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Utah Jazz Pre-Season Games Official Thread

I’m going full homer because that’s what I do.

Y’all ready for Allen to explode this season? I’ll apologize for losing my **** in advance.

Don't apologize. There were times where I was watching Grayson tonight thinking to myself "is it happening again??" "Did we draft ANOTHER stud?"

It can't be... can it?? CAN IT?!
 
Overall
Good
Ball movement
Defense
Teamwork
Mix and match players in and out smoothly

Bad
Free throws
Not a lot else

Grayson Allen
Cool, calm, focused
Gets his three point shot off fast, even off a dribble
Threes were great
Hustle defense, on the floor
Good rebounds
It will be very hard to keep him off the court. His play demands playing time

Tony Bradley
Lot of points, huge number of rebounds
Got in late, but looked very solid

Alec Burks
Threes were dropping
When he is in the offense looks different. He goes towards the basket when outside the arc. Our other gaurds pass along the arc. Not sure if good or bad, but no one else really runs it like Burks

Jae Crowder
I was surprised that I didn’t like his game more
Had a good amount of minutes, didn’t do a lot with them

Dante Exum
Did some Dante things. Fast drive, off his knee.
Defense strong. It seems he can recover almost every time
Nice block
Lot of assists. Kept the offense moving

Derrick Favors
Not a lot of time tonight
Didn’t do a whole lot
Not much happened when he was on court

Rudy Gobert
First 10 minutes was ludicrous. He had all the points and all the rebounds
Caught some very high balls and put them in
Free throws were horrific. Particularly the airball that grazed the bottom of the net

Isaac Haas
This guy is big, slow, and kind of confused where he should be
Joe Ingles
Injured, didn’t play
Jarius Lyles
No comments
Donovan Mitchell
Two great plays. A block from behind coming from nowhere
A drive to the left, going past his man, flipping it in over his left shoulder with hs back to the basket. Great finish
Not a huge amount of playing time.
Sat on the floor with the end of the bench after he went out. Classy move

Raul Neto
Injured, didn’t play
Georges Niang
Pretty effective
Not super fast or athletic, but he seems to be in the right place at the right time

Royce O’Neale
4 steals
Didn’t shoot much
Hustled on defense

Ricky Rubio
Didn’t shoot great
Shoots better on one foot with the slow step back
Not a huge amount of minutes

Thabo Sefolosha
Solid play, not flashy
Had a lot of minutes, not a lot of highlights

Ekpe Udoh
Scored a lot on follow ups
Solid defense
 
Alec Burks and Grayson Allen look like they could cut in to Royce O'Neal's minutes. They just have too much offense and effectively space the floor.
 
Grayson shot 9 3s. I didn't think of him as a volume shooter, but clearly he could be.

Quin's offense loves moving the ball and taking 3s. If Allen can shoot 5 3s a game, he's going to get significant minutes. He's also got one of the quickest releases on the team. He looked like our backup 2 tonight.
 
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