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July 14 SL Exum vs Parker 8:30 MT

Reading this thread has me pretty excited about this team.

Exum is going to be awesome once he grows into being an nba player.

Hood looks like he will turn out to be a starter, and that is awesome as another piece to the puzzle or an asset.

Gobert. Go. Bear. He was my pick to be awesome in that thread about who we are thing our wagons to. Love the guy.



Also, if anyone is reading this thread and has not sent a neg rep the thrillers way, you should take the opportunity to go ahead and do that. He is a total idiot. Bona fide loser. Totally ruins the awesome feeling in this thread and the good feelings about our rookies.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
This is why I don't think we should have matched Hayward.



Burke's gonna start at the 1, Exum's gonna eventually start at the 2, Burks' the 6th man off the bench, Hayward we've PAID so he'll surely start at the 3.


That's not gonna leave a lot of time for Hood on the floor. The way he's shooting the ball - he's gotta be on the floor.
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I wouldn't bet on it. Burke is now 4-18. Sorry, I don't care if Trey does dish out 6-8 assists. If you can't shoot, you ain't surviving as a starting PG in the NBA. Burke will be traded by next summer. Exum will start at PG with Neto as his backup. The 2/3 rotation will be Burks/Hayward/Hood with Gordon splitting his minutes between the 2 and 3.
 
GVC said:
144 minutes at the 1/2/3 for 5 players, including 2 rookies. That's plenty, especially if the Jazz are going to run. Keep everyone fresh and effective.
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Yeah but I'd rather have Hood in the starting lineup when both Burke & Exum are there creating. I trust Hood's shot much more than Hayward.



Let's put it this way - if my life was on the line, I'd much rather have Hood shoot the 3 instead of Hayward.
 
Core4 said:
I wouldn't bet on it. Burke is now 4-18. Sorry, I don't care if Trey does dish out 6-8 assists. If you can't shoot, you ain't surviving as a starting PG in the NBA. Burke will be traded by next summer. Exum will start at PG with Neto as his backup. The 2/3 rotation will be Burks/Hayward/Hood with Gordon splitting his minutes between the 2 and 3.
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I'd much rather have Burke bring up the ball and hand it off to Exum.


This achieves 2 things:


1. It's 1 less responsibility for Exum to worry about offensively - Exum will still get to create & make plays, just not having to worry about bringing up the ball against pesky PGs like Westbrook/Beverly.


2. Guarding the 2 defensively should keep Exum fresh and less fatigue. Also less likely to get in foul trouble.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
Yeah but I'd rather have Hood in the starting lineup when both Burke & Exum are there creating. I trust Hood's shot much more than Hayward.



Let's put it this way - if my life was on the line, I'd much rather have Hood shoot the 3 instead of Hayward.
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The Jazz can start Hood and bring two of Trey/Dante/Alec/Gordo off the bench if they need extra shooting in the starting lineup.
 
b_line said:
Reading this thread has me pretty excited about this team.

Exum is going to be awesome once he grows into being an nba player.

Hood looks like he will turn out to be a starter, and that is awesome as another piece to the puzzle or an asset.

Gobert. Go. Bear. He was my pick to be awesome in that thread about who we are thing our wagons to. Love the guy.



Also, if anyone is reading this thread and has not sent a neg rep the thrillers way, you should take the opportunity to go ahead and do that. He is a total idiot. Bona fide loser. Totally ruins the awesome feeling in this thread and the good feelings about our rookies.
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Exactly. But he'll probably have to sit on the bench while we watch Hayward clank one after another off the rim.
 
GVC said:
The Jazz can start Hood and bring two of Trey/Dante/Alec/Gordo off the bench if they need extra shooting in the starting lineup.
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If you're paying a guy MAX, you shouldn't have to worry about bringing him off the bench. He should be the best guy at his position by default.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
Way to dodge the point bro.



Gun to your heard - would you rather Hayward start at the 3 or Hood?
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Hayward. And I rather have both players so I can play both of them if I want to.

There are so many combinations of lineups possible with our wings that you have to be a complete Thriller to think there is a problem.
 
Guys, I know Hayward isn't the best shooter in the world, but c'mon. Some people act like he is Ronnie Brewer.

He is a career .365% 3pt shooter.
 
How many game winners, and clutch 3s will Hood hit for us in his career....?

I'm visualizing lots of them in the future.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
If you're paying a guy MAX, you shouldn't have to worry about bringing him off the bench. He should be the best guy at his position by default.
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He is the best player at the 3 on the team. Hood might be a better jump shooter, and that's about it at this point.
 
Gonna get a jazz hoodie with hoods number on it to wear to games. We should make that a thing. Rodney hood fans wear hoodies to games.

Also gonna buy an exum jersey because 11 has always been my lucky number. And exum is a sophisticated badass.
 
b_line said:
Gonna get a jazz hoodie with hoods number on it to wear to games. We should make that a thing. Rodney hood fans wear hoodies to games.

Also gonna buy an exum jersey because 11 has always been my lucky number. And exum is a sophisticated badass.
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That would be awesome to have a sections of "Hood's Hoods" or something like that.
 
b_line said:
Hayward. Then exum. Then a stretch four. Then Burke.


Why not start exum, Hayward and hood?
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It depends on whether you see Burke & Exum as our future 1-2 or Exum & Hayward. One thing is clear, Burke & Exum is a hell of a lot cheaper with Hayward demanding MAX.



With Hood's solid shooting it's hard to see him being left off of the starting lineup next year given the type of offense we're running.
 
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