07-03-2025, 08:21 PM
KL, if you see some good D from JG, okay by me. Since Denver, I have on some occasions seen "passable" D by him but nothing I see as a plus defender. I could have been watching at the wrong time. But thats what I see in him.
As for why that has happened, my belief is it was a choice. He decided (and wisely, in some ways) that scorers get paid and defenders do not. So he has consciously put his work, and game energy, into his paycheck instead of winning (which would take plus effort as a defender).
On a sucky team, it hasn't mattered. But it is who he is (or wants to be) now, for quite some time, and I don't think the Denver guy really exists anymore.
Tellingly, he has resisted signing with (or being traded to) any team thats better but where he would be lower in the pecking order (and might have to get fewer shots). I really dont see value in THIS guy. And I cant imagine he'd have any interest in being on a team like the Mavs fwiw.
As for why that has happened, my belief is it was a choice. He decided (and wisely, in some ways) that scorers get paid and defenders do not. So he has consciously put his work, and game energy, into his paycheck instead of winning (which would take plus effort as a defender).
On a sucky team, it hasn't mattered. But it is who he is (or wants to be) now, for quite some time, and I don't think the Denver guy really exists anymore.
Tellingly, he has resisted signing with (or being traded to) any team thats better but where he would be lower in the pecking order (and might have to get fewer shots). I really dont see value in THIS guy. And I cant imagine he'd have any interest in being on a team like the Mavs fwiw.