PJ Tucker: 'I want to be able to go to a good team that I can be able to help'
“What is your priority right now? Is it winning? Is it playing? What is your priority?” PJ Tucker: “It’s both. It’s got to be a healthy compromise. I know myself, my worth. I know what I bring. I know what I’ve brought. I know what I can continue to bring. And with that, I want to be able to go to a good team that I can be able to help that. I think it’s kind of prioritized together at the same time and playing a role. And when you know you can play that role and have played that role on championship level teams, not just winning championships, but teams that have a chance to win a championship over the last seven years, eight years. So, yeah.”
Source: Tomer Azarly @ Clutch Points
Source: Tomer Azarly @ Clutch Points
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StatMuse @statmuse
PJ Tucker this season:
— 15.9 minutes per game
— 1.3 points per game
The first player to average fewer than 2 PPG on 15+ MPG in over a decade. statmuse.com/nba/player/p.j… – 4:53 PM
PJ Tucker this season:
— 15.9 minutes per game
— 1.3 points per game
The first player to average fewer than 2 PPG on 15+ MPG in over a decade. statmuse.com/nba/player/p.j… – 4:53 PM
Salman Ali @SalmanAliNBA
PJ Tucker might prefer the “buyout + minimum with contending team” route, but I wonder if the Rockets could pull a 1-for-1 swap for Victor Oladipo.
Gets Tucker off the Clippers books for next season (maybe preferable to a straight buyout) and gives Houston a two-year, $22… – 1:13 PM
PJ Tucker might prefer the “buyout + minimum with contending team” route, but I wonder if the Rockets could pull a 1-for-1 swap for Victor Oladipo.
Gets Tucker off the Clippers books for next season (maybe preferable to a straight buyout) and gives Houston a two-year, $22… – 1:13 PM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
• Latest around two intriguing trade market teams: Raptors, Bulls
• Update on the Clippers and PJ Tucker
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And much more in a brand new Inside Pass at @TheAthletic: theathletic.com/5126208/2023/1… – 11:18 AM
• Latest around two intriguing trade market teams: Raptors, Bulls
• Update on the Clippers and PJ Tucker
• Grizzlies’ Ja Morant nears season debut
• Lakers’ Gabe Vincent sets target return
And much more in a brand new Inside Pass at @TheAthletic: theathletic.com/5126208/2023/1… – 11:18 AM
More on this storyline
PJ Tucker: “I don’t have a role on this team right now. I’m not playing. I’m out of the lineup. It was a decision that was made, and I’m living with it right now. But obviously, I feel like I still got a lot to contribute to a team to be able to win, whether that’s here or somewhere else. And here, it’s just not there right now. So I want to do what I can do.” -via Clutch Points / December 12, 2023
“I mean, it looks like you still got it. I’m wondering, do you see that role for you here?” PJ Tucker: “It’s not there.” “But could you see a role for yourself here down the line?” PJ Tucker: “I mean, yeah. I mean, obviously. Coming here, you try to figure out the best way possible to be able to do what you do. But, you know, like I said, sometimes you see it and it ain’t there. Sometimes you see it, but the team doesn’t see it the way you see it.” -via Clutch Points / December 12, 2023
Forward P.J. Tucker has expressed frustration about his current situation with the team, and both sides are discussing ways to resolve a role for him there or elsewhere, according to league sources. -via The Athletic / December 11, 2023