Look I’m a big fan of Dejounte Murray, he’s obviously a great team guy and he must love the A. Him taking a friendlier contract proves this and shows the typa stand up guy he is. But I’m just still really stuck on the DejouneTrae fit.
Both are all star level caliber players, but they never seem to both combine to play at this level at the same time. We’ve seen what both players are capable of, but it always seems when one is taking over the game, the other is playing well below average. It’s so frustrating because I truely believe that if the other guard even plays just average, we would have such a greater advantage.
There’s a part of me that absolutely does not want to let go of DJM, but I’m just starting to wonder, is Trae better suited with an all star caliber wing or big instead?
Do you think I’m overreacting? should we wait until Quins systems are fully installed, or is there a set of front court players that would greatly help this duo out?. Or you do you think it just won’t work regardless? I’m starting to think maybe this pairing isn’t the one. But I’ve seen what DJM is capable of so I’m really stuck. Maybe it’s too early into the season to tell.
Dejounte is the 88th highest paid player in the league. He is a valuable member of the team but the idea that he is “paired” with Trae is incorrect. Once we have another max contract player on the team we can talk about who Trae is paired with.
This team will have a gaping hole until JJ develops into an All NBA forward or we bring one in from the outside.