11-21-2021, 02:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-21-2021, 02:12 AM by KillerLeft.)
(11-21-2021, 01:03 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: Jalen is undoubtedly a better scorer
Bingo.
It's not about who's the better player, imo. Brunson is a gifted and dangerous pick and roll handler who can get into and score from the paint, shoot pull-ups (lethaly) from midrange, has a nice catch-and-shoot game from 3 and has even added a pull-up game from 3. That's THE skillset every team is desperate for right now, and it has been that way for the better part of a decade.
We don't appreciate Brunson fully because we have Luka (that's my theory, anyway) but teams who don't have someone like that (or someone like that who's good enough) will not only want him, they'll overpay for him. Honestly, I think he might be a borderline all-star on a team that features him.
I'd LOVE Rubio, don't get me wrong. I was one of those dudes @"Chicagojk" remembers scoffing at. I'm just saying, right now you need a guard or wing who possesses all of the offensive skills listed above or you will literally be one of the worst teams in the league. It's like being an NFL team without a quarterback. That's step 1.
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