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https://www.ksl.com/article/46669188

As Mike Conley watched the film of the Utah Jazz’s last two losses to the Kings and Clippers, he saw some things he wasn’t too proud of.

Mainly, how he had allowed his man to get into the paint for rebounds. He wasn’t the only culprit — far from it — but he wanted to make sure that didn’t happen again.

So he made a deal with his team: If he misses a box-out, he’s paying up.

“I told them they can fine me $100 every time I miss a box-out from now on,” Conley said.


https://www.ksl.com/article/4666954...to-grasp-the-complexities-of-the-jazz-offense

Mike Conley remembers how he was feeling during his first day of training camp with the Utah Jazz. As he listened to the terminology and went over some of the intricacies of head coach Quin Snyder’s systems, he couldn’t help but crack a joke.

He and new point guard Emmanuel Mudiay turned to each other and said: “I think you need a Ph.D. to play here,” Conley remembered. “They didn't tell us that before we came.”
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“I don't know that we have any monopoly on complexity,” Snyder said before Wednesday’s game. “If you watch us play, right now, it's more about execution and comfort.”

For Conley, the game against the Sixers showed progress in those two areas. Conley had 15 points on 6-of-15 shooting, six rebounds and two assists. Those numbers don’t jump off the page like his 29-point outing against the L.A. Clippers did last week, but it might have meant more in the long run.
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“I felt like I had a good flow throughout the whole game, just knowing when my time was to be aggressive and when I was to be a decoy, or cutting or whatever it was,” Conley said. ”I'm trying to figure out the timing of that.
 
I'm not really either. I think it's just confirmation that he's still figuring things out. I'm assuming he's going to be really good as time goes on.

Also thought it was cool that he's dedicated to doing the smaller things like boxing out, enough that he's willing to be fined if he doesn't do it. Kind of motivating himself to make sure it happens and that he's asking to be graded on it.
 
There's an article in The Athletic on Conley and he said he and his family just moved in the night before Opening Night. And they still weren't really situated and he's been living in the house and in a hotel while they move in. I think he'll be fine. It took Rubio like half a season before he looked like he knew what he was doing.
 
Conley may ultimately be a great Jazzman and is undoubtedly a great teammate, but I'm not impressed at all with a commitment to box out. That's Basketball 101. That's something you learn literally from the time you are in grade school. If you're not boxing out, you're not playing basketball correctly. Shouldn't have to make a commitment to box out as a professional basketball player: it should be an ingrained habit. Which is what pissed me off so much when Bogdanovich failed to box out Harrison Barnes on that last play against Sacramento. Bojan literally looked right at Harrison cutting to the basket, then turned his back on him to go for the rebound without making any attempt at all to box out. Really terrible basketball.
 
Love reading **** like this. It helps assuage some of my fears.

The stretch 4 is still a concern doe. Orlando is 2-6. If they tumble, how do we feel about Exum for Aminu?
 
Conley may ultimately be a great Jazzman and is undoubtedly a great teammate, but I'm not impressed at all with a commitment to box out. That's Basketball 101. That's something you learn literally from the time you are in grade school. If you're not boxing out, you're not playing basketball correctly. Shouldn't have to make a commitment to box out as a professional basketball player: it should be an ingrained habit. Which is what pissed me off so much when Bogdanovich failed to box out Harrison Barnes on that last play against Sacramento. Bojan literally looked right at Harrison cutting to the basket, then turned his back on him to go for the rebound without making any attempt at all to box out. Really terrible basketball.

Watch the Sixers and then come talk to me.
 
Love reading **** like this. It helps assuage some of my fears.

The stretch 4 is still a concern doe. Orlando is 2-6. If they tumble, how do we feel about Exum for Aminu?
Yes, but it doesn’t matter how we feel about it. DL is a hard no.
 
He and new point guard Emmanuel Mudiay turned to each other and said: “I think you need a Ph.D. to play here,” Conley remembered. “They didn't tell us that before we came.”

This actually speaks volumes in terms of "it takes good sense to know good sense" or any kind of "it takes one to know one". For one thing, you've got have some background to even know what is a Ph. D..

I figure this means he sees the task and is going to do just fine accomplishing it.
 
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I didn't get the quote I wanted in there the way I wanted. Maybe it makes more sense now.

basically, I take it as a hopeful thing that we have someone on the team who knows what a Ph. D. is. I figure he'll be able to manage with the coach's system just fine.
 
I didn't get the quote I wanted in there the way I wanted. Maybe it makes more sense now.

basically, I take it as a hopeful thing that we have someone on the team who knows what a Ph. D. is. I figure he'll be able to manage with the coach's system just fine.
Yeah, I got that. I’m wondering why you are surprised that he knows what a PhD is.
 
It's hard to focus when you are transitioning to a new city, a new system and new faces. The fact that he had six boards and a couple of steals suggested a level of aggression I'd not seen from him in the first four games. Still think his mere presence is a big factor in Mitchell's stellar play as well.
 
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