Keyonte George’s Star Ascension

[Flc]

Not trying to tear him down but there was a dj & pk after Hayward had left that Locke basically admits it was a jazz pr thing and that his numbers were strongly influenced by having Gobert behind him. My source is “trust me bro” as I can’t find the audio now. But I think it’s easier to admit those things after your guy leaves and there was some selfish motivation in that Locke was gassing Gobert.

I trust you, bro

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I wonder if the Jazz will offer him a promise at the 5 year Max if he agrees to sit

 

[KqWIN]

I wonder if the Jazz will offer him a promise at the 5 year Max if he agrees to sit

Not the craziest idea. Crazy that Key is approaching fun max territory.

 

[KqWIN]

I don’t think it’s an accident that Key is shoots so much better when playing alongside Clayton or Collier. He was doing just fine as the heliocentric ball handler, but I think he’s really at his best when he can share the on ball load and use his off ball ability as well. I think that’s great for scaling up once we try to win. We won’t have problems if/when we are able to add another on ball star player.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

This little pissy comment is a perfect example of why people don’t like you.

I'm not here to make friends. Got that dawg in me

 

[HermanG]

Key leads the NBA (tied with Sengun) for 5 buckets to tie/win a game at the end of regulation or OT. However Key is 5/9 on such attempts, while Sengun is only 5/13.

He is also 9th in clutch scoring. and 29/32 (90.6%) on clutch free throws (clutch = last 5 minutes of close games). Combine that with Lauri (who has 50/40/92 clutch splits with pretty high volumes) and you got two guys who can win you games and who show up in those moments.

Jazz FO gotta start investing in building around them sooner rather than later.

 

[Flc]

I'm not here to make friends. Got that dawg in me

This isn’t forum advice. This is life advice so you’re less lonely and attention-seeking.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Kudos for brining up the fact that TS% has increased since then. Numbers have gone up quite a bit in just a few years. I see so many people comparing today’s efficiency to a previous time and that’s just not right. Key is still more efficient in a relative sense, but it’s not as much as it appears on the surface.

But the elephant in the room with all of this is the other side of the ball. I think Key is comparable or maybe even better than Don offensively, but if we’re going to call one player overrated it’s only fair to consider both sides of the ball.

Donovan was **** defensively for most of his Jazz career

 

[KqWIN]

Donovan was **** defensively for most of his Jazz career

Maybe at the end, but he was good when he came into the league and always had defensive talent. Don is one of the actual cases where I think you could say his effort is what sunk his defense.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Donovan was **** defensively for most of his Jazz career

No he wasnt. He was always pretty solid. It wasnt really until the Mavs series that it got awful awful.

I would call him an underwhelming defender, but for a star #1 option he was a solid defender for the most part.

 

[Udidthizz]

This is just a random Reddit comment in a thread about Trae Young, but I must admit I enjoyed seeing Keyonte mentioned in the wild in this context.

 

[NUMBERICA]

This is just a random Reddit comment in a thread about Trae Young, but I must admit I enjoyed seeing Keyonte mentioned in the wild in this context.

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“Trae Young is not much worse than Keyonte.”

What a time to be alive.