Watching the Clips...

[Nikos]

I'm far from convinced that Jaric can be a winning PG in the NBA, but with his height he might be an interesting possibility for a team that looks for superior passing/playmaking from its OG.

So essentially your saying at best he can a poor mans Doug Christie ?

 

[sloter]

Something just occured to me ... could this be Jaric's contract year ?

 

[Stojakovic]

Sure is !

Not a great game for him tonight though, 4-11 shooting, 10 points, 8 assists

 

[Superman]

The Jaric idea would be really as a replacement Doug. He's not a good enough shooter to really fill any of our other niches. But our remarkable passing offense is fueled by our non-PGs. We have the best passing OG/PF/C trio in the league, and have ever since Doug arrived in town.

When Doug goes, and its going to be soon (he may either retire, or jsut fade away into limited minutes), if we're going to run the same system we're going to need an OG that provides two things -- defense and passing. As a tall/long PG, Jaric at least conceivably could be that guy, although the truth is that he's nowhere near Doug as an overall defender (he gets steals, but doesn't routinely lock guys down -- might help him to move to Og where he doesn't have to guard 5'11" guys) and may not even be as efficent a passer (needs the ball in his hands for longer periods of time to get his assists). But anyway, a tall PG might be the answer for us on how to find an OG who can average 5 asts the way Doug can.

Good points. I think that his contract is up after this season, and he's only making $2 million or so. He could probably be had for the MLE or less, and we probably wouldn't have to worry about Sterling matching that offer. They want to get Livingston some face time.