I was heavily on the trade CJ bandwagon, as well... but I'm off of it now, unless it's a no-brainer, Minnesota-GM type of trade.
Okay, say we keep CJ and Lillard. They'll never be above average defensively, and currently that would be a step up. You don't win championships without a VERY good defense. Can we have an elite team defense with a fairly porous backcourt? If it's possible, then by all means, keep CJ.
It all comes down to the defensive scheme. With Stotts it won't work. But with someone else it might.
almost to the point..haha, you've been waiting since your fist ever post here to find someone who is "clearly better" than Damian.
It has nothing to do with comparing him to Terry or Crawford. I'm just skeptical of a team ever winning a championship with two combo guards in their backcourt. I guess it's possible if we have a LeBron James at small forward though, so pray for Ben Simmons?
Pretty sad that there is not any combination of players or picks the Nets could put together that I would trade CJ or DL for.
I actually love Dame, his leadership, the examples he sets but ppl overrate him and he has a chucking problem is the negatives i mention only
Check out this comparison of Brandon Roy and CJ McCollum, both in their 3rd season, age 24 http://www.basketball-reference.com...&y1=2009&p2=mccolcj01&y2=2016&p3=&p4=&p5=&p6=
CJ could probably be a monster too. I feel like Roy has become some kind of legend because he retired so young. He's the Jimmy Hendrix of Blazers basketball.
Except not really. If you look at the stats, Roy was better in every way except 3PT shooting. He also anchored the number 1 most efficient offense in the entire league that year. I'm not arguing for Roy on his career, but that one year was the best year any Blazer player has had in the last two decades.
He was also a starter from day one, and didn't suffer any kind of major injury setback until after a couple seasons. CJ is basically having his first real go as a starter and a healthy starter at that.
We are comparing this season's CJ to 08-09 Roy are we not? That is the context of this discussion as I was replying to Sinobas comparing the two. In no way was I comparing their career production.
