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start Fes now !!!

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dwayne_avail

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i think the main reason jazz fell behind so early is our interior defense, big al can't defend the paint too well, this allows jazz to double team constantly or help in the paint which leads to 3 pointers or offensive rebounds by the opponents.

i think we must start Fes in the middle to resolve this problem, time to move Raja or Millsap to bench players.
 
The only problem is he hasn't learned how to defend well w/o fouling (or at least how to make it look that way). Fes starting would mean he would play for the first and last five minutes of the game.

>HOWEVER<
He has obviously made a significant impact on how this team and the opposing team plays. No doubt.
 
Yeah, move Millsap to the bench - anyone notice his point total against Orlando was only half of what is was vs Miami???

He's clearly on the down swing.
 
jhenderson008 said:
The only problem is he hasn't learned how to defend well w/o fouling (or at least how to make it look that way). Fes starting would mean he would play for the first and last five minutes of the game.

>HOWEVER<
He has obviously made a significant impact on how this team and the opposing team plays. No doubt.
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Against the Magic, Fes enters the 3q with the Jazz trailing by 17, 71-54. Leaves at 5:48 of the 4th, Jazz tied 80-80. Only 7 minutes and it made a huge difference. So yeah, I could see him getting only 5 minutes to start the game to get the Jazz going better.
 
The only problem is he hasn't learned how to defend well w/o fouling
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i rather see Fes commit some hard fouls to send message to the opponent to stay out of the paint.

Jameer Nelson was killing us last night behind the arc, Dwade constantly drove to the basket without much resistances the night before.

i remember few years back when Cavs visited SLC, Fes wacked Lebron so hard in the face that Lebron was hesistant to drive to the basket from that point that night..
 
Benching Millsap for Fesenko is the greatest idea I have ever heard. It's almost as good as starting Watson over Dwill.
 
candrew said:
Yeah, move Millsap to the bench - anyone notice his point total against Orlando was only half of what is was vs Miami???

He's clearly on the down swing.
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I could see it. Still give him plenty of minutes, 35 or so, but he would give a huge boost to the bench. Also, he and Al are not exactly clogging the lane up real well. I think it would be very interesting to see the Jazz start the game first 5 minutes with Fes and Big Al.
 
Maybe I'm missing something; but while I'll concede that the defensive effort from the start has not be stellar the last 4 games; the far greater problem is The Jazz can't put the ball in the damn basket in the first half.

Points at end of First Half

v GSW - 39
v LAC - 39
v Miami -29
V ORL - 35

How is Fes going to solve this problem or better yet how will he impact it if he starts?
 
really move millsap to the bench????
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yes, Millsap is an undersized pf, he will be more efficient against 2nd unit of the opposing team. against elite pfs, sap will not be as efficient unless he got lucky on those 3 pointers that he put down against miami.
 
candrew said:
Maybe I'm missing something; but while I'll concede that the defensive effort from the start has not be stellar the last 4 games; the far greater problem is The Jazz can't put the ball in the damn basket in the first half.

Points at end of First Half

v GSW - 39
v LAC - 39
v Miami -29
V ORL - 35

How is Fes going to solve this problem or better yet how will he impact it if he starts?
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Maybe the same way that Fes does it in the later quarters even though he doesn't score much. The impact of having a player in the middle controlling the paint is underestimated, and many NBA champs have a center that aren't big scorers.

Rarely has the impact of Fesenko (or a player like him) been more apparent than last night. No doubt, his one minute in the first half was a negative--logging two fouls, one a stupid loose ball--but he more than made up for it in the second half. Dwight Howard was clearly not accustomed to the repeated bodying up that Fes inflicted, and it played a role in Howard committing his fourth and fifth crucial PF and being benched for most of the rest of the game. And of course I'm going to attribute some of AJ's higher intensity in Q4 to Fes (and others, too) turning it up a notch or two. Intensity can be contagious. And if you're wanting more scoring, Fes has potential to produce more. He showed his own form of the Weezie last night.

Even I'm not sure that starting Fes is the best option. I think that he's better as an enforcer off the bench for 6 to 10 minutes per half--especially if Utah isn't in or near the penalty--and more if he does better than the alternative.
 
Yeah, it was all about subbing in Fes in the 3rd. Deron taking over the game had nothing to do with it. The Jazz inability to score in the first half was obviously because Fes was on the bench. Do you all forget how many points Dwight Howard had in first half? If anything, Millsap couldn't guard Brandon Bass.

Williams had 6 pts 4 assists at half. He ended with 30 and 14. Hmmm... Fes?
Howard had 8 points at half, Gortat 4, and Bass 7. Terrible interior defense. Terrible, terrible, terrible.

Homers.
 
I think the problem with our starts has been an intensity issue more than an issue with the starting 5. It seems like in each of the last few games, we have been waiting to get punched to punch back. We really just need to come out and take it to them. Someone could maybe hack the scoreboard at the ESA to make it look like we are always down 20?
 
I prefer the suggestion that someone else made -- keep starting Al and Millsap but sub Al out sooner and bring Fess in. Then bring Al back in at the 4 when you sub out Millsap or else at the 5 when Fess gets 2 fouls.
 
I just love these kind of posts. Reminds me of a few years ago when Derek Fisher had a good game and the board was full of people suggesting that he start over D-Will. Or more recently people arguing that Kosta Koufas was the answer at center.

Priceless.
 
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