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Conley Benched

This is the right move... good on them... Mike still needs to play well. I hope they don't sell it as a one game thing. Was looking at the matchups tonight like... ya know this ain't the night to be small on the perimeter.
 
About time. It's weird how everyone but the Jazz were saying this forever.
I think they did need to test it again after Mike got healthy... if only to sell it to him that the bench role is best for everyone. I think the timing on this is pretty appropriate... even though there was plenty of evidence to justify it earlier.

I'm curious to see the rotation tonight.
 
I agree with the move. When Mike is off the floor, the Jazz have more size, defense and rebounding. They also don't lose anything in terms of ball movement and shooting. Plus, he's a pretty good backup point guard.

Mike can still get 20-25 mins/night.
 
I think they did need to test it again after Mike got healthy... if only to sell it to him that the bench role is best for everyone. I think the timing on this is pretty appropriate... even though there was plenty of evidence to justify it earlier.

I'm curious to see the rotation tonight.
They had to try Conley in the starting line-up and 3 game losing streak(was it 2?) was good enough of a time to plug him in.
 
Its a great time to do it... but also might be a tough time to do it because national tv game and according to Locke this is like the worst matchup possible for us right now. Hope like hell we play well and Mike has a solid game off the bench.

When Mike came off the bench his FG% was much better... even though his 3P% was really low... the 3P% should be fairly stable... so maybe it will help his overall shooting and he can just do what he does more. If the offense stagnates in a possession he's out there with Jordan ****ing Clarkson and you can just throw it his way and let him get a bucket. Like this makes sense to me... Mike has to swallow some pride... maybe he digs deep and finds the dude we thought we were trading for. Even if he just plays solidly (like he has recently) and the starting group plays well, we should be in a pretty good place.
 
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