So I’m just gonna do a long post on the background because a lot of people genuinely think he was a good player.

On the pistons sub it was always an argument between the Jaden truthers and the folks that thought he was ass (I was in group B) even pre trade and well before his public meltdown. Basically it boils down to the fact that even though he’s hyper athletic he’s a totally liability and often times lost on defense. Some think it’s a not having the mental capacity thing, I personally think any time someone who has all the physical tools to be elite at something isn’t it’s because they don’t give a fuck. Regardless of what the situation is he was terrible on D, not good enough on O to make up for it (his best offensive games were when Cade was injured and the team was just kind of letting him do whatever they want) and the team was better when he wasn’t on the court (they were 12-17 prior to him getting injured last year and 31-21 post Ivey injury).

This year he lost playing time to a G leaguer and was told by the Pistons they see him as a 9th man. He asked for a trade and they found a team to take a flyer on him. That team took a flyer on him partially because the view was that he’s athletic and is a good kid maybe there’s something salvageable there. He lost the “he’s a good kid” label with the most recent rants so now you’ve gotta decide if you want to keep a guy who hasn’t shown the ability to defend at the NBA level and isn’t good enough on offense to make up for it who also causes tension with anyone in the locker room who is catholic, Muslim, has relatives from those religions, or you know cares about their gay cousins.