Our “load management” strategy has been horrible

[vegas]

Joe and jc just average 23-25 minutes, bumping them 2x is a recipe for injury. We could have given Oni more playing time. He just played 2 minutes !!

I think JC can handle more. It seems like Joe has a history of significant decline when asked to play heavy minutes.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Playing all the other real rotation players ~40 minutes is a total debacle. I get wanting to win the game, but whatever gains the Jazz got with rest for some were more than spent on the other rotation players. Totally defeats the point, and I support the point. I was about to hop on with 11 minutes left in the 4th to say "just sit the rotation players, the game isn't worth it."

 

[jom2003]

Does running those guys into the ground help to rest some guys?

That's the dumb part about this. The purpose of load management is to rest your players to prevent injuries. And by playing Joe/JC/Bojan those crazy minutes we are achieving the exact opposite

 

[jom2003]

Good news though is Spurs currently bailing us out. Beating the Suns in Phoenix

 

[NUMBERICA]

Also, this was THE game to play Oni. And **** Thomas got burn? That's more than stupid, it's a ****ing embarrassment. Dude is a bum.

 

[jom2003]

Also, this was THE game to play Oni. And **** Thomas got burn? That's more than stupid, it's a ****ing embarrassment. Dude is bum.

I mean at the very least, put Oni on Schroeder for that one last defensive possession. We all know who Royce is. He simply doesn't stand a chance in front of those flashy guards. It could've been Oni’s moment, but instead we have to watch Royce getting absolutely embarrassed yet again.

 

[infection]

I mean at the very least, put Oni on Schroeder for that one last defensive possession. We all know who Royce is. He simply doesn't stand a chance in front of those flashy guards. It could've been Oni’s moment, but instead we have to watch Royce getting absolutely embarrassed yet again.

There's a timeout with 7 seconds left and we left JC and Bojan out there. You can't plug Oni in? He's sold as the reason we didn't need to upgrade wing defense and when we're down three starters, he still doesn't see the floor for a defensive possession?

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

First we have the Wizards debacle where we sat both MCJ and JC, when we could have staggered them. Then we go all-in on today’s and the net result is a close loss where have JC play 46 mins, Ingles 39, Royce and Bogey 40? Does running those guys into the ground help to rest some guys? Could we not have played Rudy today and sat him Monday when Conley returns, or even when there’s a chance Favors is back?

Anyway, this is dumb. I think we’ll need the mental edge of the first seed to go into the playoffs. We could have been the third seed last year but decided we didn’t care about seeding and tried to get cute by picking Denver as our opponent and then lost.

We can rest some guys, but let’s be smart about it.

Side note: I think we need to see Ersan in the rotation to eat a bit of Favors’ minutes. A lot of times we’re pretending his a rim protector in the same way we pretend Royce is a perimeter defender. Ersan may give us a different look and we won’t have to pretend he’s protecting the rim.

I don’t know. I think I’d rather get it over with with 1 o2 pops then stagger it and be at less than full strength for a week.

 

[MTS]

Oni getting 2 minutes in a game where we were missing 4 rotation players is also a yikes.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Joe and jc just average 23-25 minutes, bumping them 2x is a recipe for injury. We could have given Oni more playing time. He just played 2 minutes !!

Couldn’t be helped as game went into overtime. Plus they were starting instead of coming off the bench.

 

[infection]

I don’t know. I think I’d rather get it over with with 1 o2 pops then stagger it and be at less than full strength for a week.

How does it help resting all those guys when Ingles, Bojan, and JC all push 40 or more? By the time everyone else comes back, we'll need to load manage Bojan, JC, and Ingles, and play Donovan, Rudy, and Mike heavily to do so.

 

[jom2003]

There's a timeout with 7 seconds left and we left JC and Bojan out there. You can't plug Oni in? He's sold as the reason we didn't need to upgrade wing defense and when we're down three starters, he still doesn't see the floor for a defensive possession?

Just can't emphasize it enough, to win it all our perimeter D has to do better than the level that Royce is currently showing. Classic example of regular season intensity vs. playoffs intensity when it matters.