billyshelby
Well-Known Member
Not much time to post, but I've lurked, watched the games, and I have a few thoughts.
The Tank: I see some consternation about this, but I think Lindsey has this under control. First, he knew Ty wouldn't get anything out of this team and the recent "success" doesn't change that. Second, I'm positive he'll shed RJef and Marv quickly if we start to win a little too much. He knows they're both worthless assets relative to our draft position, and nothing they could bring back would justify finishing 8th worst compared to 3rd worst. The Bynum/RJef rumor alone leads me to believe he's managing this correctly.
The Ty: Ty is a bad pro basketball coach who will definitely be fired. I could get into the minutia of it, but there seems to be this fallacy of equating Ty "changing" to Ty "evolving". First off, it takes Ty forever to change. It took him years to unravel us from the antiquated flex. On D, I've never figured out what Ty's defensive philosophy is other than forcing middle instead of baseline. As I've said in the past, he seems to be a teacher of fundamentals without a scheme which is not ideal for a head coach. Getting into the nitty gritty of our sets and defense would take too long...
But the macro is easy enough to see. On offense, we've been one of the bottom 5 teams in attempted 3's per game since he took over. At the same time, we've gone from 11th in team assists in Al/Milsap 2012 to 24th this year. So we don't shoot 3's, AND we get few assisted baskets. Two takeaways from this. 1) Ty actually doesn't believe 3's are important (as obvious as it is damning); 2) leaving "black hole Al-fense" last year has actually resulted in LESS efficient team offense. Lets not forget, we're currently 26th in offensive efficiency, last in defense at the moment.
The Tomorrow: Other than securing the draft pick, the only real issue is Hayward. Relative to market, he's an 11 to 12 million dollar a year player. He's not worth that much, of course, but that's his price since the RFA process will jack up the sticker. My guess is Lindsey will quietly look to deal Hayward, but will likely roll the dice to match an 11/12 offer. Personally, I think Burks will ultimately be the better player, and my concern is trading Burks to accommodate a Hayward deal. People will disagree, but I think Burks has star potential, Hayward doesn't, and committing to Hayward ahead of Burks would be a mistake.
Anyway, go Jazz. But this year, that means lose, which I'm rooting for, but is very strange.
The Tank: I see some consternation about this, but I think Lindsey has this under control. First, he knew Ty wouldn't get anything out of this team and the recent "success" doesn't change that. Second, I'm positive he'll shed RJef and Marv quickly if we start to win a little too much. He knows they're both worthless assets relative to our draft position, and nothing they could bring back would justify finishing 8th worst compared to 3rd worst. The Bynum/RJef rumor alone leads me to believe he's managing this correctly.
The Ty: Ty is a bad pro basketball coach who will definitely be fired. I could get into the minutia of it, but there seems to be this fallacy of equating Ty "changing" to Ty "evolving". First off, it takes Ty forever to change. It took him years to unravel us from the antiquated flex. On D, I've never figured out what Ty's defensive philosophy is other than forcing middle instead of baseline. As I've said in the past, he seems to be a teacher of fundamentals without a scheme which is not ideal for a head coach. Getting into the nitty gritty of our sets and defense would take too long...
But the macro is easy enough to see. On offense, we've been one of the bottom 5 teams in attempted 3's per game since he took over. At the same time, we've gone from 11th in team assists in Al/Milsap 2012 to 24th this year. So we don't shoot 3's, AND we get few assisted baskets. Two takeaways from this. 1) Ty actually doesn't believe 3's are important (as obvious as it is damning); 2) leaving "black hole Al-fense" last year has actually resulted in LESS efficient team offense. Lets not forget, we're currently 26th in offensive efficiency, last in defense at the moment.
The Tomorrow: Other than securing the draft pick, the only real issue is Hayward. Relative to market, he's an 11 to 12 million dollar a year player. He's not worth that much, of course, but that's his price since the RFA process will jack up the sticker. My guess is Lindsey will quietly look to deal Hayward, but will likely roll the dice to match an 11/12 offer. Personally, I think Burks will ultimately be the better player, and my concern is trading Burks to accommodate a Hayward deal. People will disagree, but I think Burks has star potential, Hayward doesn't, and committing to Hayward ahead of Burks would be a mistake.
Anyway, go Jazz. But this year, that means lose, which I'm rooting for, but is very strange.
