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No he doesn’t . Austin reaves , given ryss minutes n ryss usage n ball dominance produced at a much higher lvl for us. Russ was like slight negative epm or just 0, after Rudd trade reaves averaged +3 epm or so for rest of year and peaked in WCF as a legit all star tier impsct ( not saying he is but his impact vs Denver is viewed similar to some of the less advanced stats popular all stars ) . Impsvt metrucs like Ingram , demar, lavine , etc I was worried even tho I love the kid he might come down to Earth but watching him in the WC go from ‘ non deserving ‘ to a top 3 player for us and arguably top 1-3 offensively impsct wise anyway was crazy to see.

I live reaves but I think 50-75 is his range not top 50 yet , so how can Russ a guy who played wirse by all metruvs be better? Russ signed fir basically the minimum too n got bought ought. If reaves was on 40m I’m pretty sure jazz don’t buy him out : it’d be a bad contract but like a Tobias Harris type bad , not a zero value player.