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Have people given up on Big Al?

billyshelby said:
Of course big men need other good players. And of course they have to play in a system. But a low post scoring threat is part of virtually every winning team, and often it's the most important part. The Lakers won behind Shaq. The Spurs won behind Duncan. The Rockets won behind Hakeem. Yeah, there are exceptions. When you've got Jordan, you don't need the bigs to be truly dominant. But an inside outside game, usually anchored by two stars, is like the hallmark of championship building.
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I agree you need a big to be a pillar for your team (one of the biggest problems for OKC IMO), but I guess I think the facets to how a big plays is far more complex than feeding the ogre next to the hoop. I'd love to have a pillar-esque big, but I don't see it in Al (for a lot of reasons). I hope I'm wrong, but not as much as I hope I'm right and the Jazz can get something for him.
 
I think people need to give the guy a break being it was his first year here. His job was not easy when you have cj, ak and bell all pretty much sucking it up shooting. He did a hell of a job doing what he could with the team. Jazz will be in the playoffs next year as long as favors is starting and big al can match up good against teams. Glad to have him more then i would boozer for sure.

Like i said big al and favors starting together have not lost a game.
 
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I told you all, he was brought in to replace Boozer in the one-two punch. DIDN'T WORK. He's not the future anymore. Get over it.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Ummm... that's your argument, apparently.
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No, I'm responding to your argument. You said you were more concerned with Al's numbers in Boston and Utah than Minny. I assumed you meant because he played on better teams, or at least teams with more structure. I only pointed out that Boston's teams sucked. And if they had more structure sucking with Doc running the show, Al posted his best efficiency numbers with them in the only year he started before the trade.
 
Jazz record when Al scores:
30+: 4-4
20-30: 14-14
<20: 21-25

There is not a strong correlation with Al's scoring total and our win total. The logic here is even on our offensively limited roster, we have guys capable of scoring at a high enough efficiency rate to replace Al. The strongest evidence came in our monumental win against the Heat where Al had 2 points, and late season against the Lakers where Al had 11. Having said that, I would not be in a rush to trade him. Favors is terribly young, and Kanter will be even younger should we draft him. Let Al have one more year as the man and see if he can evolve his game and take that next step to become an all star level player.
 
Sloanfeld said:
I told you all, he was brought in to replace Boozer in the one-two punch. DIDN'T WORK. He's not the future anymore. Get over it.
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And the constant Boozer trolling continues. Seriously, find a new "thing". It has been beaten to death. You have lost all credibility and it isn't even interesting any more.
 
billyshelby said:
No, I'm responding to your argument. You said you were more concerned with Al's numbers in Boston and Utah than Minny. I assumed you meant because he played on better teams, or at least teams with more structure. I only pointed out that Boston's teams sucked. And if they had more structure sucking with Doc running the show, Al posted his best efficiency numbers with them in the only year he started before the trade.
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I said no such thing. It would take too much effort at this point to explain what you could go back and read for yourself.

But I'll try anyway: Hantler talked about his "track record" with Minnesota, to which I mentioned Boston and Utah. I thought we were talking about his being a career-loser because that's what I bring up constantly and winning is all I care about, and Al has found a way to lose in situations that were not hopeless. In fact, the contrast in one season of his leaving or arriving with respect to Boston and Utah is dumb-founding. Make excuses until you're blue in the face all you want, because that's all Jefferson homers have been doing for 5-7 years now.
 
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