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Game Thread Oct 29, 2025 07:00PM MT: Portland Trail Blazers @ Utah Jazz

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LogGrad98 said:
Ace needs to break out eventually, right?

Right?








Right?




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He's coming off what seems to be a bad illness and it's still super early. Even Cooper has mostly looked bad. It would be nice to get a morale boosting game here soon, but I won't panic for another 10 games or so.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
Sure, it makes sense to give him the benefit of the doubt as far as conditioning and game feel are concerned.

However, the fact that he's jacking up shots every single time he gets the ball probably doesn't have anything to do with being sick.
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That's fair. I think chucking up shots is his natural tendency. The regular season NBA game is currently too fast for him, so I think he is reverting to his natural tendency.

I think he's coachable and I think things will slow down at some point and I think he'll look better soon.
 
I think Ace should just start and maybe he would be less likely to have that 6th man kind of mindset of shooting everything, but I s hard to justify if he's going to go out there and play that way.

I think people kind of got it twisted when they think the goal of the season is to develop all the young talent. The goal is to identify the ones we should develop, and you kind of have to make sure you have some viable players around them to really know who they are.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I think Ace should just start and maybe he would be less likely to have that 6th man kind of mindset of shooting everything, but I s hard to justify if he's going to go out there and play that way.

I think people kind of got it twisted when they think the goal of the season is to develop all the young talent. The goal is to identify the ones we should develop, and you kind of have to make sure you have some viable players around them to really know who they are.
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I also think its harder for a guy to find his place in a game from off the bench. He doesn't need a ton of extra minutes if he is still feeling bad, but I think just the game process is easier than warming up... sitting down and then coming into a game midstream. Might help him have a better rhythm. They can also run something easy for him to get a look out of the first set.

It wasn't just the missed shots last game. He looked like he was a little dead and out of it. Preseason he was energetic. Hopefully this doesn't linger for weeks.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I also think its harder for a guy to find his place in a game from off the bench. He doesn't need a ton of extra minutes if he is still feeling bad, but I think just the game process is easier than warming up... sitting down and then coming into a game midstream. Might help him have a better rhythm. They can also run something easy for him to get a look out of the first set.

It wasn't just the missed shots last game. He looked like he was a little dead and out of it. Preseason he was energetic. Hopefully this doesn't linger for weeks.
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I think the game is a little too big for him at the moment. He's slow and he's not sure what he's seeing out there forcing bad shots simply to get involved. This team is playing good basketball right now so taking the lumps with Ace probably isn't a Hardy priority.
 
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