clippertown wrote:Quotatious wrote:He's so much better than Crawford, I wonder why he only plays slightly more minutes (Redick is averaging 27.4 minutes per game, Crawford 25.2), I guess maybe Redick doesn't have the stamina to play 30+ minutes on a regular basis, there's no other explanation, really...Really, I mean - their only value comes from their scoring, and Redick is shooting 48.5% FG and 48.1% 3P, for 64.3% TS, while Crawford is shooting only 38.4% FG, 31.3% 3P, for 51.2% TS.
JJ is definitely better than Jamal but not in all aspects of the game.
If JJ is not on the court with CP3, his productivity drops considerably. He is the kind of player that works well in the rhythm of the offense. Jamal on the other hand is a player that can create on his own and is somewhat unstoppable in a iso situation. His value is that Jamal is often required to create something when the offense falters and a difficult shot is necessary.
It is interesting that ever since JJ came to the Clippers, Jamal's usage has been enormous for a backup player. Its not just Doc. Vinny did the exact same thing. Personally, I believe that Jamal is highly undervalued on RGM. When he is hot, he immediately becomes the focal point of the opposing defense and that speaks volumes on his true value.
13-14, CP injured, Redick played 13 games:
15.5 ppg / 45.7% FG / 44.8% 3PT, and he started feeling the effects of his injury his last two games of that stretch and had to go out again, but the first 11 games, 17.2 ppg / 47.8% FG / 46.8% 3PT, not that his overall production including those last two wasn't still good. Give him some guys to set screens and a PG that knows what they are doing, and he will produce.
The problem with Jamal is that he ends up isolating and taking a lot of difficult shots when the offense is not faltering and it isn't necessary. This is like the cop out for guys like him, people expand the few shots they take late into clock into being the majority of the shots they take. Jamal has just gotten less effective in isolation than previous seasons, and he's consistently struggled in the playoffs. If you look at his numbers, late clock is not what is causing him to be inefficient. We can even use the recent Charlotte game. Started the game well, and overall game was fine, but in the second half he would take these unnecessarily difficult shots out of isolation in middle clock, and while the offense was not struggling. Why? Well just because that's his game.
The problem is that when Jamal is "not", he continues to shoot and provides no other benefit most of the time, so that actually also shows his true value which is between the "hot" and "not", and when it comes to the playoffs, the hot is very rare, so you have a guy who is not generally giving positive value in the post-season.
ALL HAIL wrote:Is Redick, individually, better than Aflalo right now? Obviously ...
Do they have even remotely similar trade value? Of course not.
But this is a team game, and if I were Doc, I'd cash in Redick for two wings who provide grit (and can also shoot).
His trade value is through the roof right now, as high as it will ever be. The Clippers have no other real assets and they have definite holes up and down the lineup.
I'd trade Redick, not because the guys they'd be able to bring in would be better, or, in this case, possess more trade value, but because, hopefully, if executed properly, they'd give the Clips the intangibles they lack.
I don't think any team is trading two wings with grit and who can also shoot for Redick, so that isn't a real option, unless you have the realistic trade idea that makes this happen, it doesn't really mean anything.
