The season of great potential - Just another season of disappointment

[Cappy_Smurf]

Favors is a massive ***** and always has been. We were playing great without him.

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It's funny to me how certain fans just absolutely have to find someone to blame. 2 of the 3 teams we just lost to are top teams in the league, and I'm pretty sure the whole team was responsible for blowing a 20 point lead against the Kings. Blaming Favors is dumb.

 

[LoPo]

It's funny to me how certain fans just absolutely have to find someone to blame. 2 of the 3 teams we just lost to are top teams in the league, and I'm pretty sure the whole team was responsible for blowing a 20 point lead against the Kings. Blaming Favors is dumb.

My biggest issue with Favors is that we went with him over Millsap. That was a very dumb decision in hindsight. Millsap is a fighter who can do everything. Favors is an overhyped big who won't ever be as good. And most importantly, Millsap would compliment Gobert perfectly.

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[tyklug2013]

My biggest issue with Favors is that we went with him over Millsap. That was a very dumb decision in hindsight. Millsap is a fighter who can do everything. Favors is an overhyped big who won't ever be as good. And most importantly, Millsap would compliment Gobert perfectly.

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Millsap wasn't the player that he became in Atlanta. Going with Favors, a young, talented defensive big man with star potential, was a no-brainer. Millsap was on the wrong side of 20 and just didn't fit in age-wise with the rest of the roster we were putting together.

Yeah, I'd like to have kept him, but letting him walk let us fully go into a rebuild.

All of this being said, I'm not opposed to moving Favors for a starting-caliber stretch four or another scorer. Maybe Portland makes McCollum available and we can move Favs, Exum, and a pick for him. That way we have insurance in case either Hill or Hayward leaves this offseason.

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[Aneurism]

This team is just mentally weak and has no killer instinct...which is why rubbish teams can easily comeback from big deficits against us. When faced with our biggest challenge of the season (vs. Golden State), we fall like a house of cards. One bad blowout sends us into a 3 game losing streak and I totally won't be surprised if we lose to the Lakers next. Even with the injuries, we're still good enough to have 2-3 more wins than we have now. I still think we will make the playoffs just because Portland and Sacramento aren't that good, but I expect a quick exit. The season will be a success from the standpoint that we are better than we were before, but we are nowhere even close to being a true contender.

Perhaps it is the fans and not players that are mentally weak. Given the uphill battles the team has faced, the team is still in respectable position and perhaps might be even stronger for it. Players from the second unit are getting some extended minutes which could work in our favor when key pieces come back into play.

Although we are yet to see significant minutes with our true starters together, we should be able to hold our own if the cogs start to come together at the right time.

 

[NAOS]

Perhaps it is the fans and not players that are mentally weak. Given the uphill battles the team has faced, the team is still in respectable position and perhaps might be even stronger for it. Players from the second unit are getting some extended minutes which could work in our favor when key pieces come back into play.

Although we are yet to see significant minutes with our true starters together, we should be able to hold our own if the cogs start to come together at the right time.

repped

 

[enchilada_style]

Perhaps it is the fans and not players that are mentally weak. Given the uphill battles the team has faced, the team is still in respectable position and perhaps might be even stronger for it. Players from the second unit are getting some extended minutes which could work in our favor when key pieces come back into play.

Although we are yet to see significant minutes with our true starters together, we should be able to hold our own if the cogs start to come together at the right time.

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[DasJazz]

My hope is that we can stay in the hunt for as long as it takes to get as close to fully healthy as possible. Then, once we are essentially the team we hoped we would be to begin the year, we start taking off and make a good run later in the season.

I truly believe that when healthy, this team can compete with anyone this season. They've already proven as much in small glimpses. These losses are frustrating but put it in context, the team is decimated with injuries right now. Yes, it's frustrating to wait for the team to get healthy but once they are, we are going to be trouble for teams down the stretch and hopefully in the playoffs.

 

[kabenac]

As long as we make the playoffs and Hill and Favors are ready for round 1 I'll be happy. Burks would be an added bonus. Getting tired of the injuries but the season is still young and we're doing pretty good despite the injuries.

 

[Jazz4ever]

My biggest issue with Favors is that we went with him over Millsap. That was a very dumb decision in hindsight. Millsap is a fighter who can do everything. Favors is an overhyped big who won't ever be as good. And most importantly, Millsap would compliment Gobert perfectly.

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And were you advocating this at the time....doubt it. Guessing we would stumble upon someone like Gobert was inconceivable. Choosing an undersized PF over a 22 year old over a 6'10" athletic phenom just didn't make sense at the time.

 

[str8line]

I thought Favors played hard last night and I've been down on him many times over the years. Both Hayward and Rudy seemed frustrated the whole game. Poor Raul tried so hard but just couldn't hang, not that anyone really could. Mack was working hard. Ingles was great. Trey had his shot going on.

We came back on them and took the lead which was good then Lowry went nuts, 15-20 FG. He's the reason we lost. As many have said they are a great team and we were in the game until almost the end.

Why did Hood take a seat and never get back in the game?

 

[LoPo]

And were you advocating this at the time....doubt it. Guessing we would stumble upon someone like Gobert was inconceivable. Choosing an undersized PF over a 22 year old over a 6'10" athletic phenom just didn't make sense at the time.

I always wanted to keep Millsap. He was a great Jazz man that we always took for granted. We would have made the playoffs the last two years if you replace Favors with Millsap. I even proposed a trade this summer around the draft that was Favors for Millsap and pieces. It got laughed at.

Favors just doesn't have the intangibles to be great. He lacks the drive, durability and savvy to take us anywhere

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[str8line]

And one thing I noticed was with about 1:45 left in the game and us down by I think around 6 pts. The crowd was in the game and Hayward slowly took the ball up court like he was trying to kill the clock then passed to Mack who passed up a open three pt. attempt after making one just the possession before. Then he passed to Lyles who also passed up a shot and we got nothing after burning a bunch of time. There was no fire. At all. I thought they ended on a pathetic note. Maybe a timeout would have helped.