And you still got absolute morons like Lopo blaming the playoff defense on Gobert. Unbelievable.
Rudy the Beast
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And you still got absolute morons like Lopo blaming the playoff defense on Gobert. Unbelievable.
LoPo
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Read the thread. People were comparing Rudy to Wilt earlier in the thread. It's completely ridiculous because Wilt was an athlete unlike any other.
LoPo
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Yeah and Gobert is just the common 7'1 7'9 wingspan extremely mobile elite defender you see everyday.
No, team basketball and connected defense does, which Utah no longer plays due to the influence of Mitchell and Clarkson.
LoPo
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Rudy is amazing. And I give him credit.
Rudy does not have a 48 inch vertical. Ran the 220 hurdles in college. Bench pressed over 500 pounds. Was a high jumper. Etc.
The above are verified facts by the way. Rudy is really good, but no he's not Wilt. Not by a long shot.
Yes, Wilt was a vertical pop, up and down athletic monster. He didn't have Gobert lateral quickness and he never had to guard elite athletes every single NBA game. Those are facts.
Gobert going to win it based on the Detroit game
LoPo
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Rudy has better lateral quickness than Shaq. Doesn't make him better.
Wilt was the most physically imposing center to ever play the game. Stop man. Just stop.
There is a small part of me that would almost like to see the Jazz go without a month or two of Gobert.
Then when the Jazz immediately tailspin down the standings due to their historically god-awful defense, maybe then people would finally realize: "Oh, Gobert has a superstar impact"
Then when the Jazz immediately tailspin down the standings due to their historically god-awful defense, maybe then people would finally realize: "Oh, Gobert has a superstar impact"
Lateral quickness matters way more to basketball than the **** you posted lmfao.
Wilt is the Russell Westbrook of centers who played against a bunch of dudes who wouldn't even be in the G League.
And I looked at the thread. You're the one who brought Wilt up lmao. That would be like me bringing up Jerry West in a thread about Donovan Mitchell. That era of basketball is irrelevant other than it being what it was, a stepping stone to get to actual elite physical competition.
LoPo
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I brought up Wilt because people were talking like he was the best defensive big man in the history of basketball.
Sometimes, people just need perspective.
Lmfao
JimLes
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You brought up Wilt because you're not old enough to have actually seen Wilt play. Or any 60s basketball.
LoPo
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It's called the interwebs or something like that
gomretat
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I am wondering if the current situation will bring an end to the absurd narrative that getting a good back up center is easy. Our entire offensive and defensive scheme is built around a particular kind of center and the center position is more important in Utah than any other team in the league. Finding the right back up who will come to Utah is a big deal.
The thing is, even if we had had just Doke available, we would have at least been competetive. Anyone 6'10" or bigger would have made a difference. So the fact that all of our 3 7-footers were out was very very significant. But almost any warm body bigger than Ingles would have made a huge difference for us. I think when we talk about a backup being available on the market we are talking about the fact that players like Whiteside and McGee have been available every year that we spent a draft pick on a slow plodding big man with limited skills and likely for less money.