A few reasons that jaylen doesn’t fit with our team
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Slow decision maker/poor passer. We need connectors around Tatum/KP/white, not bucket getters.
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He’s selfish/ego. Tatum hero balls without a doubt, (wish he would do so less) but he’s earned that. Jaylen isn’t good enough at it, but thinks he is.
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The contract is an albatross and is gonna hamper us resigning Jrue/white. Our squad is good without him, and we might be better with another elite connector.
That said who are elite connectors?
- Pascal siakam
Long asf, could be Al’s replacement. He would give us better rim protection and allow us to play a pseudo double big lineup. Also underrated playmaker, better than jaylen that’s for sure.
- Lauri Markannen (my pipe dream)
Long asf, Elite shooter. Our spacing could become godly. He can also eventually replace Al and allow us to play double big. The league is about size w/ skill nowadays and Lauri exemplifies this.
- Brandon Ingram
Long asf, Prolific passer. He runs NO offense and could give Tatum some serious breaks by initiating offense. Allows Tatum to play off ball more which I think he’s underrated at.
Honestly, these might all be pipe dreams, other teams know what jaylen is at this point. Even if we included all our tradeable picks, idk if it gets it done.
Thoughts?? Anyone other players you would love on this team.
Here we go again, with the knee jerk reactions. It was a loss. There will be more of them this season, so take a breath and go back to your life and enjoy it.