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Official Reaction to ‏"@Lockedonsports: Just saw @rudygobert15 hit 9 straight 15 footers" Thread

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spycam1 said:
Gobert is gonna work with Nowitzki's shooting coach.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25208746/jazz-center-rudy-gobert-is-training-with-dirk-nowitzkis-shooting-coach
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Holger Geschwindner has done wonders for Dirk. Has he helped other players? I know he worked with Rondo this season, not sure how that turned out.

Either way its good to see Rudy working hard on his game. Shooting will really help space us out. Even just having the threat of being able to make open jumpers.
 
Stifle Tower said:
I heard from a friend who knows a guy who works in the Jazz organization that Quin is installing a special "Timber" offensive set that will have Favors, Tomic, Hayward, Gobert and Exum on the court together. Rudy has already been switching off onto SG's who then can't get a shot off. So it's natural just to have him play off guard. Probably was supposed to keep this secret but Rudy went 7-20 from behind the arc today.
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LoL .. timber did you say..
 
Stifle Tower said:
I heard from a friend who knows a guy who works in the Jazz organization that Quin is installing a special "Timber" offensive set that will have Favors, Tomic, Hayward, Gobert and Exum on the court together. Rudy has already been switching off onto SG's who then can't get a shot off. So it's natural just to have him play off guard. Probably was supposed to keep this secret but Rudy went 7-20 from behind the arc today.
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Snyder's also installing the "Tinder" defense.

Rudy swipes left, Rudy swipes right, Rudy gets annoyed and blocks.
 
silesian said:
If RG hits 65% of uncontested 15 footers this strategy would fail.
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Still, if I am the opposing coach, having Gobert away from the rim as much as possible is a pure blessing.

What really excites me about this team is that you can see they all have major confidence and belief in the fact that they have something really really special going on and that the sky is the limit. A guy like Hayward signed a max contract because who would say no to that, tried to get better, etc... but now he can think "man, I am actually part of a team that could really win !!!". All players feel it, they want to get better fast to get there faster, they want to be on the court when wins happen, they don't want to be left out of what is developping. Some teams spend decades justr trying to sniff a whiff of that dynamic. It might all fail eventually, you never know in sports, but it looks so bright right now...
 
Rudy fakes the 18 footer, defender scrambles to get back on D since Rudy has already hit 3 of those shots. Rudy takes the defender off the dribble, 2 steps for the dunk. Salut. Win.
 
veji1 said:
Still, if I am the opposing coach, having Gobert away from the rim as much as possible is a pure blessing.
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He is already stepping out to this position on many offensive possessions where he takes a pass and looks for cutters. If he can consistently hit a shot from that spot as well it sure doesn't seem like a pure blessing for opposing coaches to me. It could be the first step in turning him into a two way star.
 
DPOY and MIP!!!

2nd round of the playoffs as the 6th seed.

GO JAZZ!!!!
 
Stoked said:
DPOY and MIP!!!

2nd round of the playoffs as the 6th seed.

GO JAZZ!!!!
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If we are the best defense in the league from game 1-82 next year, what's the lowest seed we can get?

Figure in getting Burks back, and the last 20 games version of Rodney Hood.

Discuss.
 
On the top of all the crap posted above (or below if you prefer an opposite thread order), we all knew he was meant to work on that kind of part of his game. It's perfectly natural to get dinosaur sized hardons if he takes his baby steps towards getting to his offensive potential/ceiling. But the real achievement will come when he has 2 or 3 effective post moves with that 15 footer and combine them with all whatever he has to become a nightmare for the opposition. It will happen. It is a small possibility if it does not happen eventually.


Let's edit this: Why will it happen eventually. Because it's Rudy. If you don't know him yet, he is the Grey Gandalf that has seen the Balrog and Heck and fought his way back up to become the White Gandalf (sorry for the racialist example Heaven). This kid will achieve anything that you tell him that he cannot.
 
Rudy's improving his game and showing all the fire, dedication and hard we love him for? Yawn!

SMH...
 
I am so excited to see Rudy camping at the free throw line, never venturing into the paint, to use his new-found skill of hitting a free throw.
 
♪alt13 said:
Which is why it will have no effect on spacing. He shoots it at the end of shot clock and he's the only dude open. Way too much excitement in this thread over a 15' J.
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Sigh. . . HE IS ALREADY STANDING THERE!!!! He plays from there already! Generally he is holding the ball with one hand waiting for cutters going toward the basket. Generally they are defended well because nobody is going to close on Rudy at that distance. To accommodate for this Rudy sometimes gets cute with a faux no-look bounce pass to the inside. At the end of the season, having Rudy distribute from there seemed to have success because his view is pretty damned good, and his passing skill is probably better than anyone should have expected.

However, if he could hit a shot from that very same position it would be a big deal because his man couldn't sag toward the middle. Even if he takes the shot, it damn sure isn't going to be a fallaway and he should have the inside track to move to the basket and clean up his own miss as, unless they come out to closely guard him, the opposing center would not be in a position to box Rudy out. It's the same thing that happens when Rudy hands the ball off behind him and the other player takes the shot and Rudy crashes the boards.

Right now, the best way to take Rudy out of the game is to body him 10 feet or more away from the basket with a big dumb oaf (like Plumlee.) If he could shoot legitimately enough to fake the shot and drive, THAT would help immensely as well and make it damn hard for a caveman like Plumlee to defend Gobert one-dimensionally.
 
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