DasJazz
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I want to see more of O'neal. I think he may already be better than Hood and Burks.
Pure energy guy and he has a very nice corner 3 shot. I like him.
I want to see more of O'neal. I think he may already be better than Hood and Burks.
He’s at least better than them at bringing something to the game without scoring.I want to see more of O'neal. I think he may already be better than Hood and Burks.
Yep he's far better than either defensively.He’s at least better than them at bringing something to the game without scoring.
Hood is not nearly as bad as people try to make him out to be. I agree he has been pressing a lot this season but the man is very talented and a great shooter overall. You can't just purge your entire roster of talent because you have a shiny new toy (Mitchell). You have to build around and have the right pieces. Hood is a definite piece of the puzzle, we just have to get other parts that fit.
He was clearly fouled on the play he was upset about and he's definitely not the first player to ever be ejected from a game. Come on now, you're grasping at straws here to paint him in a bad light.
I mean, to be fair, hitting and potentially damaging a fan’s phone because you’re throwing an adult tantrum doesn’t really require grasping at straws to point out that it was a major dick move.
It seams pretty clear that Hood has not responded well to the added pressure of being a main option on offense. Its time to ship him to a contender for a late first round pick. The Jazz are pretty stellar when It comes to drafting late.
I'm not sure how you see Hood becoming anything like LeBron.So because he's not the #1 option and turning himself into LeBron we trade him away? That makes since.
Candidate for Trout's newest account.I'm not sure how you see Hood becoming anything like LeBron.
Could you please expand on this discovery?
I'm not sure how you see Hood becoming anything like LeBron.
Could you please expand on this discovery?
5. When Rodney Hood doesn't settle
Catch Hood on the right night, and he looks like a star -- raining 3-pointers, and dropping in soft, old-school lefty floaters. He makes you forget all the other nights when he goes 2-of-7 on those tough midrange looks.
Only 11 percent of Hood's shots have come within four feet of the hoop, a career-low, and a mark that puts him in the 9th percentile among wing players, per Cleaning The Glass. His tendency to settle deflates his free throw attempts and passing numbers. You can't drive-and-kick if you abort drives before drawing extra help. Hood averages less than two assists per game -- a teensy number for a wing who has the ball so much.
He has more in him. When he takes that one extra dribble deep into the paint, Hood unlocks more options, and serves up some canny interior passes:
You can see him pause to contemplate his pet floater before prodding for something better. Hood is already shooting 39 percent from deep. He tries on defense, and he's big enough to bully smaller guys in the paint. This extra dribble is the missing piece.
Hood made the Zach Lowe 10 things I like and dont like list
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22048007/zach-lowe-10-things-like-including-dirk-nowitzki-nba
I’d like to see how the rest of the season goes. I don’t like the thought of paying him $20 million or even $17-18 million, especially when you still have Exum to sign as well. Jazz also need to look ahead in the fact if Mitchell continues to grow and improve and be the player you can see he will become he is going to have a heafty price tag when this first contract is up. They need to do what they need to do to cater around Gobert and Mitchell. I still believe Hood can be good and important, but he’s only worth so much, and he’s not worth $20 million as of now. Hood does have the attitude to fell slighted if you low ball him I agree, but I would rather take the chance at losing him than being in a money crunch when Donovan’s contract comes up, and on Donovan if he continues on his path they better just throw the money at him and not make him go find an offer like they did Hayward. We all know that meeting didn’t go well and Hayward probably did feel slighted, keep money available so the same doesn’t happen with Mitchell. Hoods value can’t be quite that high right now, and if that’s what they’re going to have to pay to keep him, trade him or let him go. Being a GM would be a complicated business and thought process....kudos Dennis Lyndsey, I’m glad these aren’t my decisions.I really see a no win situation with Hood. 1. Pay him what he wants ($20m) and there's a huge risk he remains exactly what he is today and that contract kills the Jazz.
2. Lowball him and he feels slighted just like Hayward did.
3. He signs a short-term deal to try to increase his value. Then he becomes an UFA and maybe leaves? So all that investment in him for nothing.
I'm all in on trading him if the return is reasonable.