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The Missing Piece

David Stern said:
I don't think Favors is the problem against GS/Houston.. I think Rudy is.
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Houston scored less than they have this year.

Favors couldn't stay on the floor against their spacing.

We had to have someone protecting the rim, so we went with the guy that protects the rim.

Sorry you disagree with the best coaching staff in the league.
 
Does Hezonja defend? Is he gritty? If the answer to both is "no", you'd have trouble getting me to cough up half the MLE for him if I was making the call.

I am actually naive here.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Houston scored less than they have this year.

Favors couldn't stay on the floor against their spacing.

We had to have someone protecting the rim, so we went with the guy that protects the rim.

Sorry you disagree with the best coaching staff in the league.
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I don’t see why people don’t get it sometimes. You can’t bend and play their style or you have already lost.

Rudy was also one of the reasons we were in those games... he completely changed theirnshot profile. Not his fault that we couldn’t shoot.
 
The missing piece(s) are Crowder and O'Neale working with Quin and Bryant in the off-season to improve their 3pt shooting. Imagine if those two, plus Donovan came back hitting ~38%.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Does Hezonja defend? Is he gritty? If the answer to both is "no", you'd have trouble getting me to cough up half the MLE for him if I was making the call.

I am actually naive here.
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Id say yes he is. I havent watched every minute of his games either but from what I can tell he is at least adequate with potential to be a good defender. He certainly isnt bad.

Here are a couple videos I dug up. This one is his draft express scouting tape. Defensive upside was one of his strengths. At 6:13 they go into his defense.



This one is from this season before he reallly got his chance. The defense part is at the end.




He looks to me like he has good lateral quickness and can stay in front of his man. His athleticism gives him potential for steal and blocks which he does have some nice highlights of.

Id say yes he does have grit too. He has a fiery personality.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Does Hezonja defend? Is he gritty? If the answer to both is "no", you'd have trouble getting me to cough up half the MLE for him if I was making the call.

I am actually naive here.
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Hezonja does defend sometimes. I paid him some attention this year as he was on my fantasy basketball team. He does well when bigger player post him up or other player try to overpower him. He needs to develop better skills about getting over screen and staying with off the ball action.

Offensively he has a 3 pt shot and the ability to drive and finish. What he needs is coaching to teach when it is okay to work into a pull up jumper. I like him a lot at the right price. But he is a risk.
 
If the Jazz had a sweet-shooting big at the 4 like Lauri Markkanen it would change the Jazz's offense and spacing completely. It would mean that when a defense switches on the perimeter, the big can still shoot over the top or step in and pop from mid-range.
 
Catchall said:
If the Jazz had a sweet-shooting big at the 4 like Lauri Markkanen it would change the Jazz's offense and spacing completely. It would mean that when a defense switches on the perimeter, the big can still shoot over the top or step in and pop from mid-range.
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I dont think that's how you want to beat switching.

The whole point of switching is that it prevents those looks from happening or makes them extremely difficult.
 
Our missing pieces in the playoffs were:
Rubio and Thabo not playing;
Crowder's improvement after a Jazz off season;
O'Neale's development to become a Wesley Matthews; ;
Getting another player with Jazz DNA through this draft or free agency will just be a Bonus.
 
LoPo said:
Gortat makes a lot of sense for us, but I think we should do it like this:

Jerekbo, Udoh, and a small salary like McCree or Stockton for Gortat and #17. http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y85pbkp5

Why for Washington - if they did this trade before the draft, they avoid the luxury this year. That's massive for a team destined to be in the luxury in the coming years. Being in the luxury sucks. Being a repeat offender for a mediocre team can bring everything down. Sure, it hurts losing #17 a little, but the luxury savings this year and probably next is worth it. Maybe we throw in our 2nd (#52) and a future 2nd to ease the pain.

Why for us - this move might be the end of Favors or it might not. Either way, we know backup C is okay for next season should Favors go elsewhere. We could then concentrate on wing play. #17 is a nice little trade chip to combine with #21, flip for a future 1st or just select best player available.
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You want to trade 2 better players for a #17 pick and a has been who would rarely see the floor?
 
jaytulao said:
Our missing pieces in the playoffs were:
Rubio and Thabo not playing;
Crowder's improvement after a Jazz off season;
O'Neale's development to become a Wesley Matthews; ;
Getting another player with Jazz DNA through this draft or free agency will just be a Bonus.
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and this might be all we really do.

with rubio and thabo its possible we win game 4 and or 5 against houston, and make it a seven game series. game 5 was ripe for the plucking if we didnt lose Donovan, and the aforementioned players.

i really wish we could have seen our full strength line up against Houston to better gauge where we are at. are we really that far off?
 
jaytulao said:
Crowder's improvement after a Jazz off season;
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I expect Crowder to have an even better year next year. He struggled in Cleveland, and was a mixed bag for us. Definitely helped at times, and had some really good moments, but struggled a little too.

He's going to have a full off season to prepare for our offense, and get even more comfortable with the system.

It's a contract year.

He wants to be here.

All of these things add up for a recipe for success. I'm expecting a really good year from him.
 
Revolution 9 said:
I expect Crowder to have an even better year next year. He struggled in Cleveland, and was a mixed bag for us. Definitely helped at times, and had some really good moments, but struggled a little too.

He's going to have a full off season to prepare for our offense, and get even more comfortable with the system.

It's a contract year.

He wants to be here.

All of these things add up for a recipe for success. I'm expecting a really good year from him.
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Yeah you could tell by his exit interview he had a clear plan to work his arse off over the summer, hope he gets into a bit better shape, i'd like to see him finish strong at the cup more than look for the layup. Dunno if he has the athleticism to do it but i don't know if he was in the best shape when he arrived.
 
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