re: B is not a fit with Z??

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An example of what his game should look like is what CJ has done this year.

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OK, then trade CJ and go get someone to take the #2 spot on this team from BI and make him a #3 role player.

BI is not a role player. CJ, for the first time in his career, was a role player this year. He's always been the #2 on the team, even when he's been here b/c Zion or BI were always hurt. This was the first year he was truely not the #2 guy, and that makes it a hell of a lot easier to just shoot 3's and layups.
21% of his shots this year were mid range shots during the 35 game window with a healthy Zion and BI after christmas until BI was hurt on 3/21. In the 12 games without BI, he went nucleur from 3 shooting 11 a game and hitting them at 48%, but his mid range game jumped up to 34% of his shots. Wierd huh. The previous year when he was mainly the #2 all year, 39% of his shots were mid range shots.


CJ's role changed, which is why his shot chart changed. Yes i still give him credit for changing that shot chart, but the #3 role plays a huge role in it.

If you guys want to replace BI with a 3 point shooting role player, like Trey, then CJ is going to take more mid range shots b/c he's going to be the #2 guy again.
CJ is an elite #3 guy to have, and i'd like to keep it that way. If BI isn't the #2 guy we need, then we need another #2 guy, not another #3. It's why I say Lauri or KAT can replace BI b/c they can be the #2 guy b/c they are capable of getting their own shot off whenever they want. CJ can struggle when someone big gets switched onto him, and he reverts to either a step back 3 that gets challenged or a running mid range shot b/c he cant take a jump shot and rise up over defenders like BI can.