Jefferson

[senorglory]

Richard Jefferson was leaving his man wide open far far more than any NBA player should ever be left open. He did this more often in the 1st half than the 2nd. The consistency behind the way in which he left his man so freaking wide open leads me to believe this was by design, and those easy as open shots that were drained should rest on Pop's shoulders.

But offensively, I liked his aggressiveness driving to the bucket. I liked him taking and hitting those 3's he's hit all season.

Overall he was "solid" but I still expect much, much more out of him. He's a veteran, and I just expect more.

definitely by design, see the illegal defense called against him. in that play RJ was doubling the low post before the ball arrived, and otherwise about 6 feet from his man.

[bigdog]

I agree his defense wasn't great, but it did seem like a lot of the wide open shots were almost by design. He was doubling a lot, and like senorglory said, a perfect example of that was on the 3 seconds call. I like his aggressiveness on offense a lot, even if he does get the ball stripped, he's driving hard, getting to the line (even if he misses a free throw or two), and taking and MAKING most of his threes.

I do think he could play better, but he's looking more and more like the good RJ instead of the "trade Jefferson" RJ. I see a bit of a fire lit under him this playoffs, and I like it.

[Fireball]

Agreed that his offense the two games was nice, defense could be better.

Besides hitting timely threes RJ also has a knack for a great defensive rebound after an important stop ... and thats part of defense.