What?
Pretty sure they still have some really good players on their team and it was on the road. Only reason we lost was because of FT's.
Also pretty sure we don't have Alec Burks, or the guy who backs him up.
Utah Jazz @ Dallas Mavericks Wed 2/11/15 6:30 PM MST
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What?
Pretty sure they still have some really good players on their team and it was on the road. Only reason we lost was because of FT's.
Also pretty sure we don't have Alec Burks, or the guy who backs him up.
Yeah, I thought we played good defense. It seemed to me we were scrambling and playing tough. We let Barea get wide open a few times because of breakdowns, but overall we made them uncomfortable (and Ellis wasn''t 100%).
Remember though, the Jazz don't have a single NBA-calibur guard at the moment. Any time the Jazz can stay semi-competent is a moral victory in my mind. Our frontcourt is beastly.
Elijah Millsap really needs to work solely on his 3pt shot, specifically the corner, in the off-season. He has the defensive part down, but his shot blows and he isn't very confident with it.
framer
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That is why teams with little NBA experience don't rack up a lot of wins. I'd swear Dirk and Harris together have more NBA experience than our entire squad. This is why the perpetual rebuild is a bad idea. At some point you have to stop adding rookies and add experience, preferably playoff experience. For all of the slobbering about Oklahoma, they really haven't done much because eventually their talent loses to teams with better experience.
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candrew
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Lack of experience - every time they went to double Dirk he passed it out until they found a wide open player. When the double comes too early you leave your perimeter players out to dry.
♪alt13
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He said game, you turned that into team. That's not really an honest way to communicate. I'm optimistic about this team too but offensively at least they stunk tonight. Defensively the 3rd was not good especially against the guards.
Well the Jazz hung tough but when you don't show up for the first quarter on the road usually a team can't recover. Our guard play is horrible right now. Exum looks like he is a couple years away from being a steady NBA player. Kid needs to get in the gym and bulk up and then visit Stockton for the summer learning the right way to play. Overall, a moral victory consider how poorly the Jazz usually play in Dallas but nevertheless still a loss. Oh well...
freakazoid
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Lol, so tanking for 2 years is a perpetual rebuild? Let's also not forget that draft picks can be traded for experience, and the more valuable the pick, the better the return in trade.
Getting Traded
Banned
Tonight was a perfect example of how much the Jazz need a point guard so they can close out games. Now with Kanter on the block, I hope they can package him and Trey for something good. Trey, to me, is a real detriment to the team. He made several bonehead plays that contributed strongly to losing this game. Yeah, so he made some shots. He made key turnovers and couldn't guard Barea -- no excuse him being too small in this case.
I saw more of a need for another wing who can shoot/score. How many times did Millsap get wide open corner looks only to drive unsuccessfully?