BasketVolleyball11

57 | 2 days ago

Maybe he was one of the reason why Cavs were one of top seeds last last year.

Cavs kinda missed his presence.

NegativesPositives

50 | 2 days ago

He was plainly overqualified for the backup guard role. Dude would just take and make superstar shots and the Cavs didn’t lose a beat if Spida or Garland sat.

But good thing they got Lonzo and his one real knee to replace that!

ACMeRollin | LAL

5 | 2 days ago

Hey man leave Lonzo alone

CurrentRoster | WAS

5 | 2 days ago

he was also useless vs indiana

Pickleskennedy1 [OP]

5 | a day ago

That lowered his price significantly, though. The Cavs could have kept him

prettyflyforahentai | CHI

3 | 2 days ago

They went further in the playoffs. Idk if I would call that worse.

Variation99a

138 | 2 days ago

I said this earlier this preseason but I think he’s a player who legitimately could make a leap from being once waived to being a potential future All Star. That’s a short list of names he could join.

He’s like one of the players the analytical people really like as basically a how can be he so good eye test player but yet be so productive. He just needs to stay healthy alongside Edey, and Boozer has to be good enough that the Grizzlies can try to start making the playoffs in 2-3 years.

Overall-Palpitation6 | MEM

43 | 2 days ago

Crazy to think that before this week, Jerome had basically only played 3 seasons worth of NBA games - 244 in total - and been good for one season’s worth of that:

2019-20 through 2023-24 - 159 games, 17.3mpg, 7.0/1.⁸⁄₂.⁶⁄₀.⁶⁄₀.1, .536 TS%, 18.1 USG% 11.9 PER, .069 WS/48, -1.6 BPM, 0.3 VORP.

2024-25 through 2025-26 - 85 games, 20.4mpg, 13.⁸⁄₂.⁵⁄₃.⁸⁄₁.¹⁄₀.1, .636 TS%, 25.4 USG%, 21.9 PER, .201 WS/48, 4.9 BPM, 3.0 VORP.

Given he’s already 29 years old, the leap he could be taking here is almost unprecedented, especially in this era where talent is identified super early, and nobody really “falls between the gaps”.

Variation99a

2 | a day ago

I think it’s somewhat more likely to make a super late leap as a PG but yea it’s super rare. Kyle Lowry would be the one I’m thinking of and I also know others that got way better at a slightly younger but still relatively older age compared to the normal timeline.

Overall-Palpitation6 | MEM

1 | a day ago

Even Kyle Lowry was a good ~15ppg NBA starter for 5 years (2010-11 through 2014-15) before he turned 29.

kd451 | DAL

1 | a day ago

I’m down for a Kyle Lowry career arc

TheFuschiaBaron

18 | 2 days ago

He’s already a potential future all star. And once waived. Leap acheived!

sunken_grade | POR

6 | 2 days ago

damn if i can get waived i have a chance of making this list too

km912 | SAC

7 | 2 days ago

I remember when I got downvoted and called an insane person a year and a half ago in the kings reddit for saying we need to do anything possible to get Ty as a FA. Instead we gave Schroeder the same deal plus an extra 5 million a year and people loved that. Pain.

aoifhasoifha | NYK

1 | 16 hours ago

Sounds kinda like Kevin Martin

Flaky_Scar_8388 | HOU

22 | 2 days ago

He was on the Virginia National Championship Team. He can score. He didn’t get to show that in college that much because Virginia played such a slow pace. He has ended up being thr best NBA player from that team. It was supposed to be Deandre Hunter

dtl5g

3 | a day ago

He was the best player for UVa especially in big games and down the stretch of games.

He has been viewed as unathletic since he was in high school and has been one of the most dominant and best basketball players I have ever seen since. He simply knows how to win better than most other guys and he wills his team to win games the have no business winning.

WisdomCow | GSW

73 | 2 days ago

Ugh, the r/Warriors game thread will be a nightmare when he goes off on us tonight.

dirtyshits | GSW

38 | 2 days ago

I try not to spend time there.

Same idiots who were dunking on Kerr for playing Jerome when he was on the team and making positive impact.

Im sure all of them have backtracked by now.

WisdomCow | GSW

4 | 2 days ago

Me, too, but when it’s not a national game, there tends to only be a handful of people on the r/nba game thread. I always start here first.

dirtyshits | GSW

4 | 2 days ago

Yeah I will do a drop in maybe once or twice throughout a game but that place saps any joy i get from rooting for the team lol.

Just non stop complaining and whining.

BiteyHorse | GSW

2 | a day ago

Same idiot Warriors fans trying to dunk all over Podziemski (and Kerr) these days. Fucking embarrassing how low the bottom of the barrel has gotten after this Steph run. Bandwagon kids that don’t know shit about hoops.

dirtyshits | GSW

2 | a day ago

lol I have become very good at blocking out those fans but damn is it hard to sit back and watch them trash on good basketball.

Somewhere deep down, if we go on a multi year absolutely dog shit run, I kind of look forward to a lot of them falling off the wagon.

BiteyHorse | GSW

1 | a day ago

Totally would love losing many of the bandwagon kids, but on the other hand, I’ve been going to Warriors games since Joe Barry Carroll was a rookie.

