re: If BI and CJ can't lead this team to .500 or better post ASB

IMHO, the worst thing we can do right now is get impatient and blow things up. I know the "flashes" and flirting with contending is frustrating (we are starving for championship basketball). But historically, we are still way early on a championship timeline. Jordan was 27, Pip and Horace were 26 for their first chip. The Warriors are the real anomaly with steph being 26 and Dray n Klay being 24. All other "cores" start winning post 26.

Brandon is 25. Z is 22. Trey, Dyson even younger. I say it's way too early to break this up. Let it marinate another year or two. We've hit on the draft picks, made the right trades, luck or not. The extensions have been signed. If we haven't made a serious Finals run in 1-3 years, adjust.

But, man, I really don't want to be another OKC that blew up their core too soon because we got small market jitters and became antsy.

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CJ has averaged an efficient 24/4/6 over his last 32 games, I'm not sure why folks aren't content with that.

46% from the filed, 42% from 3 during that time on 8 attempts per game.

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Shel311 content with that?

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Anyone who remotely understands basketball is content with that.

Save for the beginning of the season when he had an injury on his shooting hand, CJ McCollum has played better than any of us could have reasonably expected since he joined the Pelicans. If you disagree, please show me where you posted that you expected 25+ a game from CJ when we traded for him...I'll wait.

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CJ makes terrible decisions, turn the ball over,

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Ah, we're doing the turnover thing again, I see. I find it funny that every time someone hates on CJ, it's for something that is factually incorrect that they can't ever back up with any actual factual data. Weird how that works.

Friendly reminder, list of players with a higher tunover % than CJ: Dyson, Zion, Ingram, Jval, Alvarado, Herb, Naji. And yet, on this board CJ gets more hate for turnovers than every single one of those dudes combined.

The only 2 regulars that don't have a higher turnover % are Nance and Trey, 2 guys not asked to do any facilitating.

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I think CJ is a good player,

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Your 1st 80-100 posts on this message board was 80-100 anti-CJ posts, but now you think he's a good player?

PROGRESS!!!!

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It's so insane that anyone would have issues with CJ taking shots while guarded. He has a deeper bag than everyone else on the team outside of Ingram. And without Zion him living as solely an open shot taker would frick this offense up even more than what it already is.

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Posters: We have no offense


Also same posers: CJ should stop shooting so much





That may make sense...if CJ hasn't been our most efficient scorer available for 30+ games now.

CJ is fine. He’s much better as an off ball scorer. Don’t really like him as a primary ball handler

We have no bigs that can defend currently and the front office didn’t address it at the deadline.

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Are you CJ’s wife or something? You defend that dude to no end

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Tell me where I'm wrong

That's the issue, posters like you made irrelevant posts like this but no one ever even tries to tell me where I'm wrong. It's just useless posts like yours or factually incorrect posts like we lose because CJ turns the ball over too much

Do better.

Is he worth 35.8mil, 33.3mil, and 30.6mil the next 3 years? I would like to know your answer, please show your math. The correct answer is no btw.

It’s coaching—-every set we run for BI is high elbow screens.

Boston (GS started it) is screening for Tatum as soon as he crosses the half court line.

Willie may end up being our Mark Jackson. A players coach/ culture setter but ultimately a guy that can’t compete in the XO game.

Look at how terrible our inbounding plays are. We have no creativity.

How often do we crate easy lob attempts for Zion? We saw plenty of those with Uncle Al.

How long did it take Willie to realize Zion should not be playing with his back to the basket and banging down low? Stan figured that out fast.

BI , Trey and CJ should be shooting 6-8 threes a game. No reason for one one them to not be open and the odds of both of them being off every night is low.

Every thing we do is hard.

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If Zion were healthy and we were the 2 seed right now, would you be arguing that CJ still isn't worth it?

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That’s why the OP is a question that I honestly wasn’t expecting so much agreement with. Is the problem BI isn’t good enough, or is it a “you’re only as strong as your weakest link” problem and fixing some or all of starting 3&D wing, Center, or coaching makes everything better.