Interesting. Yesterday, before the Philly game, the Jazz radio guys were talking about Trey's defense on Blake, and may have been talking about the Andy Larsen clip in particular. They said that the Jazz defense scheme was for the pg (trey) to channel or direct the opposing pg to one side of the floor. Trey could choose which side, but his positioning was key to showing his teammates which direction Trey was going to direct the pg. I believe it was Ron Boone who said that Trey was opening up too far, and clearing a straight line to the basket. Ron said, Trey should have not opened up his stance so much, but stand so that he could keep Blake on his hip or stay on his shoulder. It wasn't a big deal, rather a small adjustment. Just a step or few inches closer would have forced blake to take a side step, so that even if he got by Trey the Jazz help defense would be there.
I concluded that Trey was doing what the coaches asked him to do, but just not the way they asked him to do it. I wondered why it happened multiple times without a correction by the player or staff.
Treys parents should stay off of twitter, TV, the arena. They might feel like they are helping Trey, but they are only making life harder for him, and making themselves look bad. Trey is an exceptional human. He may not be Allan Iverson, he might not be a starter, heck, he might not even be in the league in 3 years, but he has achieved at a higher rate than the majority of his peers. That should be celebrated. No need to make excuses for him, be proud.
Pro-sports is weird. A guy makes millions of dollars, but the team has to hire a fleet of people to manage the guy, his posy, his helicopter parents and try to make sure all the local media, and every other bum with a screen and two fingers says nice things about the kid millionaire lest he feel 'disrespected'.
Dennis Lindsey, the highest paid baby sitter in Utah and still underpaid. I wouldn't want his job.
