No, my point was that the loss of conley was bigger than any loss for the suns or bucks.
Is not major injury on team.
My point was that jazz fans using injuries as a justification for losing doesn’t make sense, because the team that beat them had it way worse injury wise. I feel like blaming Conley and Mitchell being injured is just sugarcoating it.
You don't know that kahwi was more important to them than Conley was to the jazz though. Is kahwi better? Certainly. But they seemed to play better without kahwi. We really missed Conley and were worse without him however.
I don't know. I would like to see some statistical data from this year and last year's playoffs of when Conley plays and when he doesn't. I could be proven wrong, but I don't think we are doom without and incredible with. Kawhi is just that "put you over the top" talent guy. Toronto was good without him but won a title with him. He could have been that for the Clippers this year.
Besides their bevy of flexible defenders, depth at the most important spots, and real ability to dig in and keep their opponent in front of them?
And super predictable, too. Glad we were so leveraged. And so prepared.
I know that with conley in this year's playoffs we averaged 122 points per game.
I missed the parade. Would’ve been fun to see them hoist the Larry O’Whataboutism trophy.
Yep. The thing they have in common was even more important than the things you mentioned.
The parade didn't happen. I made a post demonstrating how well the jazz played when they were healthy. My post wasn't a confirmation of winning any awards or anything.
The bucks and the Suns actually had key players miss a few critical playoff games. They had the right personnel to fill in and make it across the diminished times.
Yes my mind is made up that having your best players miss lots of playoff games is detrimental to winning lots of playoff games. You won't be able to change my mind on that.
Injuries are a major part of the entire scenario. Unfortunately, we put our faith and assets into a guy who has missed at least 12 regular season games for the last 7 seasons. And he is 33 years old.
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I think the issue is you make it sound as though we definitely win if we stay healthy… which is just not the case. Depth was one issue, coaching or not being able to adjust was another. Health of your best players is always a requirement. The clips series the defense was so trashy… part of that is having hobbled guys… but last year it was trashy too and we were healthy for the most part. We have issues that won’t be solved with just good health… though that is obviously a requirement.
Interesting… Beal or Lillard should ask out quick… that Warriors spot is only open for one of them… I guess Philly ain’t too bad but I’d very much prefer GS.
