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Compared to Terry, THJ is Tony Allen.

I think Terry was the better offensive player, but he wasn’t nearly as creative as Hardaway.

I bring it up because I remember back then, for many years leading up to the title, Terry drew nothing but hate from the majority of Mavs fans. They wanted to trade him, too.

Jet was not just small, he was lean too, his physical limitations more than anything prevented him from being a good defender. I'm not saying he isn't defensively deficient, but THJ is NOT heads and shoulders above Jet when it comes too defensive instincts or lack thereof. 

I was relieved when the Mavs got THJ from the trade thinking -- "at last no more undersized guards for the other team to abuse", But THJ was false hope. I kept on thinking THJ was just coming from an injury, and would be better in time. Turns out, the 6'6" guard/wing that I was hoping for was/is a traffic cone after all. Jet at least, had one steal per game in his whole tenure as a Mav.

On offense? Jet was capable of more advance dribbles. I'm quite sure Jet can do the things THJ does in offense and even more, but the thing is -- he kept it simple. He kept it in routine, and his routine was efficient, and did not get in the way of Dirk. 

There were times I have questioned Jet's decision making, but IMHO his BBIQ is better than THJ's.

Maybe I am just biased as I love Jet.
The only time I kinda' hated him was in his first year as a Mav, not because of his play, but in my mind he was the Nash replacement, but couldn't fill Steve's shoes.
And some fans might have felt the same way I did, as there was no love for him in his first 2 years. 
But after that, there was no hate.
I do not recall fans asking for his head. If there were rumors about him, I must have missed them, and I don't recall missing much of anything about Jet.
Jet loved the Mavs and the fans loved him for this.
He was a colorful character, someone who ignited the crowd.
A guy like that would have fans on his side.
It's only when he was asking Cuban to pay up -- was the time fans soured on him.
THJ on the hand was like a baseball pitching machine.
Like a drone, an aircraft on auto pilot.
Didn't connect very well with the fans.