Game 3: 11/1/14 Suns at Jazz 7 p.m. ROOT (TV)
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Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Lol T Brown mistaking a lob pass for a rebound. So bad. I remember hearing that and thinking to my self. What a dumbass.
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Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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I wasn't criticizing him. Just pointing out what I see. His mechanics aren't very conducive to being able to effectively shoot off the dribble, or on the move. he needs to improve his shot mechanics.
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Jazz4ever
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Any team that takes the Jazz lightly are going to lose, plain and simple.
From what I have seen (about 50% of the minutes so far) Exum has been taking and making wide open 3s. That is good shot selection. Posted on another thread, stats showed Burke having 70% of his shots against tight or very tight defense = not good shot selection, realizing that some may have been necessary for shot clock or other reasons. And the real likelihood is that because of his size and lack of speed, quickiness, and athleticism, those are the kind of shot "opportunities" will mostly see. He needs to shoot less, pass more.
orangello
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As of right now Burke is the better shooter but right now Exum is much better at taking the right shots.
Trey looks more and more like a chucker.
Favors 'dwarfed' Hayward's game primarily because of the expectations. Hayward's 24, 10, 3(assist) is a pretty good game. He had moments where he dominated. Certainly Favors' game is breakout and wonderful.
Three different quotes. As a moderator, are you supposed to assist with the fan board to encourage good behavior? We had a good win and you spend your effort working over other Jazz posters and even Brown and Booner. Sheesh dude.
All of you Brown haters - cut the dude some slack. He calls a handful of games a year and makes some mistakes, big deal. We had a great win, against a decent team, with DFav lookin' great, among other positives, and you're using your JazzHaterzz energy on back-up announcers? I just don't understand this sort of fandom.
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orangello
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Now it suddenly makes a sense why Trey is shooting more than anyone else. He's trying to prove by his shot attempts that he's a franchise player!
orangello
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Size and speed.
I think Exum has the potential to surpass Trey at the beginning of next season. He seems to fit Quin's system better as well - he doesn't seem to be too ball dominant, he doesn't mind giving up the rock and runs the floor well. Quin wants players to attack at the 45 and Exum's length is a perfect fit for that if he improves his handle and athleticism. He also has length on defense which is ideal to stop transition baskets as was apparent with that block last night.
Burke on the other hand seems to need the ball in his hands a lot to be effective. His best attribute is shooting a 2 pointer off the dribble and that's a low %, low scoring shot. Seems to me like his shot needs to be "on" all the time to be effective on the floor. I don't think Quin likes that shot. Kinda reminds me of the Johnny Flynn & Minny situation, he was a bad fit on a team trying to run the triangle offense.
Burke on the other hand seems to need the ball in his hands a lot to be effective. His best attribute is shooting a 2 pointer off the dribble and that's a low %, low scoring shot. Seems to me like his shot needs to be "on" all the time to be effective on the floor. I don't think Quin likes that shot. Kinda reminds me of the Johnny Flynn & Minny situation, he was a bad fit on a team trying to run the triangle offense.
Hantlers
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FWIW, your stats are wrong. You can't use the overall numbers for these guys, because you have to figure Burks isn't guarding them the entire game. NBA.com has this nifty defensive log and shot log for guys, so I went through it and figured it out for you.
Harden was 4/11, Ellis was 2/4 and Dragic was 2/7 against Burks. Now I believe how this is calculated is that the closest player to the shooter gets the credit/blame, so if somebody was to drive on Burks and score/miss, Favors/Kanter could get the blame/credit. So it's a fallible stat.
In addition, Burks has a defensiveFG% of 58.3%. So he's allowing players to shoot that percentage. Hayward is at 54.8%, Trey is at 44.4%, Exum is at 42.1% and Favors is at 30.8%. Now this is a really small sample size, so I wouldn't take much from it. Just wanted to point out that statistically, Burks isn't playing that great of defense.
Now as a disclaimer, there is a chance I'm misinterpreting the data, so if I am, I apologize…I don't think I am though.
Stifle Tower
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The runs Phoenix had came off Utah missing outside shots. If the Jazz could have made their 3's, it would have been a 40-pt victory.
framer
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The new Jazz have seen the Suns before in the preseason and were able to refine their game plan. I suspect that when they face Houston again, the 3 point defense will adjust and be better.
Griffin is going to **** all over him, sorry.
Jazz4ever
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Even worse, Jordan will be ooping it up every time down.
Favors has guarded every center so far, I don't know why we would change now.