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Utah Jazz considering changes to starting lineup

Interesting the defense gets the blame, no doubt somewhat justified, but one missed shot after another by our offense is even more to blame, IMO.
I still think switching CJ to our starting unit and Raja Bell to our 2nd unit would actually help both units. With the 2nd unit CJ throws up way too many quick shots, IMO, instead of working with the rest of the team. The combo of Raja, AK, and Jerremy Evans would get us plenty of offense, as Watson and Fes are also good passers. Hopefully Evans is fully recovered and can play more consistant minutes.
Raja could take on more of a leadership role with the 2nd unit, and CJ would settle into more of a team game and contribute more consistantly to the 1st-team offense. That in turn could help them defensively too...
 
NotDeadYet said:
Interesting the defense gets the blame, no doubt somewhat justified, but one missed shot after another by our offense is even more to blame, IMO.
I still think switching CJ to our starting unit and Raja Bell to our 2nd unit would actually help both units. With the 2nd unit CJ throws up way too many quick shots, IMO, instead of working with the rest of the team. The combo of Raja, AK, and Jerremy Evans would get us plenty of offense, as Watson and Fes are also good passers. Hopefully Evans is fully recovered and can play more consistant minutes.
Raja could take on more of a leadership role with the 2nd unit, and CJ would settle into more of a team game and contribute more consistantly to the 1st-team offense. That in turn could help them defensively too...
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Replace AK with CJ for more scoring. Replace Sap with Fes for more defense. Give AK and Sap same minutes as before, but more with the second unit. Look how strong that will be.

Raja would not add scoring to the second unit, quite the opposite. Lets hope he finds his shot soon though.
 
AK has been one of our bright spots in the starting lineup. I would not take him out of the starting lineup.

Millsap is the one running our pick and roll with Deron right now not sure that's the right move either. I would love for them to take Raja out of the starting lineup but I actually rather have CJ on the 2nd unit or you will have no scoring off of the bench. I don't know what needs to happen but something needs to change as our starters are getting worked right now.

Maybe playing 12 of our next 14 at home will fix some of these problems. Maybe move Hayward to the starting lineup and Raja to the bench with CJ. Only play Howard for the 1st 5 minutes or so then take him out for CJ and later put Raja in for Ak. Just an idea, maybe give the kid a chance to play with the better players and not have pressure on him to really contribute much.
 
Hard to say what would help. Williams, Jefferson, and Millsap are definitely locked in. I would like to see Pogo (Evans) get more playing time, though. We need to develop his talent and having him receive a few Williams passes might help him and the team out in the long run. AK has been a bright spot and he plays better as a starter than he does off the bench, but I'd like to see Evans in there for the first four or five minutes just to see what effect it would have.
 
TICC said:
Could play both.
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Maybe, but Evans and Kirilenko are both known for their length and we need to save a little of that for the second unit. However, I would like to see that starting unit against the Lakers, for sure.
 
gregbroncs said:
AK has been one of our bright spots in the starting lineup. I would not take him out of the starting lineup.

Millsap is the one running our pick and roll with Deron right now not sure that's the right move either. I would love for them to take Raja out of the starting lineup but I actually rather have CJ on the 2nd unit or you will have no scoring off of the bench. I don't know what needs to happen but something needs to change as our starters are getting worked right now.

Maybe playing 12 of our next 14 at home will fix some of these problems. Maybe move Hayward to the starting lineup and Raja to the bench with CJ. Only play Howard for the 1st 5 minutes or so then take him out for CJ and later put Raja in for Ak. Just an idea, maybe give the kid a chance to play with the better players and not have pressure on him to really contribute much.
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I don't think it matters if those get the same minutes they have been. Yes, they are both playing well but the first unit is starting terribly so ya gotta make a change to it. I think it would help the second unit trememdously to have either or both of these guys and they can still be in there to finish.
 
I don't get most of the games, part time fan, but I don't see any advantage to changing the starting lineup right now, just based on stats. It appears that Bell , Miles, and Price all need to figure out why they aren't converting a better percentage of their shots. I don't think the decision of who is starting has anything to do with that.
I agree with whoever said, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
The team is winning, so stick with the starting lineup that is winning, but keep looking for ways to improve everyone's performance whenever they are on the floor.
 
The first quarter is broke: they are continually getting down by big numbers. Sap cannot be counted on for 3 3s in 30 seconds again.
 
I would do nothing. Our highest potential as a team will come from Sap and Al getting in sync. There's only one way to do that and we have to live with the struggles. We absolutely can't take AK out of the starting linuep--we would have lost several games already without him helping the first unit. And Bell will be fine. Just like Deron said in the paper, watch the film and figure it out.
 
Look, I love all the starting players. But we are getting clobbered in the first half, and I don't think we've had a good first half -- aside from the OKC game, all year. So maybe changing the lineup would do good?
 
I think Raja needs to be put in a Harpring-esque role regardless; so we need to either start CJ or Price. At least Price has shown some flashes this year, and I think he deserves a chance to start. I mean we went to the WCF with Derek Fisher as our starting 2.
 
I like the one with Ronnie Price as the starting 2-guard...

as he is not a pure point guard anyway. He is more of a combo guard. He never played point guard in college and he is actually a pretty decent outside shooter. Ronnie is also a really good defender with incredible athleticism. Deron is big and strong enough to guard shooting guards. Deron would be the point guard on offense while Ronnie would guard the other team's point guard on defense. This would also solve our logjam at the point guard position, as Earl Watson would come off the bench to relieve Deron for the small amount of time that he is off the court. I would like this depth chart:

PG: Deron Williams, Earl Watson
SG: Ronnie Price, Raja Bell, Gordon Hayward
SF: Andrei Kirilenko, C.J. Miles, Gordon Hayward
PF: Paul Millsap, Mehmet Okur (when he is healthy), Jeremy Evans
C: Al Jefferson, Kyrylo Fesenko, Francisco Elson

I also think that Hayward and Evans are going to be assigned to the D-league. They need more time to develop and they are not going to get that by sitting on the bench. If the Jazz were smart, they would either purchase the Utah Flash or arrange a single-team deal with them so they are in complete control of the team. That way, the young players that are assigned to the team can be groomed for the Jazz's offense and style.
 
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