saying Jrue is a bad offensive player, I just thought he was a little better at creating his own shot than he has shown so far. Also hoping his outside shooting improves.
100% agree.
I’m only surprised about Jrue because this was the book on him when he came here. I mean, we all witnessed it.
Maybe we should accept that stellar defenders may have offensive flaws, especially when they try to do too much. Step on Marcus Smart!
Good point, and a smart coach would use his TOs strategically to keep him fresh. Well, at least one here.
JB, Holiday, and Porzingis have for sure. Tatum has been really hot and cold.
100%.
I’ve had a good read on Jrue from watching him throughout his career. Awesome defender, good offensive player. On a championship team, he’s a 3rd option or worse.
I kind of thought everyone knew that but it seems like people (after the first week) thought he was way more than that offensively…he’s not.
The “negativity” around him is people recognizing that and course correcting. I’m always in here telling people to be less negative about players not named Tatum…this isn’t that
He is. Jrue is very good at it when he is one of the primary options. You can tell that he's still trying to figure out when to look for his offense and when to distribute to the big guns. As I've preached forever, basketball is a game of reacting, not thinking. He's out there thinking which is not good.