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re: Hornets games = watching paint dry

Posted on 11/26/12 at 7:55 am to
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 11/26/12 at 7:55 am to
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I've really yet to have one single person give me an adequate reason why we got rid of Jarrett Jack.


I was sad to see Jack go. I think the team misses his leadership as much as his production. But he was traded because:

1) Jarret Jack allowed the team to get Robin Lopez
2) Give a healthy Eric Gordon 36 minutes a game and our opinions of Vasquez, Rivers and Mason all change. With Gordon, Vasquez and Jack on the roster Rivers would be getting 5 minutes a game and they wanted to develop him. Whether it's a trade demand or a legit injury, moving Jack suggests the FO was expecting Gordon to be playing right now.
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
34396 posts
Posted on 11/26/12 at 8:05 am to
Jack used to frustrate the shite out of me. At times, he looked like a legit starting point, but he used to run out the shot clock way too often. It was not uncommon for him to still be dribbling when the clock went off. That's just a total lack of awareness, which is bad for a point guard. Jack would be a damn good scoring point off the bench, but he just doesn't create enough, in my opinion.

Like TigerinATL is saying, it all comes down to Gordon. I keep saying it, but I think Gordon and Vasquez would end up greater than the sum of the parts because they can switch on defense and cover their weaknesses. Also, Gordon gives you a "faster" guard to run the breaks.
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
19440 posts
Posted on 11/26/12 at 5:47 pm to
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1) Jarret Jack allowed the team to get Robin Lopez
2) Give a healthy Eric Gordon 36 minutes a game and our opinions of Vasquez, Rivers and Mason all change. With Gordon, Vasquez and Jack on the roster Rivers would be getting 5 minutes a game and they wanted to develop him. Whether it's a trade demand or a legit injury, moving Jack suggests the FO was expecting Gordon to be playing right now.
1) Maybe, but I'm not too sure Lopez is really THAT much better than Smith. Of all the places on this roster we needed some help at in the off-season, C/PF was pretty down on that list.

2)I get all of that, and I'm sure Gordon can adequately play the 1 in the NBA (I guess, I really don't have the sample size to be certain of that), but I'm just not sure how you go into the season with one true PG on your roster, and a fairly mediocre one at that and expect to compete with anyone halfway decent.
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