Bob_The_Cat
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Honestly I don't think he had enough time. He was comfortable shooting early, started missing and never got to play again.
I think he could have contributed a good amount, especially if we let him play through it.
Im starting to really like the rj move
I know some others made a comment on this previously. The benefit with a guy like RJ is he's been playing the role the Cavs will ask him to play for the past 3 years now. Marion had never played that few minutes in his career. Early on, he was getting a lot of minutes as we were still feeling things out as a team and LeBron very obviously was not "right."
He had a string of 14 straight games early in the year where he played 23 min or more in each game. Then he got injured. Once we made the trades, Marion went from being a necessity to an afterthought, primarily because we got better, younger players. By the time he was needed again in the playoffs, it was obviously extremely unexpected. I'm sure he was mentally and physically done at that point.
Unless we make another trade during the season, RJ is always going to be asked to do the exact same thing. Play 10-15 min as LeBron's backup, hit open shots, play whatever defense you have left, and grab a couple rebounds. Once Marion stopped hitting shots, he lost any value he had to this team.