Game Thread Nov 22, 2023 08:00PM MT: Jazz at Trail Blazers

[JazzGal]

Wow, Yurt7 is coming in. Hardy switching things up.

 

[Doc Cherno]

I have some questions for Coach Hardy…

 

[SoUjazzfan]

We're not tanking, we're just that bad evidently.

 

[outerspacefan]

Are we already on of the 3 worst teams in the league?

 

[MT Steve]

Starting Olynyk over Ochai is just... lol. I can't with this coach.

We have the worst defensive rating in the NBA, and he thinks replacing our best guard defender for an absolute sieve on defense is the go-to move?

 

[Doc Cherno]

I think this experiment with the team pounding vodka before each game probably needs to come to an end.

 

[JazzGal]

Starting Olynyk over Ochai is just... lol. I can't with this coach.

We have the worst defensive rating in the NBA, and he thinks replacing our best guard defender for an absolute sieve on defense is the go-to move?

He thought height was the issue, I guess. It wasn't.

 

[outerspacefan]

I'm 4 or 5 games away from giving up on coaching staff and some players.

 

[JazzGal]

I think this experiment with the team pounding vodka before each game probably needs to come to an end.

Switch to bourbon.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I wonder what point of desperation we have to hit to see Luka Samanic

 

[JazzGal]

I'm 4 or 5 games away from giving up on coaching staff and some players.

It is likely to be a rough season. I'm here for it.

 

[Elizah Huge]

7 turnovers and a whopping 21 points scored against one of the worst teams in the league in the first quarter. Embarrassing as ****.

 

[Doc Cherno]

Beautiful possession

 

[JazzGal]

Emptying the bench quick.

 

[The Thriller]

The roster sucks.

But Hardy isn’t doing anything to instill confidence that he’s the man going forward.

I thought read that he wasn’t going to play guys who didn’t pass or play defense. Haven’t seen it impact Clarkson, Sexton, or THT. I did see that we benched the one guy who passes and is our best defender. So that makes sense…

 

[Elizah Huge]

THT is so bad.

 

[Doc Cherno]

Switch to bourbon.

But not the good bourbon until they prove they can hold onto the ball.

 

[The Thriller]

Perhaps we should’ve squeezed a lil more juice out of that Gobert/Mitchell lemon? They were at least competitive most of the time. This team traded those players away for assets that haven’t really shown any promise aside from Lauri and this team has been unwatchable since we traded away Beasley and Conley. If we’re going to rebuild and tank, least collect and play the young guys. Otherwise, what are we doing here? Two straight years of this team being unwatchable.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Dunn/THT in the game at the same time means half-court offense is going to be impossible unless you are just shotmaking at a high level.

 

[SoUjazzfan]

If we brought up TH and Sensabaugh then gave them a bunch of minutes we could at least say, "rookies, what can you do"?