Originally Posted by
Kedsy
Well, the fact still remains that all those guys have better career stats than Jah does. Of the eight players you name, Jah has the lowest career total rebounding percentage and the second-lowest true shooting percentage (barely ahead of Pachulia), for example. He's probably the worst defender of the bunch, as well. Jah can score on the block, and I wish him well, but he's got a lot of work to do before he's a rotation NBA player.
For Kedsy and CDu, it used to be said that the only two groups that believed in the perfectibility of mankind were Catholic priests and recruiting sergeants. Can't we generate a little hopeful optimism about Jah here on DBR?
Sage Grouse
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