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Originally Posted by daeve
I think it goes beyond his defense - I think Jones is setting up teammates better with his passing while Ja is a freight train heading towards the paint and putting the defense on their heels but more passing out of necessity or when he gets 'stuck'. The Athletic article where it showed every teammate aside from Brooks and Koncar played better with Jones as pg over Ja was quite telling - it's gotta be more than the defense. Though the article also talked about how with Jones, their defense was able to generate a lot more TOs and thus transition buckets. While presumably with Ja, the team defense is worried more about covering his lapses and thus can't generate as many TOs and easy buckets.
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I think you are right but I don't think Jones is a better playmaker, I think the ball movement and shot distribution is better with him on the floor. Ja is more likely to over-dribble or hold the ball.