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Rajon Rondo has had quite a career with a similar skill set
Rondo is light years ahead in terms of playmaking and a much better defender and at least he would take the occasional 3 and even make the occasional 3.
 
Later in his career. Prime Rondo would barely take 1 a game
And the other night we watched Forrest pass up about 6 wide wide open 3s and completely clunk the 1 he took. It's just the comparison to Rondo is apt, but only in a very limited way.
 
And the other night we watched Forrest pass up about 6 wide wide open 3s and completely clunk the 1 he took. It's just the comparison to Rondo is apt, but only in a very limited way.
Rondo would do the exact same thing in his Boston days....

There was just less emphasis on taking a lot of 3's, so people cared less.
 
Rondo would do the exact same thing in his Boston days....

There was just less emphasis on taking a lot of 3's, so people cared less.
I am not sure what you are arguing about or if you just like to argue. Forrest is not even close to the same tier player Rondo is, or was especially in his prime. And as you said the emphasis was not on the 3, so he just didn't make a big deal out of being limited in that area. Forrest is no Rondo. They may have superficially similar games but the comparison really stops there. Rondo lead the league in assists multiple years, was a 4 or 5 time all star and a top tier defender. Forrest has a long way to go to get to anything like that level.
 
I am not sure what you are arguing about or if you just like to argue. Forrest is not even close to the same tier player Rondo is, or was especially in his prime. And as you said the emphasis was not on the 3, so he just didn't make a big deal out of being limited in that area. Forrest is no Rondo. They may have superficially similar games but the comparison really stops there. Rondo lead the league in assists multiple years, was a 4 or 5 time all star and a top tier defender. Forrest has a long way to go to get to anything like that level.
Bro, you are the one trying to argue. A dude just said they got similar skillsets and that Rondo had a good career.

The comparison is 1000% valid. Rondo was not taking 3's early in his career. He passed up a ton of shots.

No one is saying Forrest will be exactly like Rondo, jesus ****ing christ.

And Forrest took 3 three's last night and none of them were that badly missed. Give the dude time to get comfortable with taking the shots.
 
Bro, you are the one trying to argue. A dude just said they got similar skillsets and that Rondo had a good career.

The comparison is 1000% valid. Rondo was not taking 3's early in his career. He passed up a ton of shots.

No one is saying Forrest will be exactly like Rondo, jesus ****ing christ.

And Forrest took 3 three's last night and none of them were that badly missed. Give the dude time to get comfortable with taking the shots.
Wow, calm down bro. All I said was that Forrest is no Rondo and gave reasons. You just said the same thing. And I can say that without feeling the need to get deity involved to make sure you know I think I am above you for some reason. Do you drive a big truck by chance?
 
Forrest got significant minutes bump this month.

January 16-18mins/game
February 39 (start), 28, 20, 23,
all wins
 
Homey is going to go full Homey here. Why not promote Carsen Edwards and give him Forrest's minutes. Tell him you get 12 minutes a night and you aren't out there to score. However when he's forced to shoot he has a better chance to make it. The dude has scored 84 points his last two GLeague games and the other team knows he is all the Stars have. I know he's small but he has some attributes that could help our 2nd unit.
 
Trent has been a breath of fresh air and all the pain out January might have been worth it because it produced Trent Forest.

That being said, how is he going to learn to shoot? The pain of Kobe sagging off Ronnie Brewer in the playoffs still seems fresh to me.

He's not going to shoot. But if he's playing on the ball and he's a threat to get in the lane and hit a floater or get to the rim, then that's something and he at least needs to be guarded. He's a zero when he's not playing on the ball, but as a backup PG who is ball dominant he can get by.

He adds some size, toughness and physicality to our backcourt, which is something the team has really needed. The Jazz invested a solid year into his development, from G-league, to Summer League, to consistent minutes this season. Quin is obviously confident knowing that Forrest can play a role for 10 or 15 mins.
 
Homey is going to go full Homey here. Why not promote Carsen Edwards and give him Forrest's minutes. Tell him you get 12 minutes a night and you aren't out there to score. However when he's forced to shoot he has a better chance to make it. The dude has scored 84 points his last two GLeague games and the other team knows he is all the Stars have. I know he's small but he has some attributes that could help our 2nd unit.

I think some team is going to pick up Edwards and let him play at some point. His shooting percentages are up, and he's scoring plenty. The only question with him is how well he can defend.
 
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