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I agree. They need him as insurance. They're giving Trey the benefit of the doubt right now, but I don't think they are by any means committed to him.
Preseason conclusions after two games
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I agree. They need him as insurance. They're giving Trey the benefit of the doubt right now, but I don't think they are by any means committed to him.
Insurance? You know if another PG gets hurt, they can just cut one of the non-guaranteed contracts that does make it and sign another PG.
Withey is a much better talent IMO than Cotton. Cotton is a good player, but Withey is a 7' that blocks shots, gets rebounds, and can hit his FT's (from what I've seen in the preseason). A huge part of the Jazz's identity is defense, so it makes more sense to have insurance for blocking shots than it does for having below average PG insurance (you can get that whenever you want).
If Burke doesn't get the job done, it's more likely they trade for an actual PG than start playing Cotton major minutes.
The fact that Quin is giving a 3-wing line-up more run (even with Hayward sitting) and not giving Cotton any is very telling. Even Cooley got in the game for a few minutes.
I only watched the first half of the second game. Here's what I saw-
Our starting 5 looked great.
-It was so much fun to watch the outlet passes go to Burke, Burks, or Hayward and then watch them run.
-Booker didn't look like a starter. We'll look even better when Favors is out there.
-The defense was stifling. We looked really, really good. Deflections every where on the guard line because Gobert is an anchor down low.
-Burks and Burke looked great.
Our bench needs help
- They sagged off Neto and he was useless on offense. Before he came in the ball was moving around and the offense was flowing, when he got in he dribbled at the top of the key for 10 seconds.
- Neto is pesky on defense. He's got hope if he can shoot.
- Dennis Lindsey blew the Kanter trade. We got three rather poor backup centers for a max player. I'll give Pleiss more time, but so far I'm not impressed.
- Hood is good. Lyles looks like a rookie, but he'll be good.
- Millsap looked better, wish I could have seen more of Ingles.
Although I love everyone on this roster, we might need to make some trades to be able to make a deep playoff run. Then again, Snyder is a magician. Maybe he can figure it out.
Our starting 5 looked great.
-It was so much fun to watch the outlet passes go to Burke, Burks, or Hayward and then watch them run.
-Booker didn't look like a starter. We'll look even better when Favors is out there.
-The defense was stifling. We looked really, really good. Deflections every where on the guard line because Gobert is an anchor down low.
-Burks and Burke looked great.
Our bench needs help
- They sagged off Neto and he was useless on offense. Before he came in the ball was moving around and the offense was flowing, when he got in he dribbled at the top of the key for 10 seconds.
- Neto is pesky on defense. He's got hope if he can shoot.
- Dennis Lindsey blew the Kanter trade. We got three rather poor backup centers for a max player. I'll give Pleiss more time, but so far I'm not impressed.
- Hood is good. Lyles looks like a rookie, but he'll be good.
- Millsap looked better, wish I could have seen more of Ingles.
Although I love everyone on this roster, we might need to make some trades to be able to make a deep playoff run. Then again, Snyder is a magician. Maybe he can figure it out.
NAOS
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Ingles has looked really bad on defense each game.
NAOS
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in fairness, he played most of his minutes in the second half of last game at the 4. It may take him some time to get used to those matchups and spots. He played good D on the final few plays.
IDK, I may only be remembering the bad ones, but I feel like Ryan Kelly was blowing by him every time he got the ball.
NAOS
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for some reason, Ryan Kelly was getting by a few people last night. That little change of pace thing he's doing from the three-point line (and just beyond). He couldn't really do **** with the ball afterward, though.
Yeah, it was really blowing my mind.
Cooley has very little chance of making the final roster. Withey could end up playing more than Pleiss initially but Pleiss will be on the roster and get playing time.