There's a pendulum that swings between love and hate whenever Jarrett Jack plays basketball. On one hand, people love when he can create for himself, especially in big moments when Curry is off the ball or tired.
On the other, many people get frustrated when he over-dribbles into traffic and either turns it over or forces a long two, a bad shot.
That being said, he's been an important cog in lineups throughout the regular season and even now in the playoffs, for better or worse.
The truth comes in the fact that sometimes Curry isn't able to handle the ball, be it due to fatigue or a longer defender, and that it's better for him to come off side screens. For all of Curry's prowess as a shooter off the dribble, a spot-up 3 is also an extremely high-percentage shot.
Jack also drives much more, and when he passes will always be able to find an open Harrison Barnes or Klay Thompson.
The "fiction" answer here comes in the notion that he loses the ball too much and doesn't look to pass enough. Both are true and can stagnate an offense.
Though he won't come out of the game, Jackson did curtail his minutes in Game 2. However, he did hit a couple big shots in the fourth quarter and had a nice find to Thompson at the end of the third quarter.
Jack should and shouldn't handle the ball in crunch time, and Warriors fans will continue to swing on that brittle pendulum in the playoffs.
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