Farewell, Richard Jefferson.

[Pioneer10]

If you box the Boban out...

The body fluids of the Boban will be on you!

Holy shit the Ferengi are real?

 

[Tornicade]

I still cant place who richard jefferson reminds me of.

 

[Evgeni]

Jefferson made 100 mil in his career. So we are getting a high caliber player, even though obviously quite old. Still, he can be great for us. Just to compare, JJ made 20 mil in his career and he is almost the same age.

 

[Tornicade]

Jefferson made 100 mil in his career. So we are getting a high caliber player, even though obviously quite old. Still, he can be great for us. Just to compare, JJ made 20 mil in his career and he is almost the same age.

This argument is so flawed. Noone cares about what Richard Jefferson did 5 years ago. its about how much he has left in the tank and can contribute now.
James jones had more playoff Minutes than Mike Miller and and Shawn Marion combined both being high caliber players.

Jefferon had -30 on/off court production the last two seasons in the playoffs for two different teams.

concern that he might not be up to the job to fill his anticipated role are quite legitimate.

 

[Kypus]

concern that he might not be up to the job to fill his anticipated role are quite legitimate.

I like the bar that's being set by all the reporters- to "not be a corpse"

Seems attainable enough...

 

[JMoneyYourHoney]

I like the bar that's being set by all the reporters- to "not be a corpse"

Seems attainable enough...

Seriously though, with how minimally our bench contributed last year, anybody who can come off and give us meaningful minutes is a sight for sore eyes. I'll be like the entourage in Silver Linings Playbook when they scored a measly "5" compared to the other duos' "7" and "8s"...cheering effusively when a bench player makes a basket.

 

[Kypus]

Let the RJeff/Marion comparisons continue to build...

Head coach David Blatt said that the Cavaliers were going to be smart about players returning from injury, that they feel the team has the depth to win games while players work themselves back into condition. He mentioned new players like Richard Jefferson and Sasha Kaun who can give the team productive minutes.

Jefferson said that he felt the Cavaliers presented the best chance for him to contribute to a championship caliber team. He said that his conversation with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to inform him of his decision was a tough one.
http://rcfsports.com/2015/09/28/lebron-and-the-cavaliers-minus-a-big-piece-ready-to-begin-camp/

 

[InBoobieWeTrust]

Jefferson hitting that corner 3 at a good clip would be a huge boost with Shump out for a couple months.

 

[TyGuy]

Jefferson hitting that corner 3 at a good clip would be a huge boost with Shump out for a couple months.

I'm not sure his role really changes. Perhaps he can go down to 2 guard and play big, but I think Delly is going to soak up most of the minutes. It didn't work too well when Marion was tried there, but Jefferson is also a better shooter. I think he will mostly play backup 3 and maybe every now and then he can play with bron in a 3/4 lineup. Because of the personnel you just don't see LeBron much at PF. Love pretty much exclusively has to play there, and he needs 30 + minutes. Then you have Tristan that is capable of playing big minutes and dances between 4/5.

I really hope he has more in the tank than Marion did though. Jefferson has bounced around a lot recently, but has been productive and you would think he is really hungry with this being his last shot.

 

[Lee]

I'm not sure his role really changes. Perhaps he can go down to 2 guard and play big, but I think Delly is going to soak up most of the minutes. It didn't work too well when Marion was tried there, but Jefferson is also a better shooter. I think he will mostly play backup 3 and maybe every now and then he can play with bron in a 3/4 lineup. Because of the personnel you just don't see LeBron much at PF. Love pretty much exclusively has to play there, and he needs 30 + minutes. Then you have Tristan that is capable of playing big minutes and dances between 4/5.

I really hope he has more in the tank than Marion did though. Jefferson has bounced around a lot recently, but has been productive and you would think he is really hungry with this being his last shot.

Marion and Jefferson are different players. Marion for his career has always been a combo forward and Jefferson a combo wing. Apples and oranges except they both came to us with their best years behind them and both can play sf.

 

[I'mWithDan]

I'm not sure his role really changes. Perhaps he can go down to 2 guard and play big, but I think Delly is going to soak up most of the minutes.

RJ was not good playing the 2 last season. He's still a solid backup option at the 3 but he no longer has the athleticism to stay with 2 guards.

He surrendered an opponent counterpart PER of 29.99 in limited time there last season. So he basically made every SG look like prime Kobe Bryant. His net 48 was -14.2 at SG.

At this point in his career, Cavs have to play him exclusively at the 3....at least defensively.

 

[TyGuy]

Marion and Jefferson are different players. Marion for his career has always been a combo forward and Jefferson a combo wing. Apples and oranges except they both came to us with their best years behind them and both can play sf.

They are more similar than that, but what made Marion hard to play(specifically at 2 guard) was his inability to make open shots. Jefferson can seemingly play there if he continues making open threes. @I'mWithDan brought up the real concern; which is defending shooting guards. I'm going to stick to my guns and say that Jefferson will pretty much exclusively be used as a backup SF and maybe a pinch of small ball pf once in a blue moon.

Other than that, they are both very similar in build and athleticism and spent the majority of their careers playing small forward. Jefferson pretty much exclusively small forward with Marion almost starting the trend of small ball power forward. Marion's elite rebounding ability made it possible for him to transition to PF where Jefferson has always been kind of average in that department.

 

[Douglar]

At this point, you have to consider Jefferson to be a small ball PF, along the same lines as James Jones.

 

[TyGuy]

At this point, you have to consider Jefferson to be a small ball PF, along the same lines as James Jones.

When LeBron is in with another wing it is kind of debatable who the power forward is. LeBron has always functioned really well playing with another wing in the front court with him. There is a lot of flexibility with this roster assuming the old guys can give good minutes.

You have three guys capable of giving minutes at small forward:
LeBron, Jefferson and JR

three guys at two guard:
JR, Shumpert, Delly

three guys at point guard:
Kyrie, Mo, Delly

a whopping four guys at power forward:
Love, Tristan, LeBron, Jefferson

and three guys at Center, possibly 4 against certain teams with Love:
Moz, Tristan, Kaun
rare case: Love

 

[Randolphkeys]

At this point, you have to consider Jefferson to be a small ball PF, along the same lines as James Jones.

It's as if the punchline has been around so long, people forgot the joke...