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Is the Tank Back On?

I don't like negging anyone, but a couple of people in here are practically begging for it.
 
yamers said:
3/18.....

vs

14/27
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Yep. I'm not always big on looking at the box score, but I did watch the game and it looked pretty even, except for the 3's. The box score confirmed that; rebounds, assists, TO's, fouls, etc. - all very even with Houston. The difference is they made shots and Utah didn't.

Houston HAS the inside-out game Quin is trying to develop in Utah. I liked the game Derrick had. Hated the shooting by Hayward and Burke. I know it's just one game (to paraphrase that great philosopher, Tyrone Corbin), but these two need to shoot better than they did. One surprise for me was the DNP by Novak. Guess Hood and Booker have played him out of a job.
 
homeytennis said:
The guys he gave minutes to are still relatively young. My concern is the apparent lack of bench strength other than Booker and Gobert. Perhaps the two guys claimed on waivers will help. I think Dante should have gotten more of a run but this was a lot like last year when the team would be in a nip and tuck game and bottom would just fall out. I was also a bit concerned during the preseason that it seems like a lot of guys got sent packing without seeing if they were contributors or not on the floor like Cooley, Motum, Felix (remember he was hurt in the scrimmage), Kevin Murphy and Bost.
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If those guys are contributors, the Jazz are in deep, deep ****. Only the top 8-9 guys really matter. That's how deep a team needs to be. So devote all the minutes to the starting five plus Exum, Hood, Gobert and Booker off the bench. Of those nine, MAYBE 5-6 will prove worthy of keeping as rotation players. Guys like Ingles, Novak, Evans or any of those you mentioned are a dime a dozen. Easily replaceable each season by vets on near minimum contracts or rookie draft picks.
 
Stifle Tower said:
If those guys are contributors, the Jazz are in deep, deep ****. Only the top 8-9 guys really matter. That's how deep a team needs to be. So devote all the minutes to the starting five plus Exum, Hood, Gobert and Booker off the bench. Of those nine, MAYBE 5-6 will prove worthy of keeping as rotation players. Guys like Ingles, Novak, Evans or any of those you mentioned are a dime a dozen. Easily replaceable each season by vets on near minimum contracts or rookie draft picks.
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The bench did us no favors last night. Hood was awful, Dante was awful, Gobert did OK as did Booker. The starters seemed to hang around and the bench poured gasoline on the fire.
 
lol, this is gonna be fun!

Kanter, Burke and to a lesser extent Hayward are already getting beat up on here!

People are not ready for this ride. Not even close. "Im ready for this rough year". Suddenly the Jazz are 0-2 after facing two west playoff teams in a back to back with 1 game on the road and it's all "Burke stinks! Slow, fat, dumb shot chucker! Kanter needs to be traded now!! IQ of a rock and slow! Hayward max? LMFAO!!!"

Hahaha

GO JAZZ!!!
 
Stoked said:
lol, this is gonna be fun!

Kanter, Burke and to a lesser extent Hayward are already getting beat up on here!

People are not ready for this ride. Not even close. "Im ready for this rough year". Suddenly the Jazz are 0-2 after facing two west playoff teams in a back to back with 1 game on the road and it's all "Burke stinks! Slow, fat, dumb shot chucker! Kanter needs to be traded now!! IQ of a rock and slow! Hayward max? LMFAO!!!"

Hahaha

GO JAZZ!!!
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It is hard to be patient and have perspective. I knew we'd lose last night, but didn't want it to be that ugly. Dirk has always given us fits... he is one of the toughest covers in the league... Kanter had no chance.

If we lose... we lose, but I am not on board with "tanking" we need to be building a winning culture. I don't think what Philly is doing is right or effective in the long run.

After 20 games or so we will see what we've got. Kanter has shown much, but I'm on board with sticking to him... hope Quin has the patience and perspective to stick it out and see if that works.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
It is hard to be patient and have perspective. I knew we'd lose last night, but didn't want it to be that ugly. Dirk has always given us fits... he is one of the toughest covers in the league... Kanter had no chance.

If we lose... we lose, but I am not on board with "tanking" we need to be building a winning culture. I don't think what Philly is doing is right or effective in the long run.

After 20 games or so we will see what we've got. Kanter has shown much, but I'm on board with sticking to him... hope Quin has the patience and perspective to stick it out and see if that works.
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That is where Quinn is aiming the team, at a winning culture. But instead of the Ls and Ws we should be focused on things like transition D, FT improvement, hustle and passing. But nope, bad game so it's time to melt this place down.
 
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