Kerrsed wrote:Fo-Real wrote:No reason not to just give those minutes to Okobo, Melton, and George King while tanking the rest of the season!!! No **** reason to sign Jimmer rather than letting the kids get the most burn possible!!
There is plenty reason, with the biggest being next season.
We will be without Daniels and Crawford next season and could see Jimmer as a possible replacement. So we give him a bit of burn in these last 10 games to see exactly what he's got and if he can compete in the league.
I also think this could be a step in another direction as well, like if he plays pretty solid and he could handle more minutes and a bigger role than previously imagined, we might be able to afford moving a guy like Okobo or Melton in a trade.
I have been one of the bigger detractors of Melton and Okobo, that said if you are going to give anyone the last 10 games to finally make a decision on if they can be useful next year or not then it should be them. Unless you have already resigned your thoughts to the fact that neither are worth it already. I know its only hypothetical and shouldn't happen, but if we were starting next season with Johnson as our starting pg, with Jimmer as the second string Pg, I think everyone here would think the off-season is a failure. Unless we are thinking Johnson backs up Book next year while we get a LEGIT pg and Jimmer backing up whoever that is, but if we are thinking of Johnson as our pg and we have Melton and Okobo and are still looking to add a Legit pg, then Jimmer is useless. No one is going to trade assets for Melton or Okobo right now.
