Detroit Pistons @ Utah Jazz, 8pm Central Time

[Handlogten's Heros]

Super impressed with Exum. He is having a huge effect on games without taking a ton of shots. The hustle play was bananas, but I was more impressed with his man to man defense... He was up in Jackson's jersey.

 

[nightmare3983]

What's with the Booker T-shirt?

I wondered the same thing. Usually those are for shoulder issues, but nothing was mentioned at all during the tv broadcast.

 

[nightmare3983]

detroit playing hard, gotta give them credit

This. The Pistons showed a lot more heart than the Rockets did the other night on the back end of a back-to-back. Even after losing Drummond they still fought like hell.

 

[nightmare3983]

Nice pass, but not a no-look Boler.

I love how since nobody corrected Boler on that he kept calling it a no-looker.

 

[nightmare3983]

The real question is: did you get your free Jazz lunch container?


Sent from the JazzFanz app

This reminds me.....

I still want that Carlos Arroyo lunch box.

 

[nightmare3983]

Did anyone watch Steve Brown's postgame interview with Rudy? Brown mentioned a dunk by Rudy late in the game that didn't actually happen. Rudy asked something like "What play was that?" and Brown tried to explain it. Good times with Brownie.

 

[stitches]

I love Rudy. And he seems like a guy who would have the inner drive to keep improving. Here's his interview after today's game, after posting another huge double double in a win all he could talk about was how he needs to make those FTs:
https://1280thezone.com/index.php/story/read/jazz_88_pistons_85_rudy_gobert

 

[Doublea]

Hey guys remember last year after the all-star break?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I love Rudy. And he seems like a guy who would have the inner drive to keep improving. Here's his interview after today's game, after posting another huge double double in a win all he could talk about was how he needs to make those FTs:
https://1280thezone.com/index.php/story/read/jazz_88_pistons_85_rudy_gobert

His FT form is nice, but very inconsistent.

 

[spycam1]

Left it under my seat

Seats were good though:

It's so nice to see the ESA with a real crowd again.

Next year we'll be the best defensive team and we'll have the loudest arena again. Teams are gonna ****ing hate playing in Utah.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

This going to be Burke's game. He is going to have a good game.

Well he was mostly meh, but that game clincher. I'll take credit for it.

 

[spycam1]

It's so nice to see the ESA with a real crowd again.

Next year we'll be the best defensive team and we'll have the loudest arena again. Teams are gonna ****ing hate playing in Utah.

Throw in the high altitude, cold winters, and lack of night life and opposing teams may actually cry when they see Utah is part of their road trip.

 

[Doublea]

I noticed too at the game that when Rudy did stuff the crowd would chant "Rudy" (or at least I think thats what they did), but it sounded like booing.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Can we all take a second to laugh at Reggie Jackson?

Dude cost himself so much money by demanding a trade. He is sucking the D in Detroit and everyone knows he is a whiny teammate. Who is going to want to sign him in the off-season? Does anyone really want him to start? Does anyone want him on the bench when he will just cry about it? I mean, I'm sure someone will sign him, but he definitely lost money with his attitude and performance.

 

[MT Steve]

Can we all take a second to laugh at Reggie Jackson?

Dude cost himself so much money by demanding a trade. He is sucking the D in Detroit and everyone knows he is a whiny teammate. Who is going to want to sign him in the off-season? Does anyone really want him to start? Does anyone want him on the bench when he will just cry about it? I mean, I'm sure someone will sign him, but he definitely lost money with his attitude and performance.

I don't know who is dumber:

OKC for offering Reggie Jackson 12 mil per year
or
Reggie Jackson for turning it down.

 

[8]

I think it'd be more frustrating to be in the NBA and not be the first person people think of when they hear your name.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Had to google the other Reggie Jackson. No one cares about baseball.

 

[stitches]

With the way Jackson has been acting up and playing, I wonder if the critics of the Kanter trade who wanted Jackson still think that Kanter for Jackson was better trade than what we actually got.

 

[8]

Lol Cy the child

I giggle at your generation's ignorance

 

[LogGrad98]

It's good to see Exum playing at all. He's a baby in terms of NBA experience and readiness, and yet he's getting better as the season winds down. Realistically he should be barely on the court, plus he hit the rookie wall like a truck. . . and yet somehow he's not only playing through it, he's getting better with each game. Future is bright with this team!

To me this is an indictment of the theory that rookies should get their experience in the d-league. There are probably cases where the rookie should go to the d-league (as in a contending team that really has not spot for the rookie yet), but for the most part I believer that game time and true coaching from a real NBA team and coach will almost always be better for their development.