I’d say he was pretty good, considering we had one of the best offenses in the NBA.

Actually, we didn’t; when you correct for pace, our offense rated only slightly above average, and was substantially worse than the ‘07-’08 offense. And while Jack’s .530 true shooting percentage last year wasn’t horrible, thanks to his ability to get to the line, it was A) slightly below the league average and B) lower than the TS% of Biedrins, Turiaf, Wright, Maggette, Morrow, Azubuike, CJ and even Crawford. Everybody on the team, in other words, except for Randolph, whose early poor play dragged his average down, and Monta, who shot horribly for a couple weeks coming off of the ankle injury. Efficiency’s not the whole story, of course… Jack can create his own shot, and there’s value in that. But Monta and Maggette can both do that too, and they do it better than he does.

Jack should never be more than our third option on offense, and even that’s pushing it. Trying to get open threes for Morrow and Azubuike is a far high-percentage strategy than letting Jack try to get something going on his own.