Walker Kessler Bench Appreciation Thread

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Just wanted to make a thread to talk about how great Walker has been off the bench in his proper role.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

As a starter Walker has a mediocre -5.3 net rating.

As a bench player he is a nice +5.7

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

As a starter he has a pedestrian 115 defensive rating.

As a bench player he is a blazing 105

 

[NAOS_pt2]

^Hug needed

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Jazz are 4-9 when Walker starts

Jazz are 9-4 when Walker comes off the bench

 

[SteakNEggs]

Lol this dude called me a troll

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Walker may deserve 6th man of the year voting IMO.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Lol this dude called me a troll

No, this is an appreciation thread. Just giving him the props he deserves for his play off the bench.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

 

[JazzGal]

Hey, since I never thought Cy would appreciate anything Kessler does, I count this as a huge win.

 

[MT Steve]

Walker has broken this man

 

[Tremendous Upside]

This thread is right on point. The correct way to utilize Kessler at this point in his career is obviously to remove the mental pressure of starting, giving him a "soft landing" into the game. You can still play him a lot of minutes if he has it going on. Confidence is key with Walker, and he has a better chance of getting and remaining confident when he gets to play second stringers for a while to begin a game.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

10-4 with Walker off the bench

 

[Douchebag K]

Numbers don’t lie tbh

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

And yes everyone, I know Walker will eventually start.

I dont think Walker should always be a bench player, but for now this is the best thing for him.

He needs to become way better offensively to be a starter.

A true big rim finisher/runner can't have a FTR of .184. That is just flat out unacceptable levels of softness offensively. Until he figures that out, he is better served off the bench.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

A true big rim finisher/runner can't have a FTR of .184. That is just flat out unacceptable levels of softness offensively. Until he figures that out, he is better served off the bench.

The thing is, the team is already so adapted to Walker's softness that he never even gets the ball unless it's an open dunk or layup. The rest of the players know that nothing good will come out of it if they put him in a 1-on-1 situation on the block. And Walker doesn't want it either.

That's just a huge hurdle for an offense to overcome.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The thing is, the team is already so adapted to Walker's softness that he never even gets the ball unless it's an open dunk or layup. The rest of the players know that nothing good will come out of it if they put him in a 1-on-1 situation on the block. And Walker doesn't want it either.

That's just a huge hurdle for an offense to overcome.

Yeah, for all of Gobert's awkwardness and ball fumbling he stilled tried to put it on your head if he had an opportunity.

That **** Walker did last night when he had the ball on the baseline....

 

[fishonjazz]

The thing is, the team is already so adapted to Walker's softness that he never even gets the ball unless it's an open dunk or layup. The rest of the players know that nothing good will come out of it if they put him in a 1-on-1 situation on the block. And Walker doesn't want it either.

That's just a huge hurdle for an offense to overcome.

Reminds me of a past center for the jazz tbh.

 

[fishonjazz]

Yeah, for all of Gobert's awkwardness and ball fumbling he stilled tried to put it on your head if he had an opportunity.

not in 1-on-1 situations on the block.
Rudy rarely even got the ball unless it's for an open dunk or layup

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

not in 1-on-1 situations on the block.
Rudy rarely even got the ball unless it's for an open dunk or layup

Gobert got fouled a **** ton and dunked through people often. I didnt say anything about catching it on the block.