Both Cobb and KJ have had games where they stunk up the joint this year, but KJ's rancid moments havs far exceeded Cobbs. The big difference is that when Cobb stinks up the joint, he is on the bench getting far less playing time. KJ gets waaaaaay more opportunities to play his way out of his funk. I like KJ. He is a hometown boy, but the truth is, his play "most" of this season has been as bad as any starter I can ever remember. Cobb on the other hand has actually won games for us. He has taken over games single-handedly. He is far and away a more complete player than Johnson, but Johnson is the better on the ball defender. On last year's team, you could afford to have someone like KJ playing. On this year's team, you can't afford to "not" play Cobb. We don't have any stud players, which makes Cobb's presence on the floor that much more important.
KJ got a ton of hype in the preseason, but has been a huuuuuuge under-achiever. I honestly view him no differently than Shaq. When he goes up to take a shot, I cringe. When the ball goes in, I feel that it was just luck. KJ had that little stretch where we started to believe, but these last two games were just abysmal. This situation is a no-brainer. Cobb makes this team far better and gives this team a far higher ceiling than KJ. I don't really care what the coaching staff is seeing.
