06-17-2021, 09:38 AM
(06-17-2021, 09:15 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't understand this fascination you have with "starting"...Ask THJ what his fascination with saying he is a starter. I see THJ as a guy who can quickly question himself on the court. I think that is a big part of his consistency issues. Those guys don’t need to be written in stone as getting consistent minutes.
Do you remember Jason Terry as a starter? He was, of course. He came off the bench, but was the 2nd most important offensive player on every Mavs team he was a part of. He played super high minutes, always more than whoever "started" in his place. It was just a way of maximizing rotation patterns. I can easily see THJ coming off the bench like THAT, but he's not going to be a 20 minutes per night type of guy. I think ANY team would value him more highly than that.
He can keep up that confidence for a longer period of time when he comes off the bench playing against lesser opponents, specialists like himself because he would be one of the best on the court most of the time. Once he’s gained that confidence throughout the game, he can bring it to the 4th quarter where he hopefully doesn’t lose it quickly.
Also, I believe it is highly debatable that JET was the second best player on the championship team. Other than that year he didn’t come off the bench for any highly successful Mavs team.