JJB should not see the court for more than FIVE minutes. Maximum.

[CadBane]

There's a lot of things to point the finger to as to why tonight's win didn't end the series. But a huge part of it, and a key to winning Game 6/7, is Jose Juan Barea.

I'm the first to admit, I don't like him or his game. I never have, never will. I feel any positives he brings are heavily outweighed by his massive negatives.

But this isn't about that. This about him hurting this team, which is more on Coach. There is simply no justifiable reason that JJB is playing 20 minutes per game against Portland. None.

We SHOULD be seeing Terry at the 1 with DeShawn/Brewer at the 2 instead of JJB. Some of you cry, "Terry at the 1! He can't play PG." Yes, he can. He did it for years, including on the Finals team. I not saying he's a great PG, but he doesn't need to be. All he needs to do is bring the ball up the court and make simple passes. If he does that, he's already playing the point better than JJB can against this team.

Lets look at what JJB has brought to the table in 5 games.

19 MPG
9-32 shooting (26%, 0% on threes)
5 PPG
1 RPG
2 assists
1.5 turnovers

And a shit ton of mismatches and terrible defense.

If you think Jet can't do better than an almost 1:1 assist to turnover ratio at the 1, while obviously bringing better shooting and much better defense (with DeShawn or Brewer at the 2), then I just don't know what to tell you.

Tonight, in an ELEVEN point win, JJB was a MINUS SEVEN. Now you might not love +/-, but when he is the ONLY guy on the team with a negative plus/minus, that's extremely damning (and it was the same way in Game 5 before the 4th quarter).

JJB should not be playing more than 5 MPG.