I’m not going to rag on JBo personally. So many others are doing that already. What I will say is an observation. It seems like he treated the BTT title as a finish line, when he had the potential for six more games to be played. When you go on twitter and start shining the light on the dark corners of humanity that should have just stayed in the dark, just so you could effectively say “I told you so”, it seems like you’ve given up your concentration on the task at hand. When you hit only two shots in your last game and play matador defense, after scoring zero points in what was supposed to be your last college game ever last season, it seems like you weren’t prepared. I think those things compared to his play the last month and a half of the regular season are why he is such a polarizing player for our fanbase.
You can respect the good things he did while at the same time recognize the faults that held him back from greatness. Most of his records are longevity records, which have to have an asterisk next to them. Even his 10 3s in a game is only on the books because of the extra season he was given because of a once a century pandemic.
