Crawlnstall
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Even though we lost I was happy to see how kanter played. We didn't lose because of him
Game #25. Jazz returns to Te land of wretched hovels. Jazz at Pelicans 12/16/14 6pm Mtn
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Jazz have some good players, but no really great players....yet.
I don't care if we win or not right now. I'd take the Jazz being significantly worse off offensively if it meant the doormat defense would stop.
it made sense, because for a lot of the time Exum had a mismatch vs Jimmer... If there is a game when he should play a ton it is the game when Jimmer plays...
Kanter's making a real effort on defense. He's getting into a stance and keeping pace, even out on the perimeter. His movement is actually pretty good.
There may be some truth to this. Gobert was a big part of the Jazz's success in the 3rd quarter, but he didn't get many minutes in the 4th, while Booker and Evans played.
Gobert and Kanter was our best front-court combo tonight, but they didn't play much together in the 4th.
Yeah, I feel like Kanter has gotten back to the point where he was before his injury last year. He is starting to find good offensive consistency and better defensive consistency.
Doublea
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Glad Exum had a big game. Our young guys played pretty good too. Maybe they weren't use to leading by such a big margin going into the fourth. Right now I'm not sure who I want to keep on the team. I think Burke could be a great back up. Kanter has been playing really good. I think Burks would be better off on the bench, just because I'd rather have a great shooter at the 2. I hope Favors can show some better defense, because he just feels like a filler role player right now.
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.
Burks is shooting 37% from deep this year. He has been one of the better players in the NBA in catch and shoot situations. Still needs to pull it a bit more often, but he is definitely getting better even though his leg kicks have me shaking my head.
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Ok
But the poster I quoted was acting like the reason we are losing is because we are playing Burke and burks big minutes.
My point was that we are going to lose alot no matter who is in the line up
QuinSnydersHair
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Oh babyyyyyyy!!!!!1 Just won the Grizz 2nd half with a meaningless bucket with 1.7 seconds left.
Letsgoooooo Thunder!!!!
Letsgoooooo Thunder!!!!
Spinoza
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I don't want to see Ingles and Clarke. And yes, because they'd be passing to Hayward, Kanter, and Favors like the current starting guards should be doing, and they wouldn't be getting destroyed every time down the court on defense. Burke and Burks chucking and getting beat so bad on defense loses games.
edit: Did not read question carefully enough. I did not mean to imply Jazz would "win a bunch of games" by replacing Burke and Burks. I meant that playing them big minutes greatly increases the probability of us losing.
Ellipse
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Heck, not even Hayward was involved much during the last 5 minutes. I got tired of watching Burks drive into the paint and chucking up air balls or getting his shot blocked.