Jazz vs. Trail Blazers (8:30 MT on TNT)
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Douchebag K
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All this team lacks now is Favors back in his role from last year. Seriously
Favors and Crowder.
Douchebag K
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Don’t see how we could add both realistically
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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I think we might be better without Conley. Mitchell should be our full time starting pg. we should look to trade Conley if at all possible. I was opposed to trading for Conley in the first place.
framer
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Oooooohhhh, a REAL top 10 center? Once you get past 6 or 7 the position doesn't matter much anymore. The real difference between him and Whiteside isn't anywhere near the difference between Nurkic and Gobert, Embiid, or Jokic. And, yes, when Portland wins it is because their guards are killing it. If Dame and CJ suck, Nurkic isn't saving the game for them. The Blazers are pretty much the same as last year, it's just that the teams above them in the West got better.
This is just idiocy dude.
framer
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Don't need both of them, just Favors. But if you wanted Crowder too, the bi-annual exception should be getting close to 4 million a season. Favors at 9 mil and Crowder at 4- million. Don't see Crowder getting more than the Room exception which the BA beats.
It's really sad how many posters want to just say ignorant *** **** about basketball.
mellow
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I think we are better with the ball in the hands of Mitchell and Ingles.
Can Conley learn to play off ball?
Last year Nurkic had a On/Off rating of +12.4 points compared to Dame's of +13.7.
The guy had a BPM of 5.1. He had a usage rate of 25%. The guy was a massive part of their success and easily their 2nd best player last year.
Yah, he's not the elite of the elite (Gobert/Jokic/Embiid/Davis/KAT) but he isn't that far off.
The guy had a BPM of 5.1. He had a usage rate of 25%. The guy was a massive part of their success and easily their 2nd best player last year.
Yah, he's not the elite of the elite (Gobert/Jokic/Embiid/Davis/KAT) but he isn't that far off.
framer
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Whiteside is having a better season right now than Nurkic's last season when he was healthy. Look it up. Nurkic 15.6/10.4/3.2 with 1.4 blocks (his best season ever.) Whiteside has 15.5/13.5/1.3 with 2.8 blocks (league leader.) Dang your takes have gotten fat, lazy, and entitled. Do better.
Hitman
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Even if we could've kept them, there aren't enough minutes for Favors *and* Crowder behind Gobert and Bogey. The problem we have is there are too many minutes there for Davis and Niang (and until a few days ago, Green as well).
How in the **** can you be a Jazz fan and think basic stats like that tell any kind of story? Holy ****.
Like you know the whole book on Whiteside is empty stats? Do you watch any kind of basktball? Cuzz by your logic Whiteside is having a better season than Gobert.
Isaiah 1:13
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Just another routine win. So routine in fact that Quinn apparently fell asleep at the wheel leaving the scrubs in in blowout mode even after the lead was cut to single figures. And those scrubs even included a player that had never even practiced with the team, let alone run one of their plays. But all's well that ends well and I am encouraged that he gave Clarkson the green light. Baptism by fire, the kid's a full-on Jazzman now!!!
framer
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You made the statement that comparing Whiteside to Nurkic is the worst take ever. That was a moronic overreaction. I'll give you that I would take Nurkic over Whiteside, but it is just marginal. If Nurkic is your second best player, you aren't doing much. Blazers played their best basketball during the playoffs when he was out. With the way Portland plays, when they are truly scary, he isn't as much of a difference maker. If CJ and Dame are on, Portland is tough to beat. If they aren't hitting they are pretty much Charlotte, with or without Nurkic.
If the Jazz don't have Bojan and Mitchell, Gobert, as good as he is, isn't really making the team a playoff contender. When those two suck at the same time, we lose. Nurkic is a pale shadow of Gobert.
framer
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I mean they were double teaming Lillard out to 30 feet. Not really a whole lot you can do there scheme wise. Mitchell played heavy minutes.
jjscap
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Clarkson's statline may suggest otherwise but his shot selection was OK. He was energetic but had no rebounds.
He never played for a good coach in his career. Perhaps Coach Q may help him a bit.
His addition won't fix the bench issues as evidenced by today's game. Lillard finished the game with -26, while their mediocre bench with around +20.
He never played for a good coach in his career. Perhaps Coach Q may help him a bit.
His addition won't fix the bench issues as evidenced by today's game. Lillard finished the game with -26, while their mediocre bench with around +20.
Isaiah 1:13
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No offense, but did you ever play any organized basketball? It was night and day when they got the starters back in. It didn't have to be that close, Quinn fell asleep momentarily trust me.