It’s difficult to disagree with you on who is better at playing within the team concept. Obviously, Taj is a better “role player” on what I imagine might become a very good team in the coming years. He’ll likely fill the role of 4th or 5th starter on several playoff teams for years to come (at least I hope since he’s with us)

I don’t think anyone projects Taj as a difference maker (like Rose for instance), he’s more like a Kirk (which is equally important to a quality team).

I just feel like we missed the boat with Ty. He projected/s real high just like he did as a rookie and throughout his tenure here he’s had to look over his shoulder for PT. Whether it’s Taj, PJ, Gooden, Allen, etc… we’ve never let this guy play through his mistakes & get comfortable like we had to with Taj this fall.

Who knows, maybe Ty is the basketball idiot that so many insist he is, but I’m anxious for him not to be a bull just so he might have a chance to prove me right

Then again, if he ends up Aaron Gray sitting on the end of a bench bitching about his time in Chi-town, I promise I’ll be the first to come on this site to say I was wrong.

Ty is done here, we might as well just trade him of a pack of beer. My only lament is that it’s never felt like he got a fair shake here… but who knows, maybe that’s his own fault. I’m not in the locker room or at practice.

Thanks for the clarification. The Taj/TT comparison is actually a perfect illustration of how bare statistics can be very misleading. You quoted some, and yet Taj is a better percentage shooter, better percentage offensive rebounder, makes better decisions, etc.

Again, there is a fundamental difference between the two, and it trumps any statistics that one would care to cite: Taj is a really good, intelligent (and therefore valuable) team basketball player; TT isn’t.

The guy plays real solid every day and does it without complaining… a true professional who’s getting better with each passing game.