LoPo
Well-Known Member
Here's how I see our roster:
Rudy - foundational piece who we are built around right now
Pro's - establishes our defensive identity and sets great screens
Con's - good opponents can scheme him out
Don - foundational piece and one for the long term
Pro's - he's a fantastic offensive player who is still improving
Con's - not a good defender
Ingles - big part of our identity
Pro's - he can do a bit of everything
Con's - can't be relied on for too many minutes
Clarkson - top notch 6th man
Pro's - can score in bunches
Con's - not a good defender or passer
Royce - strong rotation player
Pro's - unselfish, hardworking team glue guy
Con's - can't guard elite scoring PG's and is reluctant to shoot
Conley - great vet
Pro's - can run the offense and has been shooting well
Con's - not a good defender
Bojan - great stretch 4
Pro's - elite shooter who works hard
Con's - not a good defender
Favors - strong rotation player
Pro's - works hard at defending and rebounding
Con's - can't be relied on for too many minutes
We have too many guys to put the ball in the basket and not enough guys who stop the other team from putting the ball in the basket. Just look at the list of good defenders on our team:
Rudy - elite defender
Favors - good post defender
Royce - solid wing defender, poor PG defender
Ingles - declining solid wing defender
We don't have a single "good" wing or scoring PG defender on the entire team. We have 3 undersized offense-first PG/SG's. We have a PF who can shoot but not defend. We have two solid wing defenders who are limited in who they can defend.
People come at me because I have been critical of Conley. I actually like Conley, but he's an awful fit with Don and Clarkson. Too many chuckers and not enough defense. I pick on all 3 of them when I say that. When you add these 3 to Bojan, we simply play too many guys who aren't good defenders. We will never reach our goals built like this. Either Conley, Don, or Clarkson have to be sacrificed in order to prioritize the defense we sorely need.
We struggle sometimes on offense because we simply don't make the opponent work hard enough on defense. When buckets are easy to come by, the opponent can work harder guarding us. Until our roster is better prepared to prioritize defense, our ceiling is low.
Go Jazz
Rudy - foundational piece who we are built around right now
Pro's - establishes our defensive identity and sets great screens
Con's - good opponents can scheme him out
Don - foundational piece and one for the long term
Pro's - he's a fantastic offensive player who is still improving
Con's - not a good defender
Ingles - big part of our identity
Pro's - he can do a bit of everything
Con's - can't be relied on for too many minutes
Clarkson - top notch 6th man
Pro's - can score in bunches
Con's - not a good defender or passer
Royce - strong rotation player
Pro's - unselfish, hardworking team glue guy
Con's - can't guard elite scoring PG's and is reluctant to shoot
Conley - great vet
Pro's - can run the offense and has been shooting well
Con's - not a good defender
Bojan - great stretch 4
Pro's - elite shooter who works hard
Con's - not a good defender
Favors - strong rotation player
Pro's - works hard at defending and rebounding
Con's - can't be relied on for too many minutes
We have too many guys to put the ball in the basket and not enough guys who stop the other team from putting the ball in the basket. Just look at the list of good defenders on our team:
Rudy - elite defender
Favors - good post defender
Royce - solid wing defender, poor PG defender
Ingles - declining solid wing defender
We don't have a single "good" wing or scoring PG defender on the entire team. We have 3 undersized offense-first PG/SG's. We have a PF who can shoot but not defend. We have two solid wing defenders who are limited in who they can defend.
People come at me because I have been critical of Conley. I actually like Conley, but he's an awful fit with Don and Clarkson. Too many chuckers and not enough defense. I pick on all 3 of them when I say that. When you add these 3 to Bojan, we simply play too many guys who aren't good defenders. We will never reach our goals built like this. Either Conley, Don, or Clarkson have to be sacrificed in order to prioritize the defense we sorely need.
We struggle sometimes on offense because we simply don't make the opponent work hard enough on defense. When buckets are easy to come by, the opponent can work harder guarding us. Until our roster is better prepared to prioritize defense, our ceiling is low.
Go Jazz