2025 Playoffs Chat & Chill Thread

[FrenchJazzFa]

Easy win for Wolves without Curry. Too solid in defense, great game tonight from Rudy and Mike.... good job DA !

 

[LogGrad98]

It's not uncommon for teams to experience a few years of playoff flameouts before they break through, while tinkering around the edges, or otherwise keep a core in place. I guess the question is who's the "core" at Cleveland? I say Mitchell and Mobley definitely. Garland and Allen less so. We'll see.

I am very skeptical that any team can win the title with Mitchell as the #1 option. Sooner or later, he'll suck the balance out of the offensive flow and it becomes too Mitchell centric. He's not shown that he can be reliable in this role.

Plus he plays no defense. Not that he's defensively limited like Steph, he chooses not to play defense, which is severely worse. Steph at least puts in some effort. A player with limited skills who tries will always be preferable to a player with skills who makes no effort. Mitchell is the latter and it will always torpedo the team when the game or series is on the line. At least the player making an effort will be like the blind squirrel who will find a nut now and then. But the player that doesn't try is just purposely avoiding the nuts scattered all around them, when even just picking up one or two of them could make the difference and win the game.

 

[Coach Ellis]

It’s kind of fascinating to see two teams in the East that are likely going to make the finals that are unconventional teams built through unconventional means. It’s way harder in the West, but the Jazz should be paying close attention to how these teams go about their business.

 

[The Midnight]

Plus he plays no defense. Not that he's defensively limited like Steph, he chooses not to play defense, which is severely worse. Steph at least puts in some effort. A player with limited skills who tries will always be preferable to a player with skills who makes no effort. Mitchell is the latter and it will always torpedo the team when the game or series is on the line. At least the player making an effort will be like the blind squirrel who will find a nut now and then. But the player that doesn't try is just purposely avoiding the nuts scattered all around them, when even just picking up one or two of them could make the difference and win the game.

Why do I get the feeling you’ve used the squirrel and nuts example with your subordinates before in numerous mentoring sessions?

 

[Shad]

PLEASE WOLVES BEAT THE THUNDER

 

[idiot]

It’s kind of fascinating to see two teams in the East that are likely going to make the finals that are unconventional teams built through unconventional means. It’s way harder in the West, but the Jazz should be paying close attention to how these teams go about their business.

I'm semi-convinced that because these strategies don't have a nice, tidy label a lot of people will be convinced that these strategies can't work because they aren't real strategies. One thing "tanking" has going for it is that it has a simple label that encompasses a simple, easy-to-understand process.

 

[fishonjazz]

After the recent report that Kerr benched him for looking off Steph multiple times in their game against the Blazers, I want nothing to do with him. Even if he develops into a great offensive player, the kind of mindset you must have to look off the GOAT shooter is a massive red flag.

I want guys who do the right things... at least when the right thing is that freaking obvious.

Eh, I'm just not a grudge holder and believe everyone makes mistakes and deserve another chance at redemption. Especially young folks who made the wrong play in one game, which seems a pretty minor offense to me, but to each their own.

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[LogGrad98]

It’s kind of fascinating to see two teams in the East that are likely going to make the finals that are unconventional teams built through unconventional means. It’s way harder in the West, but the Jazz should be paying close attention to how these teams go about their business.

Agreed. I remember a time when we were a pretty well-run organization that other teams aspired to. My how the mighty hath fallen. I don't think we've been a truly well-run organization in nearly 2 decades. We got lucky with some draft picks, but that isn't the same thing.