AJ or JJ

[Spud2nique]

Simple poll here. Whaaaa.. no @kg01 stop stretching not that pole.. 

You’re the GM of the Hawks. You are forced to choose one. Who?

AJ or JJ?

[GameTime]

Desmond Bane or Aaron Gordon? And I love JJ. He is a great piece for a contender but c'mon. AJ's offensive talent and efficiency for his age is special.

Edited July 7, 2023 by GameTime

[AHF]

This poll hurts as I'm very high on both of them.  I feel like JJ's theoretical ceiling is higher but went with AJ because I think his floor is higher and his "expected" outcome is higher.  But both are very exciting young players.  If we trade either of them, it will hurt to see them succeeding somewhere else.  The more I debate it with myself the more likely I can talk myself into a case for either of them.  

Why make me pick among my children, Spud?  

[Hawkish]

14 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Simple poll here. Whaaaa.. no @kg01 stop stretching not that pole.. 

You’re the GM of the Hawks. You are forced to choose one. Who?

AJ or JJ?

Option C

[Bonkers]

I'm trading neither

 

Dre or Capela is goin before either of them

Edited July 7, 2023 by Bonkers

[ShooterSays]

Like them both...a lot.

But I don't know if I see JJ / OO working long-term in the frontcourt and we need OO for Giannis duty.

We also need shooters around Trae with neither DJM or OO excelling at that. AJ fits better to build around Trae and OO in my opinion. 

 

[AHF]

22 minutes ago, Bonkers said:

I'm trading neither

 

Dre or Capela is goin before either of them

I think the point is that Dre and Capela may not fetch as much as them and there may be a deal that requires one of them if it is going to happen.  In that case, we would be forced to either scuttle the deal or pick between them.  And the OP here assumes we are in a situation where we are picking between them and asks you how you would choose if you were in that position.

I think everyone in the abstract wants to keep AJ, JJ and OO.  (And that all of us would trade one of them for Wemby or Jokic or Giannis, etc. which means there is always a scenario where any of us would be willing to pick between them to make some theoretical deal happen.)

[Spud2nique]

2 hours ago, Hawkish said:

Option C

Ya I agree keep both and OO, but just an exercise to see who you would keep if you HAD to absolutely HAD to via trying to get a star ️ back in return like KAT, Siakam etc.

[Dejay]

I'll let my favorite comedian speak for me here...

[JayBirdHawk]

I'm not voting. 

[Hawkish]

4 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Ya I agree keep both and OO, but just an exercise to see who you would keep if you HAD to absolutely HAD to via trying to get a star ️ back in return like KAT, Siakam etc.

Hmmm… I like that Griffin has one more year on his deal and is a coach’s son.  Shooting is also a premium skill in the NBA. However, I also like versatile players that are willing and capable passers — JJ seems to be this. I’ll have to marinate on this for a bit longer.  

[JeffS17]

Love both.  Hope we keep both and I hope they both are in contention for 6MOTY.  For me, I think I take AJ by a slight margin because shooting >>> everything.  It's very very rare for people to come out of college as poor shooters and develop into above average to great shooters.  BUT my favorite thing about JJ is his vision and passing which is sorely needed in our front court, and he obviously brings a ton of athleticism to the table which is high potential.

I just have more faith that AJ will become a borderline all-star player in his prime.  He already has great fundamentals to build on and he's like the perfect prototype for Quin's systems

[marco102]

I'm not choosing.

AJ is more likely to reach his highest outcome while JJ ceiling his higher. 

It is a really tough choice.

[TRW]

Great question Spud. I went back and forth but I couldn't pick one. But I broke it down to this:

It depends on what kind of team I have. If I had a team of great shooters at I would choose JJ but if I had a team that was full of non-shooters I would choose AJ. 

[JustSomeGuy]

I think it really boils down to who we’re trading them for. If it’s a high end wing that will block AJ’d long term PT then I trade him. Same if it’s a front court player coming back for JJ

Edited July 7, 2023 by JustSomeGuy

[TheFuzz]

Picked AJ because I see some star upside there. Not sure JJ has that due to less scoring ability, HOWEVER I'm very high on JJ as a super role player. Aaron Gordon was a good comp above, or Batum maybe.

[Iverwig]

I don’t want to choose as I want to keep both but since we have to trade one to answer your question I will go with JJ and keep AJ. 

[theheroatl]

Just noticed today that while they are not as similar in that Shai is more of an assist generating point guard.. I can't help but notice AJ is comparable in per 36 to SGA's first year in Clipperland. 

I think AJ has a ceiling as good as SGA. He is still so young but he does have the ability to "go off" unlike so many other NBA rotational players and I think that is important to get to star level.

Edited July 12, 2023 by theheroatl

[macdaddy]

I always choose shooting.  

[shakes]

JJ for sure.   Much more versatile and much higher ceiling.