Jabari Smith or Tari Eason - you choose

Bump..

I think Eason, and KD on the floor with Sengun is very Important.

I think you start running

Reed, Eason, Amen, KD, Sengun.


Jabari off the bench, things have changed.

 

i bet the answer to this question has changed a lot for folks before the season started to now. Lol

 

I honestly don’t won’t neither, Jabari is a bust and will just be a solid role player and Tari hasn’t proven he can stay healthy looks to over value himself.
I would trade both of them for a better more consistent hustle 3 & D wing that does what they do or for a solid star scorer

 

Really? I think a lot of people on here make decisions, and it takes a lot to change them if they ever do change them.

Granted, I know I am not immune to this. I probably got too excited for Reed having a great 30-game stretch.

 

Tari has more ability but Bari has more availability. Going Bari

 

On topic, I think Tari is generally the better player when he plays. While I had thought JSJ had closed the gap earlier in the season, Tari has separated himself as the better three-point shooter and defender. JSJ's impact just is not enough that him always being healthy is good enough to take him over Tari.

 

Tari Eason to me is clearly the better player. He can put the whole team on his back every once in a while which is a nice quality for your third best player. But until he's proven that he can be relatively healthy, Jabari is a better choice.

 

Tari's a massively superior player, but he's always injured. I'd try and use Bari as trade bait, and try and keep Tari on a super team friendly deal. If Tari is insistent on more let someone else take the risk and trade him too. But keep Momster.

 

Jabari, and it ain't even close

 

Ship both out for Gariii AntandCumtumpo

 

Tari has been better when on the court, but I still don't trust his health. If I knew he'd stay healthy I'd pick him over Jabari in an instant.

I don't think Jabari has been as bad as people have said. That one slump through most of January was awful, one of the worst slumps I can recall seeing from a Rockets starter, but prior to January 1st he was 16 and 7 guy on 46 % / 38% shooting, and since January 23rd he's averaging 15 and 8 on 47% / 41% shooting.

His overall numbers including the slump I think are mildly disappointing. I wanted to see him take a real step forward on his shooting. But I do think availability is important, and Bari has been available for big minutes consistently this season, and Tari has not.

It's a tough decision if you have to pick between them. Not sure if they do right now though.

 

Every game Tari doesn't miss is sealing Bari's fate.

There's not even an argument anymore for who's a better player. The only defense of Bari is that Tari had bad luck with health. We have certainly eclipsed the point where I'll take 60 games from Tari over 70 games from Jabari. That gap keeps widening.

Bari is a good player but on this team a forward has to beat out excellent players to be a starter. On most teams, Bari is comfortably a starter. Over here he shouldn't get too comfortable. This team can't afford to have a 35% shooter (80% of his shots open) starting in that spot. If you're left open that much, you need to be damn near 40%.