Have we seen the end of Point CJ?

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Lately it's been BI, Dyson, and a little Herb. CJ still gets some time to time iso but its so nice not watching that 5-6 times a game. The Lakers game was brutal but that almost seems like an outlier of the last 8 games or so. Going back to feeding Jonas some more and going away from the iso has been so good for this team. And Trey has been huge obviously.

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I know Shel's bat signal just went up to defend his boy. I'm not criticizing CJ in this post. I blame Willie and the staff for any failings CJ had in this role.

I'm interested to see how we integrate point BI and point Zion together without it turning into the two of them just taking turns.

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It's not just that CJ is better off ball, it's that you also put guys like Herb/Dyson/Naji on ball to minimize their off ball weaknesses.

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Agree. Herb is so much better when he's not just standing there with no one within 10 feet of him.

Well one of Trey's biggest issues was disappearing on the road. Hopefully, that's becoming less of a thing.

Richardson is playing well.

My biggest concern is BI maintaining his aggressiveness and playing through contact.

Vanderbilt and Brooks give him hits by roughing him up and grabbing constantly. He needs to continue to play through contact and not lean away from it.

Same is true for Jonas. Stop taking fadeaways. You're 7 damn feet. Make them foul you.

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I blame Willie and the staff for any failings CJ had in this role.

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On this point, I’m not too harsh on Willie. CJ has suited up most games this season while BI, Zion, Alvarado, Dyson, Kira have not been available. That’s a lot of possible ball handling on the bench. Given the injury situation and what has been available this season, I don’t think asking CJ to be a primary PG for stretches was really avoidable.

You have agreed CJ should be off ball.

There’s also a stark difference in what CJ has done for us in the role he’s been given vs what we needed him to do.

Blame it on coaching sure, blame it on injuries sure, but you’ve made some “bad points” by just not admitting CJ had bad games.

“Well he’s not a true PG” “he’s just hurt” “Everyone else can’t make shots” “he’s still averaging the most assist of his career”

All of that is irrelevant if the dude still has bad games. I would agree with you more if you could say “CJ had a terrible game tonight” without having some bullshite excuse for him.

“He shot 1-20 but he’s averaging the most assists of his career” “He had 5 turnovers and 4 air balls because his finger is hurt”. “Everything is to blame for his decision making except his decisions”

Bro I get people have been extra tough on him but you go out of your way to defend him even when it actually is HIS fault for bad play.

Hopefully this time next year Dyson is running point.

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Blame it on coaching sure, blame it on injuries sure, but you’ve made some “bad points” by just not admitting CJ had bad games.

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We've done this multiple times, I always call out when CJ has bad games. You're trying to argue something that isn't there.

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All of that is irrelevant if the dude still has bad games. I would agree with you more if you could say “CJ had a terrible game tonight” without having some bullshite excuse for him.

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I've done that many times. Again, arguing something that isn't there. Not sure what else to tell you. And like I said, we've done this before, and I've showed you before when I say CJ has bad games, but here we are again...

We are fricked if Dyson is running point for us next year. Like shooting for the most ping pong balls fricked.

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You're saying he makes the most money so he should take care of the ball better than our other main ball handles who make less money, correct?

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No. I’m saying he’s the highest paid player and should be held to a higher standard regardless. Idgaf about comparing him to other players on our team. He could have better stats than everyone and that doesn’t mean those stats are good or that he’s doing what he’s needs to.

There’s a huge difference between our highest paid player having bad games compared to our cheap players having bad games. That’s common sense, there’s no a comparison there.

So when you say “well CJ still did this better than this player” it doesn’t fricking mean shite if he still played bad or made mistakes.

For example: Damn CJ really killed us down that stretch and missed 4 shots. “Well this player missed 6 shots when CJ passed it to him”

Well did that player also cause CJ to frick up 4 times himself??? Because I don’t care if our scrub player missed 6 shots. I do care if CJ (our highest paid player) completely ruins several possessions.