So Long, James Jones

[Adam]

What I particularly love about Blatt is it seems like he knows his players' weaknesses on D. Notice when Jones came in tonight, he immediately went to the zone (he's done the same with Miller as well).

I noticed he kept dion in as well..dions history with zone might help him get into some sort of rhythm.

Jones is bigger than i think every time he steps on the court im always surprised then remember he is a legit 6'8. That helps in the zone as he can take up space.

 

[shoes22]

I thought Jones was awesome last night. Really provided the bench spark we sorely needed.

However the main issue I saw with his D is he doesn't seem to have the hops necessary to contest shots well. I saw his man literally shooting over him once or twice last night. It also doesn't help that our other guards are undersized, so we can't really move him over.

 

[Walter White]

JJ is actually decent at taking charges. He was late on the one last night, but I'd rather have someone giving their body up to take charges over someone committing a dumb foul or just letting them score easily.

That last game was his ONE chance he has had all season and he delivered. Mike Miller got several chances before he finally had a good game (inconsistent chances, but still, at least he had the chances). Dion has had all kinds of chances to score and he hasn't done well. JJ comes in and delivers on his first opportunity. I mean c'mon, he better be getting good minutes from now on.

 

[Simmy]

Just throwing the question out there, but if someone said at the start of the season that we could have Ray Allen or James Jones, given prior relationships with certain players, their skill-set, championship rings and overall likely contribution to the team, who would you take?

 

[Kizzle]

It's funny if this guy had any sliver of lateral quickness to defend at all he'd prob been a starter at some point. He should've definitely been in a rotation his whole career tho. He kinda sacrificed his career for Miami his hometown. I Don't care if you can't do shit else but shoot if you shoot 50% from 3 you should be seeing PT

 

[Kizzle]

Just throwing the question out there, but if someone said at the start of the season that we could have Ray Allen or James Jones, given prior relationships with certain players, their skill-set, championship rings and overall likely contribution to the team, who would you take?

Ray

His playoff heroics are legendary and he is very good in a up tempo offense


He'd punish opposing SGs for even a second of laziness.

Where's his ass at anyway

 

[AZCavs]

Jones had another productive night off the bench. 4/5 from deep for 12 points in 14 minutes of action. He's shooting 72.7 percent from long range. Small sample size but he's shooting the rock very well nonetheless.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

Kirk plays an entirely different position. A position shared by the starter who missed tonight's game.

James Jones was brought here to impact the locker room. He's an end of the bench guy and injury insurance.

The end of blowouts is when you play your young talent. Harris fits that bill. He also has been in a shooting slump that extended minutes can break.

In 2008-2009, JJ Hickson and Darnell Jackson played a lot of minutes in those situations even though Joe Smith was ahead of them on the depth chart.

The lengths some of you guys will go to bitch about this team is just ridiculous.

Told you this guy should get playing time. He can still flat out shoot.

 

[Cassity14]

Told you this guy should get playing time. He can still flat out shoot.

I didn't disagree. I said he was injury insurance. With Mike Miller recovering from his concussion, Jones is playing.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

I didn't disagree. I said he was injury insurance. With Mike Miller recovering from his concussion, Jones is playing.

And he showed that when he gets playing time, he does well. Like I said before, there's no reason he shouldn't be in the rotation.

 

[Frank Reynolds]

Prettiest jumper I have seen in a while. He gets the perfect amount of lift on the shot. Bron's shots tend to be flat, Dion's jumpers tend to be rainbows.

I love seeing this guy shoot. He's squared to the target, he gets the proper lift under the ball and as soon as it leaves his hand you can tell it's in. It's weird, once the ball is 2-3 feet off of his hand you can tell it's dead on.

 

[Cassity14]

And he showed that when he gets playing time, he does well. Like I said before, there's no reason he shouldn't be in the rotation.

He's good in limited time like what we've seen. If I recall, you wanted the Cavs to be playing him 20+ minutes a game as like their 8th man. He's a 3 point shooter on the bench in case of injury and a great locker room, true pro type of guy. He's done all of those things so far. I'm not sure why you had to go back and quote a post from some time ago and bring this back up. When Miller is back healthy and in the rotation, Jones won't be. James Jones isn't going to see minutes over Miller, Waiters, or Delly for the foreseeable future. Two of those guys were out with injury when Jones played his first meaningful minutes of the season. 1 is still out.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

He's good in limited time like what we've seen. If I recall, you wanted the Cavs to be playing him 20+ minutes a game as like their 8th man. He's a 3 point shooter on the bench in case of injury and a great locker room, true pro type of guy. He's done all of those things so far. I'm not sure why you had to go back and quote a post from some time ago and bring this back up. When Miller is back healthy and in the rotation, Jones won't be. James Jones isn't going to see minutes over Miller, Waiters, or Delly for the foreseeable future. Two of those guys were out with injury when Jones played his first meaningful minutes of the season. 1 is still out.

I never said any of that. I just want him in the rotation.

 

[CosmoKramer]

Jones showed some life in February (38.5% from three) as a combo forward that could provide spacing off the bench... but I finally understand why Spoe never used him in Miami. For years I wondered why a wing that could shoot it as well as Jones was buried on their bench, but this guy offers nothing defensively if he has to chase players around the perimeter.

His post defense is somehow worse; he can't body up even the frailest of bigs and his help defense is somewhere between a complete joke and nonexistent. Blatt uses him at power forward when Love isn't on the floor to maximize his shooting, but watching our interior defense turn to ashes with him there is painful to watch. Get well soon Matrix, there's some minutes waiting for you when you get back.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

I don't understand why we're playing him as a PF at times. He's getting eaten alive in the post on defense! But just like I said 2 posts ago, I've always wanted this guy in the rotation (maybe 8-10 minutes a night) because his shooting helps us. He should strictly play as a SF though.