Buff wrote:Johnny Bball wrote:Hey I have one!! Let's talk about where Jonas is standing on every play. The 3 point line or so. He comes down the floor and stands at the 3 point line to initiate the play. Why don't you guys remind us how we were dumb again because we said he didn't have to play beside the basket, that spacing is good. Or we can revise and pretend nobody ever said that.
First of all, all you guys said he was useless and we should dump him. So the silly comment about the 3pt line is in itself revisionist. But let me address it anyway: "whaaa?" Jonas is scoring around the basket and he is doing so because he is getting the ball. It is the same old JV, with touches.
It is still the same old argument and we shouldn't change into "well, he used to suck but NOW he got X just like I said"
You have got to stick to the argument that more touches is detrimental to Raptors basketball.
Oh now that's more revisionism. Lol there are few people that said dump him and I didn't. Trade him, maybe, depends what comes back. Useless? No, he couldn't stay on the floor and the reasons were his PNR defense, but now we are revising that, and its because we said he was useless? The problem is nobody could stand to hear him criticized. Some people hear what they want to hear.
Hey I got one. JV needs more touches. Now he touches the ball and initiates the play often at the top of the circle. He's didn't run down and stand under the basket every play like he use to every play. You didn't watch the game obviously, and now you're revising what just happened. He didn't touch the ball down low more at all. Which is what you all wanted. I'm not sure he even got more shots off than typical from last year, with this change.
Or hey... for years people said he should work on his conditioning. Well he finally did. And if you think any improvement in his speed won't come from that you're mistaken. Instead, you guys said was it wasn't his fault and it was never his fault and the team did it to him or he doesn't have to be in better shape. Well, seems like that was pretty wrong already doesn't it. you think decision making is easy when you're gassed?
Shall I go on?