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Originally Posted by yiguiri2002
I love JJJ and I think he's great.
But absolutely no one can look at what this team is doing and be like yeah, JJJ is the one leading them.
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The stats guys from TNT just came up with a handy little graphic, which I then posted a screenshot of, that literally just proves it.
"Since Thanksgiving" = "once Ja got injured for 12 games"
Don't get me wrong, I love Ja, he's the "engine" to the offense if you will, and he's great at it - but as we've seen over and over again, it's very hard to lead to Wins. And it's very hard for a small PG to be the best player on a title team. Only Curry has done it that I can think of, and he's the best shooter of all-time and has had an all-time great team around him as well.
If the Grizz get to that "True Contender" status, it'll be because JJJ is taking the leap. Ja is already there, and was already there before his injury - ie - he's likely pretty close to his ceiling right now. Whatever clicked once he went down is why they're sitting atop the NBA Power Rankings right now, and why they're one of the few 30-win teams in the league right now.