Plus the question itself was leading him to talk about starting vs. coming off the bench. He's just standing up for himself.
2017 Exit Interviews
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Plus the question itself was leading him to talk about starting vs. coming off the bench. He's just standing up for himself.
Quin's Murderface
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Yeah he did go hero ball more often this season. I think he played hard defensively, but he did get beaten on back cuts a lot. Maybe a focus thing.
Not that tiny. Small for sure, but it was about 15 games off the bench when you include playoffs.
reignman40
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Refresh my memory.. any links?
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7StraightIsGreat
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Hood pisses me off so bad. Shut the hell up, heal over the offseason, come back in camp and play like you did in year two and your starting job will take care of itself. Maybe I'm just irked because it's been a minute since this Jazz squad had a malcontent. And maybe I'm wrong here, but the quality of Hoods all-around game seems to suffer when his shot isn't falling as opposed to a guy like Jingles who gives you all around effort regardless of if he's hitting shots.
Exum on the other hand, I give a pretty big pass on this year and I expect more from him in 2018 than it seems like everybody else does. I absolutely loved where his game was headed when he tore his ACL. We all know the year after an injury like that is somewhat of a mulligan season, especially for Dante considering how green he is. Add to that the fact Quinn and management obviously made the decision to bring Dante back at a pretty slow pace this year. I think it's a pretty big deal that this offseason Dante gets to focus on improving his body as opposed to rehabbing from an injury. I'm still excited about this kids potential, I understand his frustration because he wanted to "run" this year while the Jazz were insisting that he "walked", and I think he's going to make an absolutely huge jump next season and surprise most everyone on this board.
Exum on the other hand, I give a pretty big pass on this year and I expect more from him in 2018 than it seems like everybody else does. I absolutely loved where his game was headed when he tore his ACL. We all know the year after an injury like that is somewhat of a mulligan season, especially for Dante considering how green he is. Add to that the fact Quinn and management obviously made the decision to bring Dante back at a pretty slow pace this year. I think it's a pretty big deal that this offseason Dante gets to focus on improving his body as opposed to rehabbing from an injury. I'm still excited about this kids potential, I understand his frustration because he wanted to "run" this year while the Jazz were insisting that he "walked", and I think he's going to make an absolutely huge jump next season and surprise most everyone on this board.
The interviews are not uploading in the Jazz official site. Maybe they are going only from the USA?
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Edgewriter
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Then he should have played better. He has no one to blame but himself. He looked great this last game and it made me excited for his future, but he shouldn't be mad when the team was worse with him starting for most of the year.
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Interesting that hood was upset about not starting. Many times people on jazzfanz have said it doesn't matter who starts.
akirac73
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Time to trade Hood. I'm serious. This ****er is going to be the next locker room cancer. He should feel lucky that Snyder even played his *** at all in the playoffs. One-dimensional players can make it in this league if they're good at one thing. Problem with Hood is that he's not good at anything. And he wants to start? Go **** yourself Hood.
DasJazz
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I love Rodney Hood, but you have a point. Injuries or not, he slumped hard when we needed him to deliver. I firmly believe he was hampered by injuries more than anyone will admit, but at the end of the day, if you can't produce, sit your *** down, just like you said.
I certainly noticed that and I'm not really sure what to make of it. I know going into a negotiating period you don't want to show any of your cards, but the way he phrased everything was certainly interesting.
From a couple different angles I could see different things that may or may not signal any intent. A year ago I was looking to secure a job back home. I'm in a field where there's a very high demand for what I do and very few people to do it. There's a place that, prior to interviewing, I was nearly certain I was going to take the position offered. When I went out to interview I tried to play it really low key and not tip my hand. They even indicated indirectly some of their uncertainties of being able to land my commitment, which I didn't bite to correct. Anyway, I took the position and my neutrality during the process did not convey how set on that decision I already was.
On the flip side, there's a place I've been working at once a month down here for the past two years that has been courting me to come on. I really liked it. We weren't certain how long we would stick around in this area but, if we did, was certainly going to be there. I certainly kept those doors opened and mentioned how much I liked it and all the good things (all true), even when it started to become apparent that it was no longer feasible for us to stay here. It was hard to eventually tell them that we wouldn't be around but it made it a hell of a lot easier telling them such because of circumstances completely outside of work. So, o could just as easily see this component of it.
Or, maybe he legitimately hasn't given it deep thought but just superficially considered other options but hasn't really nailed down what a future at other places would look like (factoring in things such as Horford getting older, Thomas being a free agent in a year, etc.). You know, all those things we as fans have dissected and broken apart in tons of detail because we have nothing better to do.
Anyway, I really think only Boston has a chance. There may be a lot of reasons to consider that but I'm biased and I'd favor staying here where your superstar next to you complements you and doesn't compete with you. And what better story than to help a franchise lose its championship virginity? It just seems so much less rewarding to go places that have won recent championships. Durant is so weak.
NAOS
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Are you crying?
Also, that's not what Hood said. It was a leading question. Please listen. And stop crying.
DasJazz
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Good lord. Where is this hatred for any other injury riddled player who's play was a direct effect of his ailments? This, just like a few other comments is the Deron Williams hatred all over again. People on here hate competitive spirited players who want to be better and want to win.
fgcamel
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Looking at Hood's shooting stats surprises me a little bit.
I was expecting his 3 point % to be lower than last year (maybe just recency bias because of the playoffs), but it was actually slightly higher.
Where he dropped off in terms of efficiency was mostly from 0-10 feet (went from 61% to 56% within 3 feet, and 45% to 39% from 3-10). That was always my favourite part of his game, when he was able to work his way into the paint and shoot over the shorter defender, much like Joe Johnson, but it's even better because he is more likely to have the height advantage.
I believe in him.
I was expecting his 3 point % to be lower than last year (maybe just recency bias because of the playoffs), but it was actually slightly higher.
Where he dropped off in terms of efficiency was mostly from 0-10 feet (went from 61% to 56% within 3 feet, and 45% to 39% from 3-10). That was always my favourite part of his game, when he was able to work his way into the paint and shoot over the shorter defender, much like Joe Johnson, but it's even better because he is more likely to have the height advantage.
I believe in him.
NAOS
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What a wild swoon. What a joke.
The Jazz Wonderbra
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Folks...
I didn't hear the same thing from Hood. First off, I don't think that he understood the question. Second, his comments seemed more like a guy who tries to exude confidence. He was the starter for a good part of the season, but he obviously wasn't starting when he was hurt.
Rodney, do you think you are a starter in this league? What is he supposed to say... 'nope'. I think ya'll read too much into this. He could have said something like, it's the coaches decision. But instead he exuded confidence in his game.
I didn't hear the same thing from Hood. First off, I don't think that he understood the question. Second, his comments seemed more like a guy who tries to exude confidence. He was the starter for a good part of the season, but he obviously wasn't starting when he was hurt.
Rodney, do you think you are a starter in this league? What is he supposed to say... 'nope'. I think ya'll read too much into this. He could have said something like, it's the coaches decision. But instead he exuded confidence in his game.
I do believe it's important to take context into consideration with many of these interviews. It certainly was a leading question but I think more importantly Hood misunderstood the question and got defensive, which still doesn't reflect very well for different reasons.
Jazz4ever
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He would start on quite a few NBA teams.