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>=] OFFICAL GAME THREAD! Jazz @ Blazers

I don't think Neto lost the game -- the fourth 3, I think it was, was Rudy's fault because he didn't close out on it -- I saw Quin say something to Rudy when he called the time out. But all those shots were hard to defend. We lost the game because we couldn't stop them from getting offensive rebounds. With Rudy and Favors in there, that should never happen. But you know the refs were letting them get away with a lot of physical play, especially Plumlee, and Favors was getting hammered underneath and no calls, and then they call touch fouls on him. The refs definitely played a part in this loss. Getting sick of the Jazz getting unfair treatment from the refs. Someone from the front office should start sending the league some video.
 
dalamon said:
I'm damn near done with Burke. This recent slide has been brutal. I've hung onto hope for 3 years and I'm ready to shift my love to Mack.


Season highs in points and assists for Mack btw
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You realize, Dala, that Burke has little motivation now. He wanted to get traded and now he has to finish out the season with a team he doesn't want to be part of. So, it's understandable that his play is going to fall off. I expect that if this continues, he will start seeing DNPs, especially when Burks comes back, and then CJ will get the remaining available minutes for defense.
 
if you think about it, getting benched actually helps Burke. If he keeps playing crappy everyone will see it. If he gets benched, there is a little uncertainty about whether he maybe could perform if the coach would play him. Even if it is just self-deception, Trey might like the bench more.
 
mellow said:
if you think about it, getting benched actually helps Burke. If he keeps playing crappy everyone will see it. If he gets benched, there is a little uncertainty about whether he maybe could perform if the coach would play him. Even if it is just self-deception, Trey might like the bench more.
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My brother doesn't watch basketball and even HE can tell Burke is crap... I bet a young boy watching the games can tell Trey isn't a good basketball player.
 
Ellis269 said:
Booker and Burke both played too much tonight. They were a mess and cost the team key possessions on both ends. It's really about time for Quin to start going into playoff mode. After the Jazz flipped the script in the 1st quarter they should have gone for the kill. Instead they let CJ, Lillard and Harkless go off.
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It's apparent we don't have the personnel to contend and can't trade for anything. Only hope is to get another lottery pick. Of course Lindsey will again choose someone who has ballerina balance instead of knock-down shooting.

At least we're getting closer to Hayward leaving for nothing. Then Jazz can promote Hood to #1 option and make Johnson the 6th man, while still maintaining that all important cap flexibility...you know, so Utah can be players in the free agent market as was mentioned two years ago.
 
Stifle Tower said:
It's apparent we don't have the personnel to contend and can't trade for anything. Only hope is to get another lottery pick. Of course Lindsey will again choose someone who has ballerina balance instead of knock-down shooting.

At least we're getting closer to Hayward leaving for nothing. Then Jazz can promote Hood to #1 option and make Johnson the 6th man, while still maintaining that all important cap flexibility...you know, so Utah can be players in the free agent market as was mentioned two years ago.
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I didn't read the rest of the thread but this seems like a bit of an overreaction. Has anyone mentioned we could have had harkless for free and didn't get in on that... And that he's a 3 and D guy who is young and big enough to play small ball 4... Did I mention he woulda been basically free?

I do agree with the general sentiment that Stifle has here... Our FA approach bit is pretty hard on this one. Had we gone out and got a better third big or a PG we would be in so much better shape.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I didn't read the rest of the thread but this seems like a bit of an overreaction. Has anyone mentioned we could have had harkless for free and didn't get in on that... And that he's a 3 and D guy who is young and big enough to play small ball 4... Did I mention he woulda been basically free?

I do agree with the general sentiment that Stifle has here... Our FA approach bit is pretty hard on this one. Had we gone out and got a better third big or a PG we would be in so much better shape.
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He shoots 29% from 3.....

You got to shoot at least 35% on a decent number of attempts to be eligible to be a 3&D player.
 
King Cy said:
He shoots 29% from 3.....

You got to shoot at least 35% on a decent number of attempts to be eligible to be a 3&D player.
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Good point. I've only watched him against us and felt like he was better than that. I'd take a swing at him in FA though... Still young and I like the versatility he could bring. Guy got 6 offensive rebounds tonight.
 
Lindsey has shunned the free agent market for basically three straight seasons, only looking for deep discount players like Booker, Withey, Johnson, Millsap, etc. Now I admit I shop at the Dollar Tree because I'm on a miniscule budget, but that's not the way to build a competitive bench. I thought KOC was tight with his money, but DL has been down right puckered. And it's only going to be worse this off-season. EVERY team will have cap space. Demand (i.e. cap space) will be MUCH greater than supply. And that will make FA contracts ridiculous. DL (and KOC before him) have talked about having cap flexibility so they could be players in the market. Well, they did it once and got a few draft picks from GS. But every summer DL kicks a few tires, then proclaims he loves the youngsters and the market was just too expensive and getting player X back from injury is the biggest addition. Feel free to bump this post when he says the same thing again in July 2016.
 
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