limbo wrote:Jrue is an inefficient scorer, a below average shooter and a good but not elite playmaker... His defense is good but as a guard he can't influence the defensive end of the court to any significant level against elite offensive teams, imo.
He's literally a safer version of Bledsoe, and mostly because Bledsoe is known as a Playoff choker, not because Jrue turns into something amazing in the PS...
Bucks are going to be great because they have a Top 5 player in the league and a good roster around him... but unless Giannis becomes a respectable shooter, they have more chance of losing to Philly than winning against the Lakers... And Jrue don't change that.
Jrue is genuinely one of the best defensive pick and roll guards in the league as well though, and has shown incredible ability to switch at times, 1-3
His bball index playmaking grades him out as top 10 iirc
Jrues been on the pels and has had one of the worst teams in terms of spacing in the nba, hes taking a step up since 2017, and his scoring was solid when he didnt have to carry too much of a load, and he'll be more effecient on the bucks.
Giannis problem isnt his shooting as much as its the teams inability to adjust to teams building a wall, somewhat his ability to pass out of drives, but most of it is a team based thing. Even when teams did it against us we made adjustments so bron and AD could have an easier time, its just brin seems to be able to make these team wide adjustments/he knows what to run when it happens, but any slashing star is gonna be effected like that.
What jrue adds is a very strong second method of attack, i watched the pels alot, jrue is amazing in the p and r.
The fact of the matter is
If the coaching staff has shown to learn from their mistakes in the past two yrsrs, theyre a 70 win level team. If not theyll flame out again. They didnt get unlicky against the heat they got outcoached, and if they go with that same strategy they wont make the finals
If they make the adjustments they have to make theyll be a high 60s-70 win level team. If they make those adjustments wed still be the favorites but saying theyre more likely to lose to a 6th-8th seed vs us is dillusional
Im higher on how good we can be than you are probably, but you cant just imagine none of the other teams can compete whatsoever, the clippers
Bledsoe has constantly dissapointed in the playoffs, Jrue hasnt had many runs but his last one he completely outduelled lillard
His d wont effect us as much thankfully but lets not act like hes a minor upgrade on bledsoe lol, hes a top 3 defensive guard, a decent scorer in the situation he was in given those around him the past 3 years, and a great intelligent passer
Jrue gets underrated but ive watched him alot, as a second best player hes one of the best options you could have in the league, he doesnt fix their problems but those problems can be fixed independant of giannis
