jom2003
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for those who sorta expecting Conley/Ed to pick up their games have failed to realize that there is a reason for their recent struggles. players, especially those professional ones, don't just all of sudden start playing like trash for no reasonBtw, you were right I misread part of your earlier post. My bad.
If? He isnt. Odds were he never was going to. Even if he did, it was never going to be enough to make the Jazz contenders. Some of us said so.
If the talking heads said they were contenders, they were wrong. Odds makers never had Jazz better than 6th and that was a distant 6 or 7 far from Lakets/Clippers and still behind Houston. (They were 8 in 2019)
Conleys game doesn't fit Rudy nor Mitchell and the jazz gutted their team to get him. Lost their identity, and their narrative along the way.
My plan? Funny I seem to recall that most people thought the Jazz needed a stretch 4 and more shooting from the wing. I guess I would've started there.
Incidentally, I dont recall anyone calling for a small pg to take the ball out of Mitchells and Ingles hands, and play a different style than Rudy. So i wouldn't have started there. But i guess if i was determined to frustrate my two stars that way, I would have found a cheaper player to do the same thing.
well, unless you are a bona-fide superstar(playing like one instead of getting paid like one) who will produce no matter what, most players will only perform in an environment/system that is comfortable to them.
what makes DM the most comfortable is to pair him up with a 3D guard with decent size and comfortable in offball situations. and Conley is everything opposite of that. for those who blame coaching, just watch Pop's team USA this summer with Kemba and DM in the backcourt struggling at times trying to figure out who gets to take the ball. and people keep saying Conley>Rubio in terms of shooting ability. But deploying Conley as an offball shooter is the absolute WRONG way to play a guy who has had the ball in his hands in all his life. not to mention all the skilled big men he partnered up with in Marc Gasol, Randolph, or even Valanciunas. and now all of a sudden you put him on a team with a guy who constantly demands the ball as well as a big man who has trouble even at catching. you think more practice time and adjustment is just gonna solve those issues(or "figure things out" in someone's words) for a 32 yr old who is unlikely to improve or make any further changes to the skillsets/playstyle at this point of his career? i don't think so.
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