Reddish gets slightly more steals and blocks but every other traditional and advanced stat favors Grimes (and there’s more to playing defense than steals and blocks). And this is despite the fact that Reddish is both older and has played in the NBA 2 more years than Grimes.

This reminds me of when children on /r/NBA liked to argue that Kyrie Irving was a more talented basketball player than Steph Curry because he had more dribble moves. It’s cool that he can do this fancy stuff that other players can’t but none of that matters if it doesn’t make him a more effective player and Kyrie isn’t more effective than Curry and Cam isn’t more effective than Grimes.

Cam is one of those guys where you have to squint at him really hard, and give him lots of credit for non-boxscore things to turn him into a good player in your mind. I’m not saying those players don’t exist, but I am saying Cam Reddish is not one of those players.

That’s not to say that Quentin Grimes is a blue chip prospect, because there are flaws in Grimes’ game too: he never gets to the free throw line, for example. But it seems like Cam Truthers are the new Frank Truthers. You squares just can’t seeee it, maaaaan.

Instead we extended him early. Fucking brain-damaged.
Even if RJ were good, we don’t need him with Julius and Brunson on the court. They are far superior offensive players, and Cam and Grimes are better complements to their game.

Edit: I really hope RJ gets it together and becomes a consistent plus player. I don’t see it; I see total inconsistency in his shot, slow feet, no explosiveness, an unwillingness or inability to pass, lack of attention and anticipation on defense. But it would be great if he got it together and contributed as much as Grimes!

Does he have “star” potential? Who knows. Maybe E is right and he’s limited. On the other hand, HE’S ALREADY GOOD. I would much rather have him increase his usage (which I think would not be hard for him, even before he develops “wiggle”) than see RJ or Cam at their levels.

This game is simple: get as many possessions as you can and score as efficiently as possible with them; keep the opponent from doing the same. That plays out in myriad complex ways, but in most that can be measured, GRIMES IS BETTER THAN CAM TODAY. GRIMES IS BETTER THAN RJ TODAY. The one area where RJ is better is his shamelessness – Grimes doesn’t waste nearly as many possessions as RJ does.

But RJ and Cam went to Duke. RJ was drafted third. They get crazy selection bias, where trolls like E dismiss Grimes as Hustlebunny 2.0. Ah, no, fam.

Veteran poster loses edge as young neophyte overtakes him….