Go watch some porn to cleanse your mind.I feel dirty after watching crap like that. These were the freaking Spurs and they punked us. Great for the tank though.
One complaint I have with Walker (amongst others) dude never makes even a mildly risky pass. A few times off cuts he had good angles to throw passes and prefers to wait and kick it out… those actions have like no meaning or purpose. Just for the love give me something on offense Walker.
The bad news is that it’s because none of the players really care if they win or lose anymore. Now, it’s not full zero: the players still compete. They still want the best for themselves and the Jazz, and they’d certainly prefer to win than to lose. But the sting of losing is absolutely gone.
Will Hardy has an impossible job here — try to maintain buy-in and team-first thoughts in this environment. Without it, player development is next to impossible. But there’s just no real reason to put wins first if you’re a player — after all, Danny Ainge and co. aren’t.
You left out pumping up trade value. I know it was your list of guesses, but that hypothetical shouldnt be dismissed.It's ultimately good that we won, but a little discouraging to lose to one of the worst teams in the league on your home floor when you are trying to win. I know most of the team doesn't care anymore, but I'm not sure why they would care any less than the Spurs.
Playing Lauri one of his highest minutes of the season is very interesting. Below are my guesses for why this happened, but none of them make a lot of sense.
- Hardy was desperate to win
- To help him meet some minutes/stats threshold related to a bonus before we shut him down
- To help with development/evaluation of end of bench players that we will be making decisions on at the end of the year
You left out pumping up trade value. I know it was your list of guesses, but that hypothetical shouldnt be dismissed.
Another one is Hardy just letting Lauri play high minutes since he wants to play.
I don't think his trade value is going to be affected by playing at all in meaningless games. In fact, him getting injured is the worst thing we could do for his trade value, so I don't buy that one.You left out pumping up trade value. I know it was your list of guesses, but that hypothetical shouldnt be dismissed.
Another one is Hardy just letting Lauri play high minutes since he wants to play.