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Although I admit to being surprised by Rubio's good (but not great) outside shooting last year and expect him to improve a little, I think some of you guys are predicting waaay too many points for him. First of all, for him to average between 17 and 19 he would have to take between 14 an 16...

A trade like that would not make sense, I think. Lowry is an overpaid 32-year old point guard who is clearly statistically on the decline. Okay, he is a very good 3 point shooter, but has never been an all-around good shooter, which means he can't have a high usage as a scorer with a high...

It might have something to do with the manner in which their shoulders are built, I think; if the joint is built, lets say, more "upwards" or "downwards". Do you know what I mean?

Except that Irving is not smaller than Mitchell. Actually, Irving is slightly taller and has a higher standing reach. Mitchell has a much longer wingspan and slightly bigger hands, though. I would say that they are of similar size, but I find it amusing that when a fan loves a player, he even...

Okay, but that was ages ago and Love doesn't seem able to do anything consistently anymore -- except having freak injuries, of course.

I get you, but I don't think that Snyder wants the team to be so dependent of him as you imply. I think Mitchell's role will remain basically the same, with basically the same usage rate.

I pretty much agree with The initial post, except for fact that Mitchell improvement will come more from better understanding than from "new moves". I expect around 22 points, 4.5 assists and 4 rebounds.

Well, if the expectation regarding Exum is reaching a Roberson-like level, then I don't think it matters much if he is re-signed at all, since we are talking about very marginal players. Roberson, for instance, has had a PER around 10.0 each season of his career -- a PER of 15.00 means that the...

I think you're being hyperbolic, since Favors shot 39% on long 2s during the regular season, which is only between decent and good for a big man -- and that is by far his career-high from that distance. My point is, he never actually developed an offensive repertoire. He has this medium-to long...

I started to follow the Jazz during the 94-95 season and I believe the first finals team was especially close. Someone mentioned the trouble that arised from the frustration with Ostertag's lack of work ethic, but at that point it wasn't an issue yet, since he was at his second season and...

I only had the time to read the thread now, but I pretty much agree with fishonjazz initial post, especially about Sefolosha's contribution early on. I would grade O'Neale and Jerekbo higher, though. O'Neale basically came out of nowhere and established himself as a versatile rotation player --...

Funny question, since every time I see the Lakers play, I wonder how good Randle would be on the Jazz. He reminds me much of Malone not only physique-wise but also by the way he moves. Randle is clearly a better one-on-one offensive player, IMO, although Favors is a better shooter - but not a...

I don't think the Jazz choked at the end of the game. They simply were lackadaisical throughout it, showing no energy or focus. I think some of them are very tired (like Mitchell, Ingles and Rubio), while others were just having a bad night (like Gobert). So, they just "went through the motions"...

As I saw David play a few minutes last night, I wondered if he could outplay his dad one-on-one nowadays. Of course John is a lot weaker and slower nowadays, but David looked physically weak and not particularly quick and John is though as nails.

It's waaay too soon for so much optimism as some here are showing, IMO. Exum just had a good game against the Warriors back-ups. Let's remember Alec Burks: at the age of 22 he was averaging 14 points per game while shooting over 45% from the field. He looked like someone who could become a...

Offensively, he looked waaay more aggressive than usual. He recognized the openings on the defense and drived quickly and purposedly towards the basket. On defense, he was conservative, mainly choosing to try to stay between his man and the basket instead of pressing or playing the passing...

Fair enough, I agree with your "definition", thus I concede it. It's just that "taking over offensively and defensively" sounds to me really hyperbolic if we are talking about someone who finished with 4 points, 4 assists, 2 TOs, no steals, and a plus-minus of +4. But since English is, to me, a...

You seem to have a very broad definition of "taking over offensively and defensively". I bet most of the games you see a bunch of different players doing it a bunch of different times. Language is a funny business.

Yeah! People project so much of their own values and preferences into their idols that it is quite funny indeed. lol