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Why are we still stuck with Tony Bradley?

candrew said:
It's going to be a great year if our biggest concern is who will be our third string center.
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Well that and our inability to proficiently rebound the ball outside of Rudy and Ed. And as just mentioned they will likely never play together. Thankfully defending in the post vs. old school fours is mostly a thing of the past, or obviously that would be up here too.
 
Zombie said:
OK? I actually wouldn't be surprised to see us play Jeff Green there in stretches against smaller teams.

The idea that our championship contending status is going to be threatened by our third string center is laughable. If Rudy goes down we're going to have a problem regardless of who you could realistically put in that slot.
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Well it could very easily massively affect our playoff seeding and our path to a chip. The top 5 or 6 teams even are probably going to be decided by a 5 or 6 win gap. Rudy missing ten games and our ability to cover for his minutes in certain situations could be the difference between the second seed and the fifth in the west. The small things matter, most of all in championship contending years. This is a war of attrition and the one of the jobs of a general manager is to put in as many fail-safes and backups as possible.

I'm sorry (I wish it were not true) but Tony Bradley is not a playable backup to a backup.
 
Kyoto said:
Because the kid has improved a ton since the jazz drafted him and the people making the decision to keep him are professional talent evaluators and not some random person on a fan board.

Personally I like the kid

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Shocker. The board dunce likes Bradley.
 
SuperHooper said:
Well it could very easily massively affect our playoff seeding and our path to a chip. The top 5 or 6 teams even are probably going to be decided by a 5 or 6 win gap. Rudy missing ten games and our ability to cover for his minutes in certain situations could be the difference between the second seed and the fifth in the west. The small things matter, most of all in championship contending years. This is a war of attrition and the one of the jobs of a general manager is to put in as many fail-safes and backups as possible.

I'm sorry (I wish it were not true) but Tony Bradley is not a playable backup to a backup.
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I completely disagree. The first job of a center is rebound the ball especially on the defensive glass. Bradley is okay at this. In summer league Bradley showed an improved ability to catch and finish lobs which is a key part of the Jazz offense.

Tony does need be more impactful on D.

What do you expect out of 3rd string center?
 
All I'm sayin' is all y'all Mormons better be prayin' for Rudy's knees and ankles every friggin' night cuz Coast to Coast Tony will be a disaster whenever he gets on the floor :(
 
Qman said:
I completely disagree. The first job of a center is rebound the ball especially on the defensive glass. Bradley is okay at this. In summer league Bradley showed an improved ability to catch and finish lobs which is a key part of the Jazz offense.

Tony does need be more impactful on D.

What do you expect out of 3rd string center?
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I think I had said it in a previous reply - to be able to cover for backup center minutes in spot minutes or even multiple games for injuries (doesn't pass), show good upside or athleticism (doesn't pass), or show an ability to change the pace/style at the C spot like a stretch 5 (certainly doesn't pass).

He's not even a poor man's Zach Randolph, whom I've heard Tony compared to.
 
Qman said:
I completely disagree. The first job of a center is rebound the ball especially on the defensive glass. Bradley is okay at this. In summer league Bradley showed an improved ability to catch and finish lobs which is a key part of the Jazz offense.

Tony does need be more impactful on D.

What do you expect out of 3rd string center?
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Honestly more concerning than anything else is Tony's defense. It's very not good. He's been in Q's system for 2+ years and still can't stay effectively with simple pick and rolls, or recover in space on multiple actions to defend at the rim. His feet are simply too slow no matter how much work he put into "his body" lol
 
We should be looking to upgrade the roster in every way we can. I hate Bradley but I suppose I don’t have a problem playing him in garbage minutes as much as possible, foul trouble minutes (as little as possible) or on nights when we want to rest Davis or Gobert, say maybe once for each player over the first 30-35 games. Sorry, but if we can’t beat the Knicks or Hornets without one of those guys, we deserve to lose. After that time and maybe around 250 total minutes from Bradley, we should have a much better idea of what to expect from the guy if we need him.
 
SuperHooper said:
I think I had said it in a previous reply - to be able to cover for backup