oreon wrote:Beenie wrote:MHeat0279 wrote:
Jimmy is the only reason we have had some success with this disgrace of a team. The only one in this team who you can put some kind of trust he will get it done when it matters, nobody and i mean nobody else in this team you can count on as you can with Jimmy. However we will not be successful as a team without roster and staff changes.
TBC, this is the point of my comment.
The people who have been critical of Jimmy for not going into "playoff jimmy" mode and sustaining that level of play throughout the regular season are simple-minded.
He turns it on when necessary which is how it should be at this stage of his career.
It's as if the fans expect him to average close to 40 minutes a night, play all 82 games and score 30 or hes somehow not living up to his contract.
No one can say he's been allstar or all nba level player for the regular season. No one. When you get paid max thats the minimum required expectation. If he can't do that, he should have taken a discount.
Cuz reality will start to hit next season. His contracts makes a huge jump and then Herro max starts to kick in. We will be paying a 100 mill to 3 players. Its going to be hard to have depth with so much money on 3 guys. So you need the 3 to play up to their contracts.
It makes no sense to me, we expect Bam to play like an allstar. We expect Herro to play like one too. But Butler gets a pass.
You get money, there are expectations. There have been games where a lot of games early in the season when he's been a non factor. When the team is struggling, that's just not good enough.
Butler can coast when everyone else is stepping up. But when the team is struggling he needs to step up and play like an allstar. He didn't for half of the season, Bam did. He can't get a pass. He's at fault for a poor season as is FO, Spo and the players.
Jimmy got that contract because he’s proven to be a reliable alpha option in the playoffs who can match the likes of Tatem and even Giannis to some degree.
At this stage of his career, that’s the only thing that matters.
He turns it on when its necessary to preserve him for the playoffs.
To hold him to the standard of a 25 years old is to basically suggest that you are okay with him getting hurt and potentially jeopardizing his post season availability.









