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Jazz vs. Charlotte Whorenets Saturday 12/21 3:00 PM game time

SCS said:
This is why the idea of a bench frontcourt of Bradley/Davis/Green is something I've brought up in the past. I know that it goes away from the "modern NBA game". I know it goes against the spacing Quin is looking for. But I feel like with Bradley at center and Davis at power forward you're going to get the most out of Davis. He'd be more free to provide help D. He'd have an easier time crashing the boards because he isn't the only rebounder in the frontcourt like he is when he's next to Green/Niang. He'd be more of a secondary/offball screener.

And if you think about it yeah we lose spacing with that bench unit. But that bench unit would also murder opposing benches on the offensive and defensive glass, should get easy buckets at the rim, and should be very very solid defensively especially at the rim.

As opposed to the current bench unit that doesn't have any strengths.
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our offense would suck though with Ed at 4. we need more offensive weapons on the floor in order to hide Ed on offense.
 
Release the Kraken said:
Niang was 3 for 3 from three and had two offensive boards. He also shot over .400 from three last season, only Bogey did better. He reminds me of Ingles, not fast but he definitely knows how to play. Looked good in the last game as well. I know you're going on +- but look who he's out there with. With our bench, Niang definitely does belong on the floor.
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It's not just +/-. Niang is a poor rebounder, a poor defender, doesn't impact the game with steals/blocks/deflections. He's smart and he's a sniper. He's a specialist. But our bench around him isn't good enough for us to afford having a specialist on the floor.

Green doesn't rebound well. He doesn't get steals/blocks/deflections. His defense comes and goes.

When you have Niang next to Green it's disaster. But we have to have Green on the floor because Green is one of our few bench pieces who can get hot and go for 15-20 points on a given night and that's a huge boost for us when it happens
 
jom2003 said:
our offense would suck though with Ed at 4. we need more offensive weapons on the floor in order to hide Ed on offense.
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Idk, I don't think it would be any worse than it is now. We'd get more easy buckets at the rim. More second chance opportunities as well.
 
SCS said:
It's not just +/-. Niang is a poor rebounder, a poor defender, doesn't impact the game with steals/blocks/deflections. He's smart and he's a sniper. He's a specialist. But our bench around him isn't good enough for us to afford having a specialist on the floor.

Green doesn't rebound well. He doesn't get steals/blocks/deflections. His defense comes and goes.

When you have Niang next to Green it's disaster. But we have to have Green on the floor because Green is one of our few bench pieces who can get hot and go for 15-20 points on a given night and that's a huge boost for us when it happens
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Niang and Green together could be covered if we had a strong rim protector coming off the bench with them, like say Favors or and i have my fingers crossed Bogut come the end of the NBL season. His passing, movement, rebounding and defense could transform our 2nd unit. I think Joe should start being nicer to him on Twitter...
 
Rubashov said:
And what the hell did Quin get tossed for?
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first one he said they are grabbing him every effing time... could hear it clear as day... second one he yelled mean things about the officials mom and told him he’d be doing blow off his wife’s *** after the game. Okay the second one is what I think he said.
 
Rubashov said:
Niang and Green together could be covered if we had a strong rim protector coming off the bench with them, like say Favors or and i have my fingers crossed Bogut come the end of the NBL season. His passing, movement, rebounding and defense could transform our 2nd unit. I think Joe should start being nicer to him on Twitter...
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Green is so disinterested some nights... you can see it almost immediately.
 
SCS said:
This is why the idea of a bench frontcourt of Bradley/Davis/Green is something I've brought up in the past. I know that it goes away from the "modern NBA game". I know it goes against the spacing Quin is looking for. But I feel like with Bradley at center and Davis at power forward you're going to get the most out of Davis. He'd be more free to provide help D. He'd have an easier time crashing the boards because he isn't the only rebounder in the frontcourt like he is when he's next to Green/Niang. He'd be more of a secondary/offball screener.

And if you think about it yeah we lose spacing with that bench unit. But that bench unit would also murder opposing benches on the offensive and defensive glass, should get easy buckets at the rim, and should be very very solid defensively especially at the rim.

As opposed to the current bench unit that doesn't have any strengths.
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Sorry to be disagreeable but Davis and green only grab the boards that fall in their lap. I haven’t seen either one of them get a hustle rebound all season so I don’t think your theory would work.
 
If you watch the highlights from this game. Niang has 2 and-1 fouls on it. He does this EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. He gets beat and fouls and they always get an and 1
 
Good win tonight... hornets couldn’t miss in the first half... fought through it. Refs weren’t great... fought through it. Got two good bench contributions from Mudiay and Niang. Mudiay has been so good and playing the right way... really encouraging. Bradley popped his pants yet I still feel it wasn’t much worse than what Ed gives us. Ed did get a couple offensive boards... missed a layup but that’s kind of his thing now.

Solid road trip and game... just don’t get embarrassed by Miami.
 
Shad said:
If you watch the highlights from this game. Niang has 2 and-1 fouls on it. He does this EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. He gets beat and fouls and they always get an and 1
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yes and look at who he is guarding... he’s guarding wings because he’s playing sf with Jeff Green... he can’t guard Malik Monk on the perimeter.

he did hit like three 3s so tonight was still a good outing for him.
 
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