Show Harrell shaken by Rose: “This is why no one wanted him”

Recruited to his delight by the Lakers, Montrezl Harrell surprised observers by his choice, but also by the nature of his contract. For Jalen Rose, these surprising decisions can be explained by the lack of interest in him … and by his glaring weaknesses.

The free agency will have offered us its share of adventures, including the signing of Montrezl Harrel to the Lakers. In the absence of rumors predicting this reunion between the former Clippers and the defending champions, the NBA community has expressed its surprise, just like … the former inside teammates themselves.

And if this passage with the enemy left most of the observers in shock, it is more the nature of the contract initialed to join him, and his relatively low salary, which proved inexplicable. Jalen Rose holds a line of justification, which he developed in the Jalen & Jacoby Show.

He ruined his value by playing poorly during the playoffs. Many players have received big contracts this offseason. The reason he didn’t get a long-term deal was because he was a defensive handicap that Jokic kept taking advantage of, to the point where the Clippers had to. get him out of the game.

Harrell’s average playing time, which stood at around 28 minutes in the regular season, has indeed dropped to 19.1 units over the series against Denver. Unable to stop Jokic and deprived of meeting ends by Doc Rivers, his rating has necessarily taken a hit for Jalen Rose. Therefore, according to him, it is only logical that the franchises have not jostled to attract him.

If the Clippers had offered him a big contract, or if Charlotte had offered him one, or any other team, guess what? He would have signed with this team. He signed to the Lakers because they offered him a two-year deal, a title shot, and he hopes to boost his value as Sixth Man of the Year.

Trez recognized himself recently, the leaders of the Clips did not try to dissuade him from joining their rivals, and did not send him any offers. For Rose, and contrary to what one might expect, the 6MOY would not have had the embarrassment of the choice as a free agent, and would rather have been quite happy to see the Lakers reaching out to her. .

Overwhelmed by his performance at half mast during the playoffs, Montrezl Harrell could have gone through a delicate free agency for Jalen Rose in the absence of the contract offered by the Lakers. We say thank you Rob Pelinka.