Think I’ve seen enough bad Warriors basketball to last this lifetime. Give me old Curry and a bunch of guys trying their hardest to win and I’ll live with being a play-in team. It’s been an amazing ride and no one wants it to end.

dtl5g

1 | a day ago

It was very strange.

He put up close to a 50/40/90 season on a two-way contract as a role player and the fans were acting like he sucked and didn’t belong. Guess management heard the fans because the made no effort to activate him for the playoffs or sign him at the end of the year for cheap.

Single-Candle-797

8 | 2 days ago

He’ll go off, but the front court getting every rebound is why you all will lose. Boozer and Edey will both have double doubles.

dirtyshits | GSW

1 | 2 days ago

Yeah probably going to get killed on the boards hoping we play Ike today more. Gives us a slightly better chance on the boards.

With the shell of Horford and Dray as our bigs it was pitiful the other day.

HighOnGoofballs | MEM

1 | 2 days ago

Eh, we were god awful terrible at late night west coast games last year, wouldn’t be surprised to see it again

Veryregardedd | GSW

2 | 2 days ago

Expecting 30 from him tn. He’s gonna make 150% of his 3s too. Mf

FERFreak731 | UTA

50 | 2 days ago

He has a player option so he better stay healthy, because if he does average 25+ ppg he’s going to get a big pay day. His flaw has been injuries is entire career

Edit - I said team option first

dankutare1

13 | 2 days ago

Its a player option and he is NOT taking it lol

TitanTigers | MEM

4 | 2 days ago

We don’t have his full Bird rights either. Gonna be a rare free agency bag

Gaben3124 | SAC

1 | 2 days ago

Luckily the Grizzlies should have a ton of cap space this summer.

mball567

3 | a day ago

Don’t forget defense. Hes got great hands, but his slow feet get him absolutely cooked, especially in the playoffs

Single-Candle-797

12 | 2 days ago

MIP and MVP in the same year

LifeBanana3347 | Japan

18 | 2 days ago

He’s 29? What the fuck

birdflag

3 | 2 days ago

Just like Bo Diddley said, Bring it to Jerome.

Regnarr | MIN

17 | 2 days ago

I like the guy, but he went for 45 against…the fuckin Jazz of all teams on what most people said were bad shots. The overreactions for this guy have been wild for a game against a middling team that doesn’t pass any eye test.

i_like_my_cats

16 | 2 days ago

I think that’s why it’s exciting. Dude took maybe 4 good shots the whole game, but was pouring in ridiculous shots no matter what/who was in his face. Like it’s a legitimate skill that might not waver when facing great defenses.

Regnarr | MIN

6 | 2 days ago

I respect that take. I just looked it as a better or even average defense would absolutely shut that shit down lol.

Pickleskennedy1 [OP]

5 | 2 days ago

45 isn’t sustainable obviously but in the 20s probably is

Single-Candle-797

7 | 2 days ago

He just makes bad shots. A 17 foot floater is efficient for him

Gaben3124 | SAC

3 | 2 days ago

That’s his normal shot selection. I strongly recommend looking at his highlights from last year.

dtl5g

2 | a day ago

Yep. Same shot selection he had at uva as well. They all look like objectively bad shots but they just keep going in. Only other player I have ever seen who took and fairly consistently made those types of circus one handed shots was Larry bird.

The floater is the shot that nobody can stop and makes everything else work including the pass. And he is a very good passer and rarely misses open guys while also not turning it over much (³⁄₁ career assist/turnover ratio).

Last night he was a bit loose with the ball but that is the exception not the rule.

dtl5g

1 | a day ago

What’s crazy is he is 29 years old, over the past four years has been flirting with the 50/40/90 benchmark that so few have ever achieved in one season, and yet this season is the first time he has ever been allowed to play in crunch time in the nba.

Which is so strange because in college that is when he was so so good. When other guys wither, he steps up. He might have more of a cutthroat mentality than Jordan did, honestly. Obviously nowhere as good a player but the mentality is similar and I think Ty gets even more locked in.

Jordan was locked in to score and sometimes forced things when he should’ve passed - Ty isn’t afraid to take the shot himself but he also sees the pass and makes it without hesitation when it is there. You want the ball in Ty’s hands with the game on the line and the clock running down. Your team IS going to get a good shot out of it.

And it’s usually going to be him hitting a big shot or drawing the defense and getting someone else a wide open look.

Like this one, at Cameron against a loaded Duke team, where uva had lost 17 straight and not won there in 23 years despite having some very good teams during that time……

https://youtu.be/HY0lNOEt6bA?si=Ex9K2gSmZ85F5zhL

Some guys just have a knack, and that “fake pass to nobody” to distend the zone and ensure he has an open 27 footer with 10 on the shot clock was not what Tony Bennett had in mind but sometimes you just need to let your dawgs make decisions on the fly.

Grizzlies’ third-year player Jaylen Wells said Ty Jerome has been making his life Hell in team practices, after Jerome went off for 45 in the season opener: “Now seeing it against other players, I’m like, cool, it’s not just me.”