Comments on: I Don’t Understand Why Dwayne Jones Isn’t In The NBA Right Now

By: Joe Basketball

Joe Basketball — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:54:49 +0000

Frankly, the Jam’s new business model is nothing more than to scam business into suporting a dying franchise. Once ownership recovers the money they lost the team will be gone. Yesterday, they had an open game (yes, where fans could actually buy a ticket) at Rabobank Arena. They drew 2100 fans. Of course, they blew the whole thing up for local media. But no one cares. They got 15 seconds on the broadcast news and four inches in the local paper. Hell, I have seen 500 regularly at the HS games here in town. They will never return to Rabobank because it cost the franchise $400K+ a year. Even if they could give away away tix at $5 and selling 2K per game you couldn’t break even. So when is the last time you saw anyone wearing Jam flash in Bakersfield? Never, nobody cares about this team, especially with their elitest new business plan. Enjoy your $5 an hour while it lasts Mr. PR man. So long Jam!

By: Mogrovejo

Mogrovejo — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:44:04 +0000

Kolsky:

- agree to disagree about D. Jones past improvement and especially the remaining potential left in him.

- will send the e-mail. Thanks for the tip.

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By: Kolsky

Kolsky — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:51:09 +0000

Mogrovejo…
In re: Dwayne Jones, I disagree with some of what you say, but clearly some of your points are true… He is an offensive liability (which I addressed in the post) but again, I think his rebounding would outweigh that to a certain extent. I wouldn’t say he’s a below-average defender, and though he’ll never be dominant in anything besides rebounding, I still think dominant rebounding is important enough to warrant another shot at the NBA. As far as improvement, his shooting percentage and rebounding numbers (offensive and defensive) have both increased over the last couple years, so I think he IS better now. Plus, he’s 26 years old – I hardly think that’s over the hill, and if it is then there are a lot of guys in the D-League who are kidding themselves. To say he “isn’t a prospect anymore” is, I think, a little narrow-minded.

re: the Bakersfield Futurecast… I’m afraid I’ve tried to make that point with little success (in addition to the point that mid-dunk is the wrong time to switch camera angles). I would suggest sending an email to info@bakersfieldjam.com with your comment, and maybe someone can forward your thoughts on to the Futurecast Producer…

By: Mogrovejo

Mogrovejo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:06:08 +0000

Not sure why I mentioned Ryan Anderson there. I was thinking of Ryan Bowen.

By: Mogrovejo

Mogrovejo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:03:38 +0000

I do:

- offensive liability
- bad hands & turnover prone
- a bellow average defender who isn’t quick enough to defend the face-up + and the technique to be a formidable low post defensive presence and the explosiveness + timing to be a top shot-blocker
- doesn’t play with the energy and hustle of, say, Ryan Anderson.
- very good but not exactly spectacular rebounder at the NBA level where he’s more limited to bellow the rim rebounds. His rebounding rates in the NBA were never close to his D-League or college stats where he has and had a huge size and/or athletic advantage over most the competition.

Jones has had plenty of opportunities to play in the NBA and even at an Euroleague level. He was never able to take advantage of them. He isn’t better now than he has been in the last few years (except he makes FT at a higher rate, I suppose). He isn’t a prospect any more. It’s time to move on for him.

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Do you know the guy who directs the broadcasts of the Bakersfield Jam games? Maybe you can suggest him that those angles from under the goal where you can only see a couple of guys are very bad. Very difficult to get a feeling for what’s happening on the court with that perspective (plus all the switching between cameras). Trying to watch a game can become a very annoying experience. I’d like to see them trying a different, more conservative approach.