This is premature ejaculation, three games does not a season nor career make. Sure, it's a step in the right direction but .... it doesn't mean he's turned some proverbial corner. This is just Jabari hitting the open shots he has bricked for the first 62 games of the season (for him). He's still been a negative +/- over these last 3 games. -3, -5 & 0. These were the results we expected with the #3 pick ....
Then your expectations were way out of whack, my dude. 19-year-old rookies don't come into the league posting these kinds of numbers on a game after game, night after night basis even if they're the first pick, let alone the third. I mean, did you miss the whole "first teenager in NBA history to do this" thing?
I can be pessimistic and yet be pleasantly surprised. 25% chances (or whatever) happen 25% of the time, roughly speaking. "hope I am wrong" is a universal acknowledgement of a bayesian space that is within the realm of reasonable probability. Like, you could say "I hope you're not going to quantum tunnel through your chair right now because you'd probably die a grisly death, I hope I'm not wrong" - but the probability of it happening is like 10. to the negative 100 power or whatever. So basically - 0. The probabiliy of me being wrong on a basketball BBS is much greater than that! like in the double digits.
net negative is just stupid in this context. That's why if you don't watch the actual games you would know Smith was clearly the best player on the floor in those games
Were you unfrozen from back in 2004 when saying "no homo" was a thing? The upcoming game against the Pelicans is Pride Night at the Toyota Center, fyi.
Im quite young compare to the average posters on here, pretty sure no homo isnt exclusively a 2004 thing.
I get that a lot of people made excuses for him but he was flat out awful for nearly the entire season, given his attitude and how hyped he was, I think he owes fans an apology for being so bad for so long. We can be happy that he's finally remembered he knows how to shoot, but that doesn't make his garbage performance up to this point acceptable.
I’ve always believed and was one of the few who wanted Jabari before the draft. He’s 19 and anyone that gave up on him is a new basketball fan or is emotionally unstable and I feel for your family.
Yeah kinda like last year when you busted off your ish on JG and he followed it up with the most 30 pt gms as a rookie since AI. Then you came out to support. You and your like are just leeches. Enjoy the show.
Eh the best player creates space for other players and is a player that is gameplanned for by the opposing team. If Jalen can have a positive +/- on this team since the all-star break then Jabari can also if he wants to be the best player the past few games but Jabari is still negative. Right now I'm cautiously optimistic. @Corrosion is correct. The main difference now vs earlier in the season is he's hitting the open shots given to him with a small minor uptick in self created shots. He's also is more aggressive at pit backs after an offensive rebound and actually utilizing his length. He has sprinkled some impressive turnaround jumpers but it's still mostly open shots created. I'm not going to label a player finally hitting their open shots as the "best player" during a stretch. The hopeful thing here is that Jabari continuing this trend of being a reliable shooter which leads to more spacing and freeing up the primary ball handlers on the team.
I get what you are saying. A team like the Rockets that lose a lot with large pt differentials, even good players with positive impact will have a negative +/-. I'm just stating that there is a single player on this roster since the all-star break that somehow does have a positive +/- on this team. I'm assuming that player would be the best player during the ster h as it's really hard to have a positive +/- on this team.
I imagine that if one could create a Venn Diagram of Jabari and Green Haters with Alperen Sengun only fans, there would be a significant amount of crossover. Same morons who claimed that Jeremy Linn was better than Harden. It is so ridiculous that it is hard to type without bursting with laughter. We have all seen this movie and know how it will end.
All due respect, if you expected Jabari to produce at the All-Star level he's produced over the last three games then your expectations were INSANE and you have nobody to blame for that but yourself. Almost nobody produces at that level for a season while they're still a teenager. Let's look at some examples. Kevin Garnett, despite being drafted straight out of high school, was the same age as Jabari in his rookie season. He averaged 10 ppg and 6 rpg in 28 minutes per game that year. When Dirk Nowitzki was a rookie he was 20 years old. He averaged 8 ppg and 4 rpg. At age 19 Giannis averaged 6 ppg and 4 rpg. Tim Duncan averaged 20 and 10 in his rookie campaign (and Jabari has done better than that over his last three games) but he had played a full four years in college. Jabari is averaging 14 and 7. When you look at it that way, he's way ahead of schedule even if he didn't produce the way he did the last few games. Your expectations were just crazy. Very few players of his age produce on that level. Not even many all-time greats.
