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Utah Jazz Survivor ROUND 9

Which Jazz player would you vote off in Round 9?

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Thee jazz fan said:
I think people underrate Mo's pg skills. Look where he's been. Mo did a good job with the Bucks then played with Labron. Let's face it, he wasn't asked to handle the ball with James on the team much like Jordans Bulls never had a true pg. In LA Mo played out of position as sg. It seems like it's been a while since he's played pg, so people naturally think he can't be a playmaker. I remember watching him as a rookie, and thinking we had a stud for the next ten years at pg. I can still remember how upset I was when we didn't match the Bucks offer for him.
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Seriously? His 38%/27% convinced you that he was a stud? I remember thinking he was just another SG in a PG's body...and not a very good shooter at that. To his credit, he's worked very hard on his shot. I think Mo is going to surprise us all with his passing ability. AS others have noted, he's rarely been asked to be a true PG, first stepping aside for TJ Ford, then LeBron, then CP3. Out of necessity, teams have played him at SG, kind of like Sloan did with Fisher.
 
MoTown16 said:
Seriously? His 38%/27% convinced you that he was a stud? I remember thinking he was just another SG in a PG's body...and not a very good shooter at that. To his credit, he's worked very hard on his shot. I think Mo is going to surprise us all with his passing ability. AS others have noted, he's rarely been asked to be a true PG, first stepping aside for TJ Ford, then LeBron, then CP3. Out of necessity, teams have played him at SG, kind of like Sloan did with Fisher.
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Mo averaged over 6 assists four times in his career. He'll be a decent play maker for us. That, plus his MUCH improved 3 point % compared to Harris, and probable better leadership, he'll be refreshing to watch.
 
I just think Marvin has some potential left in the tank to be better than what he has been in the past. I'm 100% positive Mo is what he is, possibly worst than what he use to be.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
I just think Marvin has some potential left in the tank to be better than what he has been in the past. I'm 100% positive Mo is what he is, possibly worst than what he use to be.
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marvin has a chance to be good here. worst-case scenario, he'll be better than josh howard at the role of sometimes-starter-slash-aggressive-bench-scoring-wing.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
I think people underrate Mo's pg skills. Look where he's been. Mo did a good job with the Bucks then played with Labron. Let's face it, he wasn't asked to handle the ball with James on the team much like Jordans Bulls never had a true pg. In LA Mo played out of position as sg. It seems like it's been a while since he's played pg, so people naturally think he can't be a playmaker. I remember watching him as a rookie, and thinking we had a stud for the next ten years at pg. I can still remember how upset I was when we didn't match the Bucks offer for him.
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i actually think a lot of people OVERRATE mo's PG skills, precisely because of where he's been.

in chronological order:
- he absolutely sucked in his rookie season. ok, he was a rookie, and ok, he didn't have a consistent role. but he shot 38% and had a single-digit PER, and averaged as many rebounds as assists (meaning not exactly thinking to pass).
- he was decent with a crappy milwaukee team, but not as a playmaker. his scoring went up because his minutes basically tripled, but his assist percentage was in the 20s that whole time (except for the first season).
- when he played with lebron, he had the most dangerous open court player, maybe in the history of the game, but at the very least since magic or dr j... and yet the offense under mo's watch was still one of the slowest in the NBA. don't you think you'd push the ball ahead if you played with lebron? also, his assist percentage actually went DOWN, meaning he was playing less like a PG than before... again, despite playing with one of the most unstoppable players of our day.
- his post-lebron cleveland days (36 games) is when he looked most like a point guard -- 8.7 assists per 36 and assisted on 42% of all teammates' baskets when he was on the floor. but, according to win shares, he actually had a NEGATIVE impact on the cavs' record during that stretch.
- in LAC he a partial year at point averaging 6.1 assists per 36 before being moved to SG in his second year there.
 
Why don't you guys call it a day and declare Favors a winner, give silver to Gordon and bronze to Alec. There is no way it will shape up any different anyway.
 
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