Now that J.J. Barea is back in the lineup, there’s no need for the Mavericks to continue cycling through D-League point guards on ten-days. A point guard rotation of Barea/Ferrell/Harris kind of sucks a lot, but it at least has guys who can play enough minutes where you don’t need to go out and grab Quinn Cook or Pierre Jackson off the scrap pile.
However, it is still acceptable for the Mavs to cycle through D-League guys at other positions. I’m not sure how much dudes like Manny Harris or Jarrod Uthoff are gonna contribute to the team, but the Mavs are definitely out of the playoff picture now so you might as well try them out.
Back to J.J. Barea, who’s always loved dribbling around screens until he gets an open jumper. Last night his jumpshot was wetter than when he swam across the Rio Grande to get to America in the first place, but there are some nights where his desire to pretend he’s Chris Paul with the midrange will get his team into some trouble. I can’t get enough of short guys shooting jumpers in the pick and roll so I included some replays of the act even though none of the shots were really that exciting. Everybody has weird fetishes, this is mine, and since this is my channel you have to deal with it.