Lol he single handedly lost us the game?
Conley is sucking the swagger out of the team that was found after the Clarkson trade when Mike was out. He's affecting the whole team, thus the lack of chemistry argument.
Of course there's going to be lack of chemistry. It took these guys 3 months(Conley missed a full month)and and they're still getting chemistry down. This isn't going to happen overnight on limited minutes. Conley and JC have played what? 3 games? Conley and the bench unit the same?
Conley will never be the bigger bodied bully that Mudiay is. Mudiay and Clarkson were physically having their way with second team backcourts. That is what suddenly brought an identity to the Jazz after the JC trade.
Meh Conley is a better player in almost every aspect. As I've said I'm one of the biggest Mudiay homers here but I understand there's a reason why he's not highly sought after. He's a good solid role player, nothing more.
His role was being a bigger bodied driving bully with some range. He was hungry and played like he was trying to get better. He paired great with JC's assassin attitude. Much better than MC's smooth cruising small ball style.
Conley can't drive? Did I miss something watching him consistently drive the last 10 years? Y'all are way too obsessed with body type and height. It hasn't stopped Conley before.
This summer??? The Jazz have their hands on the 2nd seed this year, and the old buys club invested in Conley would rather throw that away than make some adjustments.
The salary makes it hard to re-configure in season. He also will likely raise his trade value with better play and by being healthy.
The benefit each player brings to the Jazz's chemistry is polar opposite with these two. Conley has yet to fit in, while Clarkson sparked the Jazz to become the hottest team in the league when Mike was out with injury.
I see him a lot like Al Jefferson. A ball stopper that still gets his. Sure he gets to the rim and can manage to finish all while turning the rest of the team into observers. At least the mudiay/Clarkson pairing had a good amount of draw and kick. Conley has primarily a draw and force up the floater over the 7-footer. He has pretty solid individual ability so he'll get his tough layups and hit some of those floaters, all while ignoring open players on the perimeter and a chance to start the blender. We didn't blend one time last night and that was far worse with Conley on the floor. You take the other players out of the offense and the offense sputters in general.
