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Al Jefferson 1st half highlights vs. Wizards

Cyrone Torbin said:
He is still our most consistent offensive player. Everyone else comes and goes in terms of offensive production.

His defense can be pretty bad at times, but he has moments where he is a good defender, and he usually plays passable defense.

Our halfcourt offense is terrible without him. At home we can usually run more, but when we aren't running our offense can be ugly without Jefferson.
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I think part of the reason the rest of the offense from the starters is inconsistent is because that's what happens when they play with Al Jefferson. It's hard for the other guys to develop a rhythm when they spend 20 seconds trying to get the ball to Al Jefferson so he can attempt his 37% success-rate push-shot.

He had a stretch in January where his defense was passable, but for the entire month of February I don't think he's had a single game where his defense was even decent. I don't know if he's getting tired or what it is, but it's been awful.

Our halfcourt offense has not been terrible without him this month. When the bench is in, it's been promising, and it some games, it was amazing. That's a bunch of unpolished guys, but I don't care. If they're showing glimpses of greatness on offense this early in their careers, that's wonderful. But even if it doesn't quite match up to the offensive production of Al Jefferson, I don't think there's a single person here who'd argue that the defense ISN'T significantly better without Big Al on the court. It's like a night and day difference, which alone will win you a lot of games, especially on the road.
 
let me tell you a story.
jazz are on a 11-0 run. there is a pick and roll with lowry(who has been playing like a alls tar all season) and some other houston scrub. jazz switches which leaves jefferson on lowry jefferson then decides to run away from lowry back to his own man. leaving lowry who was shooting 5 of 6 from three point wide open beyond the 3 point line. from a 2 point game to 5 point game.
killed the jazz momentum and houston went on a run game over.

yet cj got flack for busting his guts trying to defend a 3 jumps and TRIES his hardest to block it but fouls the guy in the proces.

well i'd rather have someone busting his gut on defense rather than someone who runs away from the hottest guy on the court.

jefferson and howard need to go yo.

i used to play basketball there is this golden unwritten rule.
if someone is HOT (shooting 3 3 pointers) or something. you never ever ever ever leave him open when he has the ball.
if you pressure him and sitll scores then just foul him hard. to get the physicality on his mind when he shoots the next ball
 
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