re: Never understood the JV hate

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It’s not hate. JV is an advantage in some situations and a liability in others. He’s a great teammate and has won us a few games. We are a better team when we have Larry who can do things JV can’t. It gives us amazing flexibility.

I don’t think we get significantly better by moving him for any big in the NBA save a very select few.

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I like JV but if you are trying to be a serious playoff contender, you should recognize by now that the Pels DON'T think they can afford to play JV at crunch time.

How many times do they have to send Nance out there (when healthy) at crunch time, before everybody understands what they truly think about JV? Keep him around for the regular season "pounding" and even let him play some of the time come playoffs...just make sure you have him on the bench for the final few minutes. He will get abused time and time again, on the defensive end, if you try to stick him out there too much, come playoff time.

IF...a decent trade to replace him comes along...you gotta make the move. JMO