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Originally Posted by The Solution
True, also Jaric to me is a player that is off and on with me, sometimes he looks like a great hustle player (which are my favorite players.) While other times he's just a player that I would give away for ten dollers and a free ticket to a Spurs game.
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When Jaric is playing well, he's a legitimate NBA rotation player. I think NBA starter is almost always a stretch, unless he were on a team surrounded by really high level guys and was that "glue guy." When he plays well, though, he's an aggressive defender and penetrator, a guy who looks for scoring opportunities for his teammates and himself to the point of committing turnovers, but they're almost always the kind you can live with. He can hit outside shots, but when he's playing well doesn't fall in love with 3s exclusively. And that size and his arms can wreak some havoc in the passing lanes. When he's up, he's also spirited in a great way that permeates the team. That's why he's been so good at times for his national teams over the years.
Unfortunately, his confidence is obviously fragile. Both in LA and here, we've read interviews with him or his coaches time and time again when he questions his role, questions the team's interest in him, questions his game, etc. It almost seems like you have to commit to him as a major-minutes guy at least, or a starter, just to keep his confidence up. And then you have to take those bad games and still prop up that ego. I just don't think that's a good trait for a pro athlete to have...especially an NBA PG.
I hoped that when we acquired him as PG of the future with a big deal, he'd take that role and really step up and thrive. Instead, it seems it's burdened him more and he's been bad far more often than he's been good.