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Told you Rubio is not going to help us. He's a backup PG at best.

yamers

yamers

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every problem the wolves had has now carried over to the Jazz. You have 2 bigs that set screens for a guy who can't shoot. That forces the defender to totally sag off, A. rubio isnt gona shoot and B. rudy or favors cant hit an outside shot.

this guys a disaster.
 
It's not that Rubio is a backup PG, he's just wrong for this team. Rubio is a pass first, old school PG. His ideal role is to get assists. He would have been great paired with Hayward and a decent PF. However, he's been surrounded by Gobert and Favors, both non-shooters, Ingles, a very reluctant shooter, and Mitchell, a chucker. Hood hasn't played all that much. Jazz have been AWFUL to start games. A lot of the scoring Jazz have had has been in garbage time. Are the Jazz even running an offense? I haven't seen many good screens or cuts without the ball.
 
You ain't tell me ****
 
The Jazz are still experimenting with Rubio. The Jazz are letting him handle the ball, look for seems and create, and the other guys aren't used to it. The other guys are trying to play with structure while Rubio does all kinds of clever and unpredictable things resulting in turnovers, some of them a bit bizarre.

I honestly don't know how this story ends. Rubio can put up 15 pts and 9 assists with 40% shooting. The problem is the turnovers and lack of flow.
 
If I could go back in time, I'd still make the Rubio trade
 
Rubio has been great for us so far and will continue to get better as he learns our team and system better. Being a great passer is getting comfortable with your teammates and knowing what they do.

I expect his turnovers to slowly go down as he fits in and the assists to go up. The assists will definitely go up as our good shooters start hitting their open shots.

I think he ends the season around 14 ppg and 11 assists per game. His shooting percentage will be closer to .425 or so. He is shooting really well from 2 point range, career best at .500 on the most shot attempts in his career as well. His 3 point percentage will come back up.

He will have a career best season this year.

Lets also not forget he has been great on defense.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Rubio has been great for us so far and will continue to get better as he learns our team and system better. Being a great passer is getting comfortable with your teammates and knowing what they do.

I expect his turnovers to slowly go down as he fits in and the assists to go up. The assists will definitely go up as our good shooters start hitting their open shots.

I think he ends the season around 14 ppg and 11 assists per game. His shooting percentage will be closer to .425 or so. He is shooting really well from 2 point range, career best at .500 on the most shot attempts in his career as well. His 3 point percentage will come back up.

He will have a career best season this year.

Lets also not forget he has been great on defense.
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I think part of it will just be the Jazz are going to have to lean on Hood even more with low risk possessions.

I think Hood needs to average 18 shots per game this year.
 
They have to work their way into an offense that centers around solid ball movement, sharp play, and high energy and precision. That takes time. Right now Rubio is feeling it all out, figuruing out where guys want the ball, how to break things down and get the players to react the right way. It will results in turnovers and broken plays until they all learn to play off each other, especially without a go-to guy on offense. They don't have a hayward to give the ball to for him to create something for himself or someone else and most of them are used to playing with a guy like that. Pure team ball is tough to learn and execute. Didn't anyone watch "Hoosiers"? And we don't even have a Jimmy Chitwood.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I think part of it will just be the Jazz are going to have to lean on Hood even more with low risk possessions.

I think Hood needs to average 18 shots per game this year.
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So far that looks pretty promising. When he has played it has been pretty good. We just need him to start setting up other players a little better as well as getting his own.
 
Was not a fan of the trade at the time for all of the reasons mentioned in the video. I honestly have the hardest time envisioning how any lineup that features Rubio and two non-floor-spacers is supposed to play winning basketball. Rubio and Favors basically have to be lights-out shooters on open midrange shots for the offense to work, and even open mid-range shots aren't the best.

I don't know what the answer exactly is, but I don't think Rubio, Favors, and Gobert can share the floor. Rubio and Gobert have a chance at good chemistry if surrounded by three floor-spacers.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I think part of it will just be the Jazz are going to have to lean on Hood even more with low risk possessions.

I think Hood needs to average 18 shots per game this year.
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That sounds great on the days when he's not injured or ****ting his pants. And on the other days? DM is our biggest hope for a really good season. The sooner Quin recognizes that the better.
 
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