re: JJ Redick “mentoring” NAW

He does one thing well. He can teach one thing. He hasn’t made the playoffs every year bc he’s carrying his team or contributing in a variety of ways. He shoots the ball good. That’s it. Call my take shitty but he offers nothing to a team except shooting, and that’s exactly what I said

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He does one thing well. He can teach one thing.

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That's like saying Rondo can't be a good mentor because he only knows how to pass. Redick may be known for just one skill, but there is a lot that goes into building up that skill. First and foremost is probably his motor. It's the difference between him being a starting caliber guard on a playoff team and being a bench gunner like Darius Miller.

In addition to his high motor, he knows how to get foul calls, and knows where to be and what to do on defense which lets him play better than his physical gifts should allow him to on that end. And that's just the on court stuff. One of the biggest parts of mentoring comes in the form of teaching guys good practice habits. Young NBA players also pretty frequently credit vets as the ones that taught them "how to take care of their bodies" by getting proper nutrition and rest.

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Call my take shitty but he offers nothing to a team except shooting, and that’s exactly what I said

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You didn't just say he brought shooting, you said he had gravity, and then you dimiss that like it's not the most valuable skill in today's NBA. When the team is fully healthy it will not be an easy decision deciding who plays with Zion/Ingram. As "one dimensional" as he is, Redick will be in serious consideration to take minutes away from multiple versatile, 2 way, starting caliber players.

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He does one thing well. He can teach one thing. He hasn’t made the playoffs every year bc he’s carrying his team or contributing in a variety of ways. He shoots the ball good. That’s it. Call my take shitty but he offers nothing to a team except shooting, and that’s exactly what I said

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Ok, this take is really shitty.

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Name someone that works harder on his craft than JJ. Hell the man is 35, among the best shooters ever. and is still out there working trying to get better. His defensive game suffers because of his physical limitations.

You can do way worse for a mentor than a guy who shows up 2 hours early for practice to work on his game.

A mentor for a young guy is not just learning his game. It's that mentors work ethics rubbing off on him. Breaking down film with him, learning how to spot what he sees opposing teams are doing to him. Its alot less X's and O's, that's the coaches job.

Take a guy like KAT, he would be a horrible mentor, even though he's great offensively, he has zero work ethic.

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Most players won’t benefit enough from focusing entirely on one skill like JJ. That’s why you wouldn’t choose him as a mentor over other players. It’s such a niche role. Most players would benefit more from being well-rounded or focusing on any other skill. Why get a guy like Redick for a mentor when you can get a vet that’s a good 2 way contributor?

But players could learn more from other vets. That’s my point. We chose a one trick pony to be a veteran presence in the locker room, and he’s too much of a niche for most players to learn from him in depth. Same reason the dude has invited other players to summer workouts for years and never had anyone take him up on it. You’re learning a very niche skill set. Most players have little time to go heavy into targeting one skill set like JJ does. They’re not being paid to be a liability in defense, rebounding, and passing

Edit: everyone can argue that the players need to go learn from him and stuff, but this is a common trend throughout his career. These dudes do it for a living and almost nobody will take him as a mentor or workout with him. Maybe they don’t like him, maybe it’s a personality thing, but I doubt it. I think he’s too unrelatable from a skill set perspective for most players

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We chose a one trick pony to be a veteran presence in the locker room, and he’s too much of a niche for most players to learn from him in depth.

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Yikes.

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everyone can argue that the players need to go learn from him and stuff, but this is a common trend throughout his career. These dudes do it for a living and almost nobody will take him as a mentor or workout with him. Maybe they don’t like him, maybe it’s a personality thing, but I doubt it. I think he’s too unrelatable from a skill set perspective for most players

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I don’t know why this is the hill you’re choosing to die on but the bottom line with Redick is he’s been through more wars than anyone else on the roster by a large margin. He also has the Duke connection and Coach K endorsement, so he immediately has an authoritative voice, even with our own veterans. And unlike the quiet nature that most of the team has, Redick is very much a vocal leader.

As they were matching up during a possession on defense yesterday, Hart started to pick up Beverly, which would have left Redick on Kawhi. JJ almost threw Hart to the ground pushing him towards Kawhi to switch assignments. Jrue probably would have just gone and taken the bad assignment rather than assert his dominance to make the right play.

JJ going vocal about our team negatively and everyone acting like there’s no reason for nobody wanting to work with him. This isn’t happening in a vacuum, it’s a pattern throughout JJ’s career. He admits it himself. There’s a reason for it. But JJ might as well be Jesus Christ bc he’s the only player on this team that apparently cannot shoulder any blame

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JJ going vocal about our team negatively

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Link? Are you trying to say his get off my lawn with your pregame snapgrams rant was anti-Pels?

These are such bad takes it's mind blowing lol.