Is this the game thread?

[slc]

But now the Jazz have to win their final 79 games to get to 80

 

[LoPo]

Two of our biggest question marks going forward are Favors and Rubio. They are great locker room guys and I hope they get it together. If they don't, we will struggle to make the playoffs.

If we let them walk because they struggle, next summer would be very, very interesting.

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[JazzGal]

Tough game to watch. Some days are like that.

But to add insult to injury, Harpring's tie was ugly.

 

[Jazz Traveler]

Favors has a bum knee. Might explain some of the troubles he’s having.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Favors has a bum knee. Might explain some of the troubles he’s having.

Link?

 

[str8line]

Favors has a bum knee. Might explain some of the troubles he’s having.

WTF? Seriously?

 

[Jazz Traveler]

It was in one of the tweets from a day or two ago. Don’t have a link.

 

[LogGrad98]

I was pretty warm and fuzzy right when first half ended in the golden state game and we were sitting at 81 points and up by almost 20.

It was basically bad meth...strong high and then a quick ****ed up crash.

 

[LoPo]

Favors has two bum knees

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[Jazz Traveler]

Andy Larsen. 20 hours ago. Derrick Favors is now listed as probable with left knee soreness.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Andy Larsen. 20 hours ago. Derrick Favors is now listed as probable with left knee soreness.

That may explain part of it. Aren't we deep enough that if guys are nicked up we sit them out. Can't Crowder, Niang, and Ekpe pick up the slack until a guy is 100%?

 

[LoPo]

No - we play Favors and then use his injuries as excuses for performances. Guy is who he is. Can't believe some in here really thought Favors would develop some deadly corner 3.

When he plays well, we almost always win. Unfortunately, he has more irrelevant or bad games than good games.

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[LogGrad98]

No - we play Favors and then use his injuries as excuses for performances. Guy is who he is. Can't believe some in here really thought Favors would develop some deadly corner 3.

When he plays well, we almost always win. Unfortunately, he has more irrelevant or bad games than good games.

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Unfortunately this is very accurate.

 

[yamers]

when is it time to panic on rubio?

in 5 pre-season games rubio played 19 minutes per game and shot .28% from the field. His struggles have continued big time in the regular season.

28MPG currently in 3 games he is shooting 25% 6/24 from the field.

thats more like 8 game sample of rubio bricking shots.

 

[Jazz4ever]

People in here are acting like Jaren Jackson dominated Favors. He only scored 11 points on 12 shots. Yes he used a pretty similar move twice on him to score inside. Favors let him get too deep on those but still contested the shots. Jackson tried it a 3rd time and favors stuffed him.

Favors has sucked at finishing this year for some reason. Although I'm guessing it's the same reason everyone is struggling. Their legs are tired. Snyder runs them hard in practice.

Yeah but JJJ is 19 years old. The fact he is already as good as Favors is disheartening.

 

[Miggs]

Is this the man who...wrecked the buffet at the Harrow Club this morning?

 

[Ron Mexico]

Yeah but JJJ is 19 years old. The fact he is already as good as Favors is disheartening.

Well if it makes you feel better he is not yet. But he does have a lot of upside.

This is a lot of over reaction from Favors being a little off and JJJ making 2 baskets inside on favors before getting stuffed hard on his 3rd try.

 

[Hitman]

From your post it sounds like crappy shooting from mitchell is a big problem. I would have to agree.
It also sounds like you think that our pg rotation shooting horribly isnt a problem.
Gonna have to disagree with you on that one.

Then you're wrong, both in your interpretation and conclusion. Rubio has been horrible but he isn't shooting anywhere near the volume that Mitchell has. Exum's 10 ppg at 40% off the bench isn't great, but isn't horrible (and he has had only one bad shooting game), and again, is low volume.

Btw, rubio has scored 20 points on 24 shots. (Similar to mitchell in that they both scored 4 less points than shots taken. Rubio has had much easier and more makeable shots however)

As I said, irrelevant. It's simply dwarfed by how many of our possessions end with a missed shot or turnover from Mitchell (he also has 10 TO - more than anyone - and only 9 assists, BTW). Mitchell has missed as many shots (40) as Ingles has taken (and remember, no-one else has taken more than 25 shots). He is 21/61 for 57 pts when Ingles and Gobert are a combined 38/61 for 104 pts. The problem is the sheer volume of shots Mitchell is taking. Last season he was successful because he was just another player for most of the game, but would pick his spots to take over and dominate. This season, he's trying to take over the entire game, and taking far too many 3s (nearly 10 a game!) for someone who never shot a great percentage from range in the first place. Whether this is from him believing his own press or by design from Quin (unlikely), it just isn't working. Instead of carrying the team, he's holding it back.