Starter (39 Games): .413 / .346 / .826 Bench (18 Games): .492 / .372 / .824 So many people want Jabari to expand his game (beyond his capabilities imo) when it seems pretty obvious that the way to best utilize him is to simplifiy and reduce his role.
Agree - the idea to give him more isolation touches is absurd. He shot well but that’s only because he only was able to shoot when wide open - the rest of the time, he was turning the ball over (more turnovers than Jalen for ****s sake). He’s a face up shooter on the perimeter who relies entirely on others to set him up - the only shots he should be getting are in the flow of others isolating. I swear some people on here have constructed a massive Disney fantasy about Jabari where he’s set to break out Linsanity style if only we run plays for him. Utter delusion.
If you take away the first 15 games of the season when he shot poorly, he was shooting .444 from 3 as a starter until the injury. He started to struggle again after coming back from injury as a backup and then bounced back to shoot much better. I don't think it's about starting or coming off the bench or about larger or smaller role. Jabari just seems to need a long runway to take off.
If he was 25-26 finished product but what is he, 22? I would give him (on the Rockets or on another team) another 2 years to figure it out.
I'm sure Jabari will have a very long runaway yet again this year and we'll see what he does with it.
