When Jeff Green was here he really stunk as did Ed Davis. It's like Quin has his system and if a player doesn't fit it too bad. I wonder if Quin thought about designing an offense or set of plays that take advantage of a player's strengths? I don't disagree about the talent level of Oni, Morgan and Brantley. Locke tried to warn us after that draft. Even Melo the Jazz killer tried to warn us saying that JWF was the only talented one of our 2nd year players.
The thing is we really struggled during that first half of 2019 season when guys like Conley still trying to get "acclimated" to the new system. Everyone was trying to figure things out collectively as a group. And now we've seen how good Conley could be when he did figure it out. As long as we stuck with Jeff and Quin still played him the minutes he had, who is to say he wouldn't figure it out either? But now we will never know cuz DL just gotta sign his favorite Rayjon Tucker, who was let go six months after while costing us a second round pick in the process.
The signing of Tucker was just curious. He had good GLeague stats at the time but it could also be argued that he was the second or third best player on his GLeague team. The Stars had also just beaten Tucker's team for the GLeague showcase championship. So DL and Quin were sending a not-so subtle to the players and coaching staff of the Stars: "We think you guys suck. " Then the comedy continued when we bribed the Cavs with a 2nd round pick to take Tucker off the Jazz hands.
Yeah but Jeff didn't play that well here at all. He really amped up his level of play after he left. Not sure why he didn't play like that here.
I seriously doubt Quinn has zero input into these decisions.
If it was Quin’s idea to let Jeff go on the 24th of December, why would he play him 18min against Miami on the 23rd?
So one anomalous game is analogous to Quinn having zero input. Yeah, ok.
People said the exact same thing about Conley in 2019 season. Look how good he is for us this season. At least Jeff's consistent minutes showed Quin's willingness to put trust in his play. Plus we don't really need Jeff to be as good as he has been for the rockets/nets to make a difference for us in the playoffs. All we need is just one good night or even one good quarter from him, it could've been a different series.
I never said Quin had zero input. But ultimately it's DL who's paid to make decisions on personnel transactions.
And i wouldn't call that game versus Miami an "anomalous game" when Jeff actually had played 18min EVERY GAME under Quin.
Gawd I hope not! C’mon D Wade, you’ve had a couple Championship coaches, say something!!!!
I call BS! Link or it didn’t happen!
