Terrible coaching lost this game!

[gandalfe]

So, you take Donovan out. How much damage does that do to his confidence? How about the relationship between player and coach?

 

[str8line]

So, you take Donovan out. How much damage does that do to his confidence? How about the relationship between player and coach?

So true.

It's not too important that we win this game, actually it may have been better that we lost it in a close one. Gotta pay your dues and build that character.

 

[Getting Traded]

You don't have to take him out, but he definitely wasn't making the best decisions. Quin could've said to look for the open man unless you have an uncontested shot during those last seconds. His shot was contested; KD had his hand right up on him when he released and he was a little off-balance if I recall as well. If we ran out the clock without scoring, they would've had even less time to score. For instance if we took a shot with less than a second left, at least two seconds more would've gone off the clock in the scramble for the rebound and who knows maybe even more if the ball was batted around. By the time they called time out, if they got the rebound, they would've had only 2 or at best 3 seconds left to score.

 

[carolinajazz]

It wasn't just the last minute of play.....Donovan was shooting turrible the entire 2nd half and especially the whole 4th quarter! And is his ego is so "fragile" that getting pulled because of having a very bad shooting night and playing like caca is going to ruin the rest of his entire NBA career, well, then, he shouldn't even be playing professional basketball! If anything, a true Pro should be saying "I should be pulled! I'm having a seriously bad night and I'm hurting my team right now just being on the court!"

 

[carolinajazz]

By the way, I can't BELIEVE Rondo only got a 3 game suspension for the punch he threw at the Houston player! He should have gotten 10 games minimum!

 

[Rubashov]

So, you take Donovan out. How much damage does that do to his confidence? How about the relationship between player and coach?

i don't actually think that much but i think its more important for him to play through it and learn We'll be better off in the long run, championships aren't won in October.

 

[LoPo]

I can't believe people are taking shots at Donovan after two games. For F sake guys, cool it. Donovan will be a streaky player for the next 10 years unless you guys are dumb enough to run him off sooner. Regardless of if he shoots 60% or 20%, he's a guy the other team has to watch at all times. His presence allows for the success of others. If Rubio is off, he can be replaced because he doesn't demand attention all the time. If Donovan is off, he still has value.

We lost as a team.

 

[LogGrad98]

i don't actually think that much but i think its more important for him to play through it and learn We'll be better off in the long run, championships aren't won in October.

This. Donovan needs to learn to play through slumps. He will run into these situations often in his NBA career and he needs to learn to maintain his confidence when things are not going his way. If he has shown one thing it is that he has the ability to learn from his mistakes and improve his game accordingly. I expect to see him bounce back.

 

[carolinajazz]

I can't believe people are taking shots at Donovan after two games.
We lost as a team.

So your saying we are way OFF base pointing out areas where Donovan needs to improve? He was doing some of the very same dumb things last year during the playoff series the Jazz got eliminated in! So it hasn't just been "two games"! Basketball players do not come out of the school yard "polished" and with a high basketball IQ just because they can jump high and are quicker than a cat! They need COACHING! Of course, many of those high school hotshots are UNCOACHABLE and will NEVER improve because there bad habits are already ingrained beyond repair! We certainly don't think that's the case with Donovan....at least we hope not!

 

[Harambe]

Jazzfanz celebrity death match between CJ and EM. Who you picking?

I'm going with CJ. He just entertains me more.

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

Hmm, I feel I should bring facts to your irrational hate of Melo:

Uhh, you do realize that Melo scored 30 against the Jazz in the blink of an eye on January 20th 2016.

I see the reason why you hate Melo is because Melo is a Jazz killer.

Funny how much I came to love a photo I used to loathe.

 

[LoPo]

So your saying we are way OFF base pointing out areas where Donovan needs to improve? He was doing some of the very same dumb things last year during the playoff series the Jazz got eliminated in! So it hasn't just been "two games"! Basketball players do not come out of the school yard "polished" and with a high basketball IQ just because they can jump high and are quicker than a cat! They need COACHING! Of course, many of those high school hotshots are UNCOACHABLE and will NEVER improve because there bad habits are already ingrained beyond repair! We certainly don't think that's the case with Donovan....at least we hope not!

I'm perfectly fine with criticism. However, I don't think he is the player you bench which is what so many people said and were implying. Of course Donovan has to get better, but fans need to be patient and understand the development.