Bill Bradley wrote:cloverleaf wrote:rd26 wrote:It's a shame, but it's obvious to me that JB is not in Bostons plans now or ever.
Zero effort made to develop his game, or even prop up his trade value.
They had him starting in what had been a massive deflation of his value until they brought him off the bench and he eventually built it back up again. And makes little sense to say he's not in their plans but they aren't bothering with his trade value, since this would be the obvious offseason to trade him if he weren't in their plans.
Him starting didn't deflate his value. He performed better as a starter last season than off the bench. He also seems to perform well against good competition. He just had a terrible start to the season.
Obviously I was talking about him starting at the beginning of this season. His performance last year is what inflated his value, then his disastrous early season this year deflated it back down again. But he's been doing better of late again (except for his dip in February). It was when he was still starting that he hurt his value, so it is hard to ding the C's for that. My guess is that he thought he had developed his 3-point shot enough that he didn't focus on it (and other fundamentals) consistently enough last summer. Then when he got into camp and it failed him, his game fell apart for a time until he got the right repetitions under his belt again. My guess is that he'll handle this offseason better.
The hyperbole about him not being in their plans and being unfairly treated is IMO baseless hysteria.
What is striking about his performance to me is how efficiently he scores in his good stretches even while only deciding that he's going to the basket back before he begins his drive and then plowing into whatever traffic might be there without even attempting to see or be aware of what better opportunities his teammates might be in a position for being passed to. It is as if he has absolute tunnel vision in those circumstances.
Look at Russell, Oladipo, and other highly touted young players who can take most or all of their rookie contract to pull their game together at this level. Give Brown another year of plowing into traffic as he does and he might be able to see and react better to his teammates on the floor, which will really take his game to another level.
