I think too much fan support for a marginal player is his biggest impediment

Apr 7, 2019
7:16:48pm

mudpupper All-American

I think he is good enough to be on a team.

But to have a rapid fan base that treats him like an all-star when he's bench player causes frustration with teams.

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Crazy how Jimmer can blow up college, the D League, China, The Bball Tourney and

Fdnman

4/7/19 7:13pm

I think too much fan support for a marginal player is his biggest impediment

mudpupper

4/7/19 7:16pm

All of those places have one thing in common:

BigD Coug

4/7/19 7:17pm

Yeah to be honest, I think it’s on him. If he could have figured out how to be

pink22

4/7/19 7:21pm

David Locke says he's been told by coaches that Jimmer hasn't been

Hypnotoad

4/7/19 7:23pm

I will never step in again

Richw

4/7/19 7:26pm

I wonder why he couldn’t develop into a JJ Barea

PHXSUNS31

4/7/19 7:27pm

Barea is a far superior ball-handler and probably quicker

Hypnotoad

4/7/19 7:28pm

He really should be in the Jazz killer category

TNT

4/7/19 7:31pm

He is for sure. He's highlighted on my imaginary Jazz blog as a

Hypnotoad

4/7/19 7:33pm

"Fast" Eddie Johnson killed the Jazz a ton. Good grief. So many Rockets

TNT

4/7/19 7:33pm

You can be a contributor to my imaginary blog

Hypnotoad

4/7/19 7:35pm

Wahoo! Jamal Crawford is on there too

TNT

4/7/19 7:36pm

Dennis Schroder is the newest member.

Hypnotoad

4/7/19 7:37pm

With 3 different teams! Suns, Sonics & Rockets.

BigD Coug

4/7/19 7:43pm

He destroyed Utah. Consistently

TNT

4/7/19 7:44pm

Maybe so, but my point was why didn’t he go down that development path?

PHXSUNS31

4/7/19 7:31pm

You'll have to ask him why he never improved much as a ball-handler.

Hypnotoad

4/7/19 7:33pm

Locke is full of crap. He has never liked Jimmer.

cougsrule

4/7/19 7:28pm

I’d much rather watch Jimmer play than listen to Locke talk

AF Cougar

4/7/19 8:17pm

the one thing they have in common is they aren't he NBA.

smokymountainrain

4/7/19 8:13pm

Excuse me...2nd worst team in the nba

PHXSUNS31

4/7/19 7:20pm

Seemingly unable to learn to be a role player.

Run-DMT

4/7/19 7:21pm

guys in the NBA are so much more athletic and so much longer.

GRCoug

4/7/19 7:23pm

sure but he does well in the d-leauge, which is full of NBA type athleticism and

franklyvulgar

4/7/19 7:28pm

I think a big part of it is he just doesn't look the part.

GRCoug

4/7/19 7:39pm

Agree, how much has Jimmer progressed since college?

Busiturtle

4/7/19 7:33pm

His game has progressed a lot actually, it’s his style of being

msmarcum

4/7/19 7:38pm

That situation isn’t uncommon

Dillinger

4/7/19 7:26pm

Didn’t Morris Almond dominate college ball and the D league

cougarfuzz

4/7/19 7:34pm

They called him Kobe of the D League

Hypnotoad

4/7/19 7:36pm

TNT refuses to recognize that name

TNT

4/7/19 7:37pm

Same reason the Harlem globetrotters never get added to the NBA

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