Zombie Derrick Jones to Portland

Maybe Neil Olshey knew what he was talking about. DJJ looking like peak Tayshaun Prince. The kind of player you need to win a title.

 

DJJ now earns the vet minimum. At that level or even the tax MLE he is fine to have at the end of a rotation. The problem was the Blazers giving him more money and hard capping the franchise, the Blazers trying to use him as big mpg starter, then the Blazers having to give up the pick to Chicago in part to get out of his contract.

 

Overreactions-R-Us. You could say the same thing about Thybulle or Ed Davis or Arron Afflalo or Seth Curry right after they have a good game.

this is his 7th season, and his best season statistically, and he averaged 9 & 3. That's not worth an MLE and if a GM's coach couldn't get the most out of a GM's players, that's on the GM

 

DJJ has been a huge part of their success. He may be their third best player, not end of the rotation

 

DJJ has been having a good game every night. Have you been watching?

 

sometimes I watch and what I've see with my eyes tends to match the stats

in the playoffs, for the Mavericks, Jones ranks:

9th in PER
8th in TS%
7th in FT rate
10th in rebound rate
12th in assist rate
7th in 3ptFG%
4th in block rate
7th in winshares
10th in winshares/48
8th in DBPM
9th in BPM
11th in defensive rating
8th in offensive rating

he's shot incredibly well in the last 2 games going 14-21. But in the 2 games prior he went 4-22. He's kind of the same as he has always been: a low usage role player who doesn't shoot well enough to be 3&D. A low-rent glue guy who plays versatile defense