This is the season all will come together.
Jefferson has decided not to use his early termination clause. He is under contract with Spurs for 2010-2011.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/s...eeAgents-10-11
This is the season all will come together.
Yes! (extreme sarcasm)
Good News
Good Now he is Trade Bait!!
I moved this into its own thread. I heard a rumor that RJ was thinking about opting out to sign a 4-year, $35-40 million deal with the Nets ... but obviously that didn't pan out.
Welcome back, RJ
Wha..wha...what ??? He decided to take the money instead of his chances on the open market ? SHOCKING.
He and TP have a lot to play for besides rings this year. Maybe their own selfish reasons will get the Spurs further this year.
It was just one year ago that the addition of Jefferson to the roster was cause for great celebration around here.
And then he gave us no reason to keep celebrating.
RJ better play good next season...or else ur ass will get traded to a hole come trade deadline.....
Boo.. He'd better have an amazing season but I will keep my expectations for him low.
I'm gonna have a heart attack and die...from NOT SURPRISED!
</Gilbert Gottfried>
No, It caused celebration, but it never was cause for celebration. He was already washed up before he got here.
Last season he was the piece that would make the Spurs contenders. Saying he didn't meet expectations would be an understatement.
This year we're just hoping that he doesn't suck quite as hard as last season. I'd say there's a good chance he exceeds expectations this year.
RJ will contribute more this year, I have NO doubt.
Not expecting superstar, but hopefully better defense, 3pt shooting, and rebounding.
We have plenty of scoring, we dont' need more than 12-14 pts from him; pretty close to what he gave us anyway.
Sad part is we had a stripped down playbook so are we going back to the FULL playbook or the stripped down version cause if we go FULL we may actually see the same RJ this season as well and it could hurt the young guys later on unless we get a new coach and a new system in place. Can we trade RJ of George Paul/ Paul George (aww, I got confused) ?
I think we need a better master plan.
Jefferson will improve, this is good news. Learning Pop's system is not easy.
This seems a good time to bring up again something that I pointed out when we first got Jefferson: He has been a below-average player with respect to everything except scoring since 07-08. And his scoring is inefficient, so it's not a plus either. Jefferson's decline is easily observable in the numbers, and has been obvious for over two years now. Expecting him to suddenly get better again is a sucker's bet.
Good, probably wouldn't have gotten worthwhile talent if he opted out.
He should be better next year since he knows his role now and its a contract year.
Hopefully the Spurs help Richard Jefferson out also. RJ can play the transition game and if the Spurs can get back to offense created from defense then he can have a better season.
He's a 50% shooter and doesn't really get a lot of attempts in the Spurs system so his scoring isn't that bad. Needs to maintain focus especially on the defensive end though.
I think its a good bet for a player to get better in their contract year thats also a second year in a system-dependent ballclub.
I don't know anyone who believed RJ would actually opt out. Having said that, it is not the worst thing, because at least the Spurs have the option of trading him now.
Good.
Richard Jefferson needs to earn the respect of Tim Duncan, which I believe he currently does not have.
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