jazfan23
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Like saying Kessler had to sit until Olynyk got traded ?
Most of the stuff you say on here , makes me believe you’re Stevie wonder
Who will be the starting point guard on opening night?
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Like saying Kessler had to sit until Olynyk got traded ?
Most of the stuff you say on here , makes me believe you’re Stevie wonder
The Thriller
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It would be nice if THT got a personal chef and treadmill this off-season. The guy is athletic and has some skills. But he needs to drop 15-20 lbs to unlock his true potential. He gives me vibes that he’s only committed until he gets the contract he wants. Hope I’m wrong.
The Thriller
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Yep. I agree
The Jazz Wonderbra
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If I am Ainge, I am hoping to drive up value in THT and Sexton so I can trade one of them at the deadline.
By then I am hoping Keyonte has earned his minutes like Walker did and he therefore makes one or both of them expendable.
I also think Dunn pairs better with Clarkson and Sexton is best off the bench. But frankly, if Dunn plays then THT / Sexton won't drive up their value. Catch 22.
By then I am hoping Keyonte has earned his minutes like Walker did and he therefore makes one or both of them expendable.
I also think Dunn pairs better with Clarkson and Sexton is best off the bench. But frankly, if Dunn plays then THT / Sexton won't drive up their value. Catch 22.
I am happy to give Clarkson a shot and see if he can be a passer more often. But if he shows his usual tunnel vision he needs to be benched right away.
416Klawzz
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That's not his role to be a facilitator. He is a scorer not a pass first guard or facilitator. He is capable of asked to but it isn't a permanent thing
It should be more of his role. He can still be a score first guy just also keep his head up and make the pass to the wide open guys. The head down and playing iso only helps when we have no one else that can get a bucket. Our team has a lot more firepower and he is pretty inefficient.
416Klawzz
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It would be requiring too much of him. He will be placing his energy elsewhere again that's not him we need him to score. Don't ask too much of your players that aren't natural to their game it will just screw them up. On occasion is fine but not permanently
Then I dont think we need an inefficient chucker that doesnt play defense on the team anymore. When our only other scorer was Donovan then we really needed him off the bench, but that isnt the case anymore and he will lose lots of games for us keeping other more efficient scorers without touches and allow the other team lots of baskets. He needs to adjust his game, but I think he can. He did it for the first quarter of the season or so last year before reverting back to his old style when pretty much our entire roster was out or traded.
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I think he just needs to be able to shoot from outside. I have no issues with his weight or conditioning. Just that 20%'s three pointer.
Turnovers/decision-making also still a real question mark.
Last year I thought the playmaking/passing thing would be a huge issue, and it ended up not being. Conley was certainly a great connective piece, but he had lost most of his playmaking ability. He wasnt breaking down defenses and finding the open man, he was just making the right reads and getting the ball where it needed to be. I think Utah will figure out a way to be efficient offensively without Conley's presence.
I think with Lauri we will be a solid to very good offensive team just off his skill/ability alone. The bigger issue from last year was defense. Collins in the starting lineup over KO should help a lot defensively and Ochai having a year under his belt instead of playing Beasley should also help. Conley was a smart defender, but he was also a defensive liability at times. Vanderbilt was overrated on both ends and simply not playing a guy like him should help that offense out.
I think with Lauri we will be a solid to very good offensive team just off his skill/ability alone. The bigger issue from last year was defense. Collins in the starting lineup over KO should help a lot defensively and Ochai having a year under his belt instead of playing Beasley should also help. Conley was a smart defender, but he was also a defensive liability at times. Vanderbilt was overrated on both ends and simply not playing a guy like him should help that offense out.
I think both KO and THT were a big part of our passing being passable last year. I think it's likely they both have lesser roles for us this year. I do think passing/play making is a legitimate concern.
I do agree about Lauri though, which is kind of amazing to have a player like that on our team. His efficiency dipped a little when Mike left, but only dipped from historically good to amazingly good.
I think KO is still going to play a lot (if he isnt traded, like 25ish MPG).
I also expect THT to play a bigger role
Interesting. I've been thinking Keyonte might take up a lot of the minutes THT would have gotten this year. I also think KO gets traded.
Bingo. We shouldnt think the roster build through what works best with a classic slow paced set action offense.
Bulk of our assists last season came naturally through easy read ball movement and thats obviously the way Hardy wants them to play. For that, off ball activity, awareness and IQ is much more important than playmaking or passing skills.
Defense is the real key as you said. Pretty much agree with your assesment on that. Also wanna add that we should be a great rebounding team next year as well. One of KOs bigger flaws was his poor boxouts. Collins does that really well.
Udidthizz
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His form doesn’t even look that bad to me. He just seems to lack touch.
His biggest issue was his footwork/balance was horrendous on his jump shot.
To my eye he made a big improvement in his 2nd playing stint (after he got his minutes cut in December/January). He actually took his time to get on balance on his jumpers instead of taking insanely difficult shots that never had a chance to go in.
If he just takes solid shots, he's probably a 33% 3pt shooter.
Tremendous Upside
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The problem with JC is that he plays the most athletic position in the league and isn't getting any quicker or more explosive (which he's never been anyway).
In the coming years, he'll have to rely even more on various tricks and, frankly, flopping to get his shot off or get to the stripe against physically superior defenders. That kind of stuff usually means stopping the ball, lots of dribbling and upfakes, searching for contact.... while the rest of the players watch. Not the way we're going to want to play with this personnel.
It's not a question of Clarkson wanting to change his game. He has to.