re: Thunder @ Pels

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Jrue is our highest paid player and supposed to be top 25, 14 points on 13 shots is not an acceptable performance while their guards also go for around 50%

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I'm not saying it was an astounding game or even a good game from Jrue. He ONE bad turnover late in the game and shot poorly from the free throw line. 6-13 isnt good but many stars in this league have games where they shoot 5-21 (Harden, Tatum, etc). I just don't like how people who don't know anything about basketball say he's worth nothing and we should "get rid of him"

Also, the opposing guard's FG% can not be attributed to Jrue and you should know that. If you watched the game, you should be able to tell him and Lonzo mostly played well on defense, but their guards rely on switches to score. People just picked Jrue sometime last year to mark as the scapegoat for every loss we ever have, and people think he should not play bad ever, which is insane

ETA: I'm also not hell bent on keeping Jrue past this current contract, but he did not have to be traded at the deadline and obviously still helps this team more than he harms it

You won't get any response talking like that clown

I only watched the second half, and it wasn’t great but wasn’t terrible. What I did come away with was that Schroder looks like a soundcloud mumble rapper.

Maybe you should have thicker skin

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I just don't like how people who don't know anything about basketball say he's worth nothing and we should "get rid of him"

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I watch basketball and Jrue is fricking putrid in fourth quarters.

Shooting 38% and 28% from three, 69% at the line and a TS% of just 46%. Which puts him right above RJ Barret and Tauren Prince as the third worst high usage offensive player in the league in the fourth quarter. He can play defense but when he dominates the ball and plays that bad offensively, the net return is frustrating.

You all keep saying this shite about how it is everyone else that cant watch basketball and that really Jrue is fine, but every way you slice it he has been detrimental and downright terrible this season in the most critical time he needs to be earning his salary, which is fourth quarters.

We desperately needed BI tonight for his length.

He plays we win this game

His offense isn’t that great the other quarters either. He is down to around 52% TS percentage, the lowest since his 2013 season. The first year here when he played with an undisclosed injury. His VORP is the third lowest of his career, his offensive box plus/minus the lowest since coming to New Orleans. Across a lot of advanced offensive metrics he just looks as poor as he has ever looked here.

I hope he can turn it around post allstar break because unless we have perfect health, he is going to need to demonstrate he can step up at will and be the second and even first scorer on some nights or teams like Memphis and Portland are going to capitalize.

His defense matters, though. A lot. And ability to pass. And intangibles. There's more to it than true shooting %, which also takes into account free throws which he struggles with. I'm not going to see if he isn't overpaid slightly, and I'm not saying we should give him a massive contract in 2 years, but he helps the team this year and is obviously an above average player

I'll also add that none of these conversations happen after his good games. We also scored more than our season average in points per game, offensive and shot-making was not the reason we lost this game, Jrue scoring 14 did not signficantly decrease our offensive output, especially considering he made up for at least 25 points off assists

Whoever downvote so your saying you cool with jrue only scoring 14pts smh