(02-21-2021, 02:10 PM)Omega_Supreme Wrote: DeAndre Jordan was washed up when he got the Dallas and outside of his prime. Drummond is a better player than DAJ ever was so that is a bad comparison.I mostly agree with your other sentiments, although I am easing my hold on those thoughts. To me, it's about WHO the big man is and HOW he is played based on that evaluation.
As far as DAJ, he needed CP3 in his face all the time to keep the level of play he had in LA, and that level of play was INCREDIBLE. I would even say better than Drummond cause he was an offensive and defensive monster for that team.
He gave his all for CP3, I don't think there is another player in the league that can match what CP3 did for him, maybe Butler, but at this point, yes, DAJ is fully done and even if he was paired with CP3 again, the effect wouldn't be the same, even if on a smaller scale. The passion to take that kind of beat down to raise his level of play is gone from him IMO.