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Starting lineup.

Based on the performances so far, I would make a Jefferson / Fes change in the line-up. Fes has deserved to play more mins than he has.I think if Jefferson continues to fail in same aspects of the game or makes litte progress, I would insert Memo (when %100 healthy) into the lineup. Memo's efficiency is highly related to the system and execution, while Jefferson's game has generally been stopping the ball at the post and making a 1-on-1 move. In a perfect world, no way would I put Okur, who is 30+, ahead of Al but BigAl's skillset fits the needs of our 2nd unit and Memo has always been crucial for the Jazz system and actually boxes out.
 
memo is money said:
Based on the performances so far, I would make a Jefferson / Fes change in the line-up. Fes has deserved to play more mins than he has.I think if Jefferson continues to fail in same aspects of the game or makes litte progress, I would insert Memo (when %100 healthy) into the lineup. Memo's efficiency is highly related to the system and execution, while Jefferson's game has generally been stopping the ball at the post and making a 1-on-1 move. In a perfect world, no way would I put Okur, who is 30+, ahead of Al but BigAl's skillset fits the needs of our 2nd unit and Memo has always been crucial for the Jazz system and actually boxes out.
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I totally favor this. Let Al go to work in the 2nd unit, start Fes.
 
Here's to some Bench Al.

Look at Miles who actually seems to relish being the focus of the Jazz's second unit offense. Pair him and Jefferson's low-post-only play to further strengthen the bench. That will also be addition by subtraction with the starting unit. Also agree that Fes would be the logical token starting center.
 
We lose to a team who's 10-1 and to OKC and everyone is screaming for lineup changes lol!
 
Shad said:
We lose to a team who's 10-1 and to OKC and everyone is screaming for lineup changes lol!
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The Jazz, who always been one of the BEST rebounding teams in the NBA, have been outrebounded nearly EVERY game so far + they have lost all the home games which were against strong teams of West and currently do not seem to protect the home court. The second unit has produced little to nothing which forces the coach to play Deron/Millsap and sometimes Jefferson 35-40 mins. That's not good.

I am a firm believer in consistency and patience, and I watch same amount of games as you but apparently I see, comprehend the games a lot more different than you. Something has got to change in order for this team to protect their damn home court, not to rely on ill-timed, ill-advised shots of CJ Miles, who seems to be the ONLY player who can bring some scoring off the bench, not to rely on AK's 3s. I do not know whether BigAl can man up and play some defense, or the team can change and start to show some consistency, efficiency in what they try to do. Hopefully they will today. That would be a change, too.
 
I think we need to take Bell out of the starting line-up, put CJ in, and somehow acquire a real 6th man.

This might not be able to happen until next year. I am a patient person.

If we end up looking like the 09-10 Spurs this year, and can come out of the gates like the 10-11 Spurs next year, we could have a good future. With AK's contract, there is no way this current team was going to be the be-all end-all of this new look Jazz. Hopefully we can resign AK for half the cash and have the leftover money to sign a new buddy for Earl Watson.

The Spurs with their new pieces last year started 9-9 through the first 18.
 
twentytwo said:
I think we need to take Bell out of the starting line-up, put CJ in, and somehow acquire a real 6th man.

This might not be able to happen until next year. I am a patient person.
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I think Jefferson might come out midway through first and third quarters and not play the rest of 1st and 3rd Qs while finishing the half and the game on the court. In THis case, Fesenko comes in for BigAl. Fes becomes the sidekick of Millsap on frontcourt and Elson who has the ability to shoot to give some room for 1-on-1s plays with Jefferson for some time. It accounts for an estimated, nearly 36mins per game for Al Jefferson. Another change in the rotation might be done by putting Miles in for either AK or Bell after 2nd official timeouts of 1st and 3rd quarters.
 
Shad said:
We lose to a team who's 10-1 and to OKC and everyone is screaming for lineup changes lol!
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The starters have also been behind in the 5 games previous to these loses. It's not like it has not been a problem all year. Up till this point I was willing to say they had to get used to each other but We are a ways into the season now and it's getting worse not better. Sometimes a change is needed.
 
We looked like a team focused on their next game. DWill, Price, and AK at times were the only players who were effective for us. Millsap always works hard, but seemed overmatched, and Jefferson is a step slow and struggling in all phases. I thought he was a better rebounder than he's shown so far. For cripes sake, we were outrebounded by the visiting team by like 15 boards? Yech!!! OTOH, the Spurs played like they owned that building...
 
NotDeadYet said:
We looked like a team focused on their next game. DWill, Price, and AK at times were the only players who were effective for us. Millsap always works hard, but seemed overmatched, and Jefferson is a step slow and struggling in all phases. I thought he was a better rebounder than he's shown so far. For cripes sake, we were outrebounded by the visiting team by like 15 boards? Yech!!! OTOH, the Spurs played like they owned that building...
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Deron played really bad for a big chunk of this game. He was being a ball hog and taking ill advised and bad shots. I am one of his biggest fans but in this game he was a problem not a bright spot. Miles was also pretty damn effective for us playing with Price during that 2nd quarter come back.
 
Do nothing. I've said it before, but the highest potential we have as a team will come from Al and Sap figuring out how to play with one another (right up on the tee for Trout), and Al getting acclimated to our system. The only way to do that is to let them struggle.

The only change that could be made is at the 2. But Bell will eventually be perfect in his role. It's a process.
 
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