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Positive Jazz comment coming from an outsider

I absolutely hate this notion that you have to have a "go-to guy" or an "alpha dog" or a "superstar" in order to do anything in the NBA.

This is stuff people who are looking backwards say. This Jazz team has the potential to break the mold.

Just think for a second about what you would have thought about someone telling you ten years ago about winning a title with small ball. Good thing the Warriors believed in who they were and played their game instead of ****ing that up going after a team that played basketball according to some old formula that worked one time.

The funny thing is that now you see half the NBA trying to imitate the Warriors, and doing it poorly. None of the imitators are going to win a title trying to copy what the Warriors have done.

The Jazz need to look inwards, not outwards, to find their best self.

This team has a go-to guy, alpha dog, superstar. Only thing is that NBA fans are used to looking for that guy on one end of the court and not the other.

This team is going to win on the defensive end. Gobert is the defensive superstar that is going to drive that culture and that revolution in Utah and eventually we'll shatter the mold and other teams will trip over each other trying to be us.

I'm not saying there's no room to add pieces. I'm not saying the team is perfect as is. And I'm not saying we're going to win right now. But we don't need to build a team based on cliches. We've got Gobert and Favors protecting the paint. We're good.
 
Rodney Hood, in the calendar year 2016, has posted a TS% of 59.25%.

I took every point guard, shooting guard, and small forward in the NBA that attempt at least 12 shots per game (figuring to eliminate your "role-players, secondary guys, and glue guys", as OP puts it), and among that group, only Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, James Harden, and Kevin Durant have a higher TS% than 59.25%.

Oddly enough, it looks like in Calendar Year 2016, among volume shooters (>12 FGA) and non-bigs, Rodney Hood (a second-year player, mind you) has been about as good of a go-to guy as you can find.

Not that outsiders would be paying attention to that sort of thing.
 
ncoloradojazz said:
Fort Collins is better then any city in UTAH. Great town it is. You think it just some hick town and all we got is a walmart. lmao, WE got everything dude and HOT WOMEN, so many breweries and weed shops. Don't hate
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Surfside 7. The best.


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History shows you do need a go to guy however. Even the Spurs had Timmy who was beast mode for long time but played within the system./ Not one future HOFer on your team at this point. That's not going get it done. Go find the last team to wina chip without a hofer or a projected one.

Gameface said:
I absolutely hate this notion that you have to have a "go-to guy" or an "alpha dog" or a "superstar" in order to do anything in the NBA.

This is stuff people who are looking backwards say. This Jazz team has the potential to break the mold.

Just think for a second about what you would have thought about someone telling you ten years ago about winning a title with small ball. Good thing the Warriors believed in who they were and played their game instead of ****ing that up going after a team that played basketball according to some old formula that worked one time.

The funny thing is that now you see half the NBA trying to imitate the Warriors, and doing it poorly. None of the imitators are going to win a title trying to copy what the Warriors have done.

The Jazz need to look inwards, not outwards, to find their best self.

This team has a go-to guy, alpha dog, superstar. Only thing is that NBA fans are used to looking for that guy on one end of the court and not the other.

This team is going to win on the defensive end. Gobert is the defensive superstar that is going to drive that culture and that revolution in Utah and eventually we'll shatter the mold and other teams will trip over each other trying to be us.

I'm not saying there's no room to add pieces. I'm not saying the team is perfect as is. And I'm not saying we're going to win right now. But we don't need to build a team based on cliches. We've got Gobert and Favors protecting the paint. We're good.
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ncoloradojazz said:
Your team is full of role players, secondary guys, and glue guys. Reminds me of nuggets from few years ago. Deep bench but lack the GO TO GUY. I truly believe if the Jazz made a couple moves they could be a top 4 team in the west for the next 4 to 5 years and if you get top 4 seed and get into playoffs with homecourt anything can happen. You guys are on the tip but with lacking a go to guy you will never get over the hill. Couple moves and the Jazz could become very dangerous. Yes I find some of your fans at the game classless. Even Reggie Milelr called yall out but you do have a GREAT homecourt advantage. Time to either make some moves and move into the top 4 or just enjoy first round bounces for next couple years. See nuggets as an example. So close are the Jazz but are the Jazz happy with just making playoffs or do they want to make noise in playoffs? That's the big question.
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Houston has a GO TO guy this year. How's that working out for them?
 
ncoloradojazz said:
History shows you do need a go to guy however. Even the Spurs had Timmy who was beast mode for long time but played within the system./ Not one future HOFer on your team at this point. That's not going get it done. Go find the last team to wina chip without a hofer or a projected one.
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The Pistons. Only Billups and Rasheed have a chance at the HOF in my opinion and I def don't think the latter will get in and also don't think the former deserves to get in.
 
ncoloradojazz said:
History shows you do need a go to guy however. Even the Spurs had Timmy who was beast mode for long time but played within the system./ Not one future HOFer on your team at this point. That's not going get it done. Go find the last team to wina chip without a hofer or a projected one.
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Most of those "go-to" guys were born in the finals. We wouldn't think of them that way had they not performed that way when it mattered.
 
ncoloradojazz said:
History shows you do need a go to guy however. Even the Spurs had Timmy who was beast mode for long time but played within the system./ Not one future HOFer on your team at this point. That's not going get it done. Go find the last team to wina chip without a hofer or a projected one.
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Detroit Pistons in 2004. No projected hall of Famers. And a great defense.
 
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