Over the past three weeks, we’ve seen Jamal Crawford score 51 points in the Suns’ final game of the season as well as an emotional, impactful performance in the first round of the playoffs by Jared Dudley for the Nets.
Both moments bring up a larger question on why Phoenix was unable to get the most out of Jared Dudley on and off the court after signing him to a three-year, $30 million deal in 2017.
Dudley, always a plus-minus warrior, finished the Nets’ five-game first round series plus-9.