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Game #25. Jazz returns to Te land of wretched hovels. Jazz at Pelicans 12/16/14 6pm Mtn

Now that I'm over the false expectations of the beginning of the season, I'm enjoying being able to watch the growth that is taking place even though it sucks to watch so many games slip away.
 
Tis the season, for depressing frustrating losses.

The Jazz outplayed the Pelicans for about 3.5 quarters.

Unfortunately they got smoked like a blunt at a Cypress Hill show for the last half of the 4th.
 
You cant but envy players like Anthony Davis and their teams. The guy is averaging something like 25/11/5/3 this year. Amazing.
Will the Jazz ever have the luck to draft a player like that? We have had 6 tries with lotto picks so far, some of them very high ones, and havent come close to finding a player like Davis
 
Cy said:
Snyder was making offensive/defensive substitutions in the 4th with Gobert/Booker. The paint is just so clogged on our drives by our wing players when Gobert is in the game.
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Maybe our wing players should try actually making their 3's. That should make some room.
 
Just look at Dante's movement and awareness prior and after the Hayward shot:

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PKM said:
it's not.. he just will not become anything close to complete scorer. Pimp him on the curt and trade his skankay.
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I think it depends on how the league is going to phase in the money from the new TV contract. Kanter's next contract will last a few years into the new TV deal. If the cap goes up fast we could regret letting him go.
 
The last time the Jazz won a game without Favors was 12/09/12. The Jazz have to able to win a game without him eventually, right?
 
heyhey said:
Maybe our wing players should try actually making their 3's. That should make some room.
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I wonder if Quin ever tells them in practice "by the way guys, when you shoot at the hoop, you should try and get it to go in" that might be why we lose so many games, our players are trying to miss shots.
 
vj_74 said:
You cant but envy players like Anthony Davis and their teams. The guy is averaging something like 25/11/5/3 this year. Amazing.
Will the Jazz ever have the luck to draft a player like that? We have had 6 tries with lotto picks so far, some of them very high ones, and havent come close to finding a player like Davis
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Exum was our best hope, although a top-5 pick this year could get us a special player.
Our problem was having a top-3 pick in very weak draft year. When the Jazz take developmental players (Kanter, perhaps Exum), Utah seems to get those don't turn into anything special. And when the Jazz take proven college players like Burke, it always seems there's a project or two who end up being better. Jazz rule for drafting should be to trade back with someone that has two picks in the 1st round. Because you know Utah is going to screw up the first one, but then find a pretty good player with the second pick.
 
vj_74 said:
You cant but envy players like Anthony Davis and their teams. The guy is averaging something like 25/11/5/3 this year. Amazing.
Will the Jazz ever have the luck to draft a player like that? We have had 6 tries with lotto picks so far, some of them very high ones, and havent come close to finding a player like Davis
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Yeah, I'm starting to realize success isn't guaranteed through the draft. We should probably just revert back to the other guaranteed method of rebuilding. Don't know what the FO was thinking.
 
Stifle Tower said:
Exum was our best hope, although a top-5 pick this year could get us a special player.
Our problem was having a top-3 pick in very weak draft year. When the Jazz take developmental players (Kanter, perhaps Exum), Utah seems to get those don't turn into anything special. And when the Jazz take proven college players like Burke, it always seems there's a project or two who end up being better. Jazz rule for drafting should be to trade back with someone that has two picks in the 1st round. Because you know Utah is going to screw up the first one, but then find a pretty good player with the second pick.
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I flipped a quarter 5 times and it came up tails every time. I should probably call tails next time.
 
stitches said:
Just look at Dante's movement and awareness prior and after the Hayward shot:

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Another thing I like is that Gobert is crashing the basket hard. Didn't get the rebound but he was in prime position to get and close to the basket rebound and dunk it. Exum and Gobert are awesome.
 
Trey had a great start so props for that. But for a PG he sure makes some ugly passes, had at least 3 last night, one to Goberts ankles for no good reason. Exum has much better touch for getting the ball to the right spot for guys.
 
freakazoid said:
Yeah, I'm starting to realize success isn't guaranteed through the draft. We should probably just revert back to the other guaranteed method of rebuilding. Don't know what the FO was thinking.
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It helps, but it does not guarantee success, there's plenty of proof for it. It's more about drafting smart, within each team's plans, at the same time you try to develop a winning culture. I can care less if you root for losses but please keep it to yourself. It's very annoying to turn to a forum called Jazz'fanz' and read all that crap. Of course when the time comes I'm going to be excited if we have a top 5 pick but a game is a game, and I can't help but wanting the Jazz to win. Oh and btw, thanks for negging me for calling out people who are rooting for Jazz losses and calling me a... bandwagoner? Makes sense. I won't neg you back and fall to your low standards. I had you as one of my favorite posters, maybe you bumped your head last night or something...
 
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