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The Jazz agreed to terms with Elson

NUMBERICA said:
Seriously? Boozer is erased by the Lakers and Millsap is simply too short to come out as a net positive. If anything, a starting 4/5 of Jefferson and Okur might only make sense against the Lakers as Jefferson is going to get torched playing 4 against a lot of teams (and Odom will kill Jefferson just as bad as Boozer or worse if they end up matched against each other).
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Yes. Seriously.

While Jefferson is probably an upgrade over Boozer, especially against the Men in Jaundice, whether Okur is a liability in a MO/AJ pair is not clear. He simply hasn't proven to be able to play on both ends of the court in playoff games against competitive teams; just ask Houston. He still might play the matador role against a driving Odom and Bryant, just like Boozer did (and Millsap, too, despite his best effort). He wasn't very agile before the Achilles injury, and I'm not optimistic that he'll come back any more fleet of foot--or tendon.

I know that it might surprise you that I think this, but AJ + Fes might be decent against the Fakers. Boozer and Fes were pretty good in the playoffs, despite the lack of scoring (and experience) by KF, and Big Al brings even more height. And if Sloan gets Fesenko minutes, he'll probably be more prepared for the basics against all teams.
 
PKM said:
I've said all along that for the purity of basketball (all emotion aside), the best line up is;

Deron
Raja
AK
Okur
Jefferson

I won't rehash all the reasons why, but anyone that truly knows how basketball is played will 'get it.'
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......hmm actually that's not a bad choice putting Okur at PF considering other PFs nowadays are quite tall (see Gasol, Garnette, etc).

In the end it'll be interesting to see if Jerry Sloan is a 'good enough coach' to 'get it' ..LOL!!!
 
Elson, eh? The guy reminds me of Thurl Bailey. Good deal. Will be nice to have another big that doesn't **** his pants when he gets the ball.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
......hmm actually that's not a bad choice putting Okur at PF considering other PFs nowadays are quite tall (see Gasol, Garnette, etc).

In the end it'll be interesting to see if Jerry Sloan is a 'good enough coach' to 'get it' ..LOL!!!
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We can debate whether Okur is the PF or the C in this line-up. On offense, Okur will be out on the floor and Jefferson will be in the low post. (Okur does pull another defender out on the floor to give Jefferson more room to operate.) On defense through, Okur is better defending in the post than he is out on the floor, where quicker PFs could show him up. However, it remains to be seen if Jefferson defends out on the floor any better...
 
Catchall said:
We can debate whether Okur is the PF or the C in this line-up. On offense, Okur will be out on the floor and Jefferson will be in the low post. (Okur does pull another defender out on the floor to give Jefferson more room to operate.) On defense through, Okur is better defending in the post than he is out on the floor, where quicker PFs could show him up. However, it remains to be seen if Jefferson defends out on the floor any better...
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Okur and Jefferson will be disasters guarding out there on the floor. Okur and Jefferson together makes perfect sense...but only on offense. On defense it is'nt all that great and quickly becomes a pick-your-poison type scenario.
I'd still start Okur and Jefferson together though against Gasol and Bynum to see what happens. Atleast one of their bigs would have to expend some energy guarding Okur. And on defense, whoever is more mobile between the two( I am assuming it is Jefferson) would take on Gasol. If this flops then we'll have to bring Elson/Fess. Millsap should be in there only when Odom is in.
 
PKM said:
I've said all along that for the purity of basketball (all emotion aside), the best line up is;

Deron
Raja
AK
Okur
Jefferson

I won't rehash all the reasons why, but anyone that truly knows how basketball is played will 'get it.'
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I agree, but CJ could replace Raja in that line-up if he's playing well. Millsap could also replace Okur if he's hitting from mid-range. Deron-Miles-AK-Millsap-Jefferson is pretty strong on both sides of the ball.
 
JohnnyClutch said:
Millsap pwned the Lakers in their series last year.
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He had a pretty good series. Did score over 20 twice, but also played a lot more than normal because of the Okur injury. How many times did Gasol simply shoot right over him? How many times did Odom burn him? How many rebounds did their big men get over him?
 
vj_74 said:
Okur and Jefferson will be disasters guarding out there on the floor. Okur and Jefferson together makes perfect sense...but only on offense. On defense it is'nt all that great and quickly becomes a pick-your-poison type scenario.
I'd still start Okur and Jefferson together though against Gasol and Bynum to see what happens. Atleast one of their bigs would have to expend some energy guarding Okur. And on defense, whoever is more mobile between the two( I am assuming it is Jefferson) would take on Gasol. If this flops then we'll have to bring Elson/Fess. Millsap should be in there only when Odom is in.
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On defense let AK play the 4. That's when his defense is the best, when he's near the hoop.
 
No question we have a lot of guys who can contribute. I just hope Coach is flexible enough to not try and win against all teams with the exact same lineup! You guys have identified the strengths and weaknesses of many different combos. I don't think this is a "one size fits all" situation. We need to be smart about combos we put on the floor, especially against the better teams. I don't think we're that stacked with "stars" to be able to win against everyone with the same lineup.!
 
I figured out why they brought in Elson

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Then throw in a Fez choke slam for good measure...
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Miami??? Problem solved.
 
Yes, we need Fes if nothing else to pound an opposing player once in a while, but I suppose we do have Bell who can do that now as well. We need to hit Lebron a littler harder than that though.
 
1320 KFAN just did breaking news about 5 minutes ago that Elson has now officially "agreed in principle" this afternoon and is "officially the newest member of the Jazz". I thought he already agreed, so maybe this is the actual signing? They are going to try getting him on the air today.
 
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