Here on Brooklyn Balling, I’ll try to recap the chaos that was the 2013-14 Nets season with a series of “Season Review” posts on the players, trades, and even coach that shaped how this year turned out. Andrei Kirilenko was last, and Jason Terry is up next.
Jason Terry was nothing more than a throw-in in the draft day Nets-Celtics trade that brought him, Paul Pierce, and Kevin Garnett to Brooklyn, and his role–or relative lack of one–on the team exemplified that. Now, at 36 years old, Terry is a shell of his former, sharpshooting self and in his 35 games as a member of the Nets before being traded to the Kings with Reggie Evans for Marcus Thornton, he showed that.
His most desirable attribute on the basketball court, for his entire career, has been his electric and accurate three-point shot. Terry has made the fourth-most threes in NBA history (right behind Jason Kidd and ahead of Pierce) and that’s due to some great years with the Hawks and Mavericks. However, his production significantly dropped in his only season with the Celtics and fell off a cliff when he came to Brooklyn.
For the first time in his career, in the 2013-14 season, Terry’s overall field goal percentage was sub-.400, and was actually a dismal 36%. Although his three-point shooting (38%) was pretty good, the dismal two-point shooting really hurt the Nets, as did his many defensive deficiencies and lack of offensive versatility.
I don’t know how much the Nets expected from an aged Terry whose effectiveness has already went down in recent seasons, but I know for a fact that said expectations weren’t met at all. That’s why when, on February 19th, the Nets and Sacramento Kings agreed on a trade that would bring shooter Marcus Thornton to Brooklyn in exchange for Terry and fan favorite Reggie Evans, noone was really too surprised.
Ultimately, Terry’s time with the Nets was pretty limited and very forgettable. At some points later in the season, when I saw Brooklyn highlights with Jet in the black-and-white, it just didn’t feel right. He didn’t do much for the Nets in his half-season with the team and that’s really not too surprising. Now, he’s with the Kings, a team he probably would rather not be on.
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