Paul
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Having Richard Jefferson on the roster, in a vacuum, is a good thing. He's a guy who can shoot the 3 at a 38% career rate and has shot it even better in recent years. He probably has enough left to give us 5 to 15 mins in a playoff game.
The problem I have is the redundancy of Jefferson, Jones and Miller all on the team together. If Miller and Jones weren't coming back, Jefferson looks like a good pickup. With Miller and Jones both coming back, I'm scratching my head at what we are doing with basically 3 35 year old dudes who shoot 3s. Odds are that Blatt can probably play one of those 3 guys in the playoffs and be OK, but the other 2 will probably be cheerleaders. Basically 3 guys will be competing for a 5 to 15 minute role on the team. That doesn't seem like a very efficient use of our roster.
I also question the value of having Miller, Jones and Jefferson all on the roster together from a standpoint that it is creating a ton of uncertainty for subsequent years. Let's say by miracle, that both Jones and Jefferson play great this upcoming season and we win the title. How do we know they will, at their advanced age, have anything left for the season after that? Do we just go back into the free agent market and grab 2 or 3 new 35 year old shooters and let those guys go, or do we sign them for another year and pray? It just seems like at some point we need to find a rotational guy who's in that 26 to 30 range that Griffin himself said we needed, in order to get better.
The problem I have is the redundancy of Jefferson, Jones and Miller all on the team together. If Miller and Jones weren't coming back, Jefferson looks like a good pickup. With Miller and Jones both coming back, I'm scratching my head at what we are doing with basically 3 35 year old dudes who shoot 3s. Odds are that Blatt can probably play one of those 3 guys in the playoffs and be OK, but the other 2 will probably be cheerleaders. Basically 3 guys will be competing for a 5 to 15 minute role on the team. That doesn't seem like a very efficient use of our roster.
I also question the value of having Miller, Jones and Jefferson all on the roster together from a standpoint that it is creating a ton of uncertainty for subsequent years. Let's say by miracle, that both Jones and Jefferson play great this upcoming season and we win the title. How do we know they will, at their advanced age, have anything left for the season after that? Do we just go back into the free agent market and grab 2 or 3 new 35 year old shooters and let those guys go, or do we sign them for another year and pray? It just seems like at some point we need to find a rotational guy who's in that 26 to 30 range that Griffin himself said we needed, in order to get better.