Loved Jabari at the time, genuinely thought he was going to bring greatness, but tbh he never really tried on defense, and even though he would come back from every injury pretty good he would try less and less as he got phased out from the starting 5. I was both sad and relieved to have him gone at the time, as he was injury prone and did not think he would last in the league.
Need4Sheed23
Can’t really speak on the Bucks situation, but fairly certain he had a pretty hard working reputation at the Celtics. I know he was at a stage in his career where he probably knew he had to lock in because it may have been his last shot. I remember fans being pretty bummed he had to be waived
Pitiful-Pension-6535
He once said something along the lines of “I don’t get paid to play defense”
A poor man’s Bradley Beal. Floor raiser, ceiling dropper. He’ll put up numbers and maybe even get you to ~.500 or so with some help. But if you’re trying to build a championship roster, he’s not a good fit.
Not good enough to be THE guy but doesn’t really have the skillset you’re looking for in your third or fourth option.
My “What if?” questions with Jabari have more to do with the guy’s heart than his knee.
All that being said, dude could get buckets
Goomby-or-Glootie
There were rumours about it when he came back from injury and Prunty was the interim coach. We were really close to the playoffs and the rotation had already been established. It was too late let alone hard enough for an interim guy like Prunty to integrate JP back and because of his injury/attitude he wasn’t good on defence, only giving Prunty more of a reason not to play him.
Then there was what he said about playing defence when he was on the Bulls.
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Loved Jabari at the time, genuinely thought he was going to bring greatness, but tbh he never really tried on defense, and even though he would come back from every injury pretty good he would try less and less as he got phased out from the starting 5. I was both sad and relieved to have him gone at the time, as he was injury prone and did not think he would last in the league.
Can’t really speak on the Bucks situation, but fairly certain he had a pretty hard working reputation at the Celtics. I know he was at a stage in his career where he probably knew he had to lock in because it may have been his last shot. I remember fans being pretty bummed he had to be waived
He once said something along the lines of “I don’t get paid to play defense”
A poor man’s Bradley Beal. Floor raiser, ceiling dropper. He’ll put up numbers and maybe even get you to ~.500 or so with some help. But if you’re trying to build a championship roster, he’s not a good fit.
Not good enough to be THE guy but doesn’t really have the skillset you’re looking for in your third or fourth option.
My “What if?” questions with Jabari have more to do with the guy’s heart than his knee.
All that being said, dude could get buckets
There were rumours about it when he came back from injury and Prunty was the interim coach. We were really close to the playoffs and the rotation had already been established. It was too late let alone hard enough for an interim guy like Prunty to integrate JP back and because of his injury/attitude he wasn’t good on defence, only giving Prunty more of a reason not to play him.
Then there was what he said about playing defence when he was on the Bulls.