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Williams get new agent, has made no firm promises about staying in New Jersey

NUMBERICA said:
He's played seven full seasons before. Not sure if you were aware. Most players don't do anything but largely plateau or decline from where he's at, especially since his game to this point has been largely predicated on his speed (which is the first thing you start losing with age).
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What does his prior experience with subpar teams (except his early years with the Mavs) tell us how hell do in a system where he isnt the focal point of the offense? Gary Paytons gamed involved speed; he definitely plateaued at 28, and remained relavent for only two more years...
Regardless the point I was trying to make with my post is that we have one of the best non-elite pgs in the market right now, and is mroe than capable of both accepting a secondary scoring role, assisting and scoring in clutch situations. Regardless, the next 3 years worth of drafts will be full of PGs, seeing as a solid point guard is relatively easy to access, and is all that is needed to make a finals run (See John Paxson, Jason Kidd, Mike Bibby, Derek Fisher etc) I honestly dont think we need a much better point guard than Harris, and feel like he offers a lot for his position at a decent price, plus offers good scoring and hopefully decent defense. My initial post was telling people to knock off the criticism, seeing as we saw the guy start 16 games, and be realistic when we lust for players that in fact make our awful shooting even more concerning.
 
dalamon said:
Regardless, the next 3 years worth of drafts will be full of PGs, seeing as a solid point guard is relatively easy to access, and is all that is needed to make a finals run (See John Paxson, Jason Kidd, Mike Bibby, Derek Fisher etc) .
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Those teams also had Jordan, Nowitzki, Kobe,Lebron and Wade. Who are the players of that caliber on this team? If you can get a superstar wing who can handle the ball, score and defend, then yes Harris is more than sufficient. But until then, we can definitely use a better floor leader, especially when you are running the Jazz system. Either Burks or Hayward or preferably both have to be all stars or borderline all star material for us to make a Finals run with Harris as PG.
 
dalamon said:
What does his prior experience with subpar teams (except his early years with the Mavs) tell us how hell do in a system where he isnt the focal point of the offense? Gary Paytons gamed involved speed; he definitely plateaued at 28, and remained relavent for only two more years...
Regardless the point I was trying to make with my post is that we have one of the best non-elite pgs in the market right now, and is mroe than capable of both accepting a secondary scoring role, assisting and scoring in clutch situations. Regardless, the next 3 years worth of drafts will be full of PGs, seeing as a solid point guard is relatively easy to access, and is all that is needed to make a finals run (See John Paxson, Jason Kidd, Mike Bibby, Derek Fisher etc) I honestly dont think we need a much better point guard than Harris, and feel like he offers a lot for his position at a decent price, plus offers good scoring and hopefully decent defense. My initial post was telling people to knock off the criticism, seeing as we saw the guy start 16 games, and be realistic when we lust for players that in fact make our awful shooting even more concerning.
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Is this exercise in excuse-making for Harris or Jefferson? I can't tell sometimes. And if PG doesn't matter, why the hell even waste the $20 million on Harris anyway?

Anyway, I'm still waiting for that long list of players that suddenly get significantly better in their late twenties that AK's supposed to have been on every year for the last 4. That's an invitation to everyone.
 
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