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Kyrie Hater
OK, but he's no better than guys the Cavs had in the G-league. I'd take Joe Harris over T. Johnson, for instance.
And, no, T Johnson is not starting over Sexton nor Garland. Osman is in the Cavs starting lineup. He's no more than a JAG is he?
I may be misunderstanding your argument. If so, I apologize in advance.
Now?
Sure.
I know Joe Harris’ game very well as a UVA fan. He has worked extremely hard and he evolved as a player. He was not anywhere close to this good in Cleveland. If he was, he would have played a lot. Even for the championship team in 2016.
Some stats for you:
Harris’ first year in Brooklyn was 2017 when they were very bad. He got 21 minutes a game, shot .425 from the field, 38.5 from 3 and 71.4 from the line. Good from 3, bad everywhere else for a shooter. He has always had a solid floor game, but it was 2018 when he finally started to become the elite shooter he is today.
That year he was 49% from the field, 41.9% from 3 and 82.7 from the line. 2019 was even better.
Going further back, while he always shot well from 3 in college (career 40.7%), but he was never a very good FT shooter and he hovered around 44% from the field overall.
So don’t use Harris as a D league example to bolster your case, because while he would have been a low end rotation guy on a bad team his first 2 years, he would not have been a rotation guy for most if any playoff caliber teams in 2015/2016. He has gotten a lot better.