Well, JR's always been a streaky guy. I've watched a lot of him, so he's got a very good chance to follow up last night with a 1-8 game.
Disagree that it was a giveaway from Phil. JR (and Shump) didn't buy in and were playing like garbage. Perception is everything. No one is getting any value from a known headcase, coming off two poor years and surgery. Like I said, CLE was agreeing to the salary dump of JR so they could get a defensive wing in Shump. Then JR stopped going out, and bought in, and now he's back to form. Personally, I think he's an external motivation guy, and he just hasn't had that in NY since the older crew of vets left, like Kidd and KMart.
Still, if JR could self-motivate, and didn't do dumb stuff all the time, he could've made millions more. He can make eye-popping plays so often that make him look like a top 5 G. It's just the other stuff that held him back (and always will).