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[QUOTE="FireballPhil, post: 5203072, member: 553"]
Not gonna get into a pissing match with you, you can view the results in any light you want. The games I distinctly remember watching have JJ inside the arc basically trying to play a zone-guessing which player to defend because he doesn't know to which player the ball will go-while hoping for some help under the basket. There were multiple times JJ would show frustration because he picked wrong, and the help wasn't there. I am quite sure there are also times he was just plain beat. It is a game, even the best get beat from time to time. But for you to suggest that JJ's numbers are not skewed because multiple times per game they were essentially playing 4 on 5 is just wrong. No JJ was not an out of this world defender, and definitely needs to improve, but with teammates that actually buy into the defense he should be much improved. Look at all the possessions when it was 5 on 5. The defense was almost always better from the guard positions. The insanity is insisting JJ didn't play with effort when he clearly did, and clearly showed his frustration multiple times because others were not. Judah is a very good player, but between his complaining about not getting calls and having to pick himself up off the floor every other play led to many many 4 on 5's.
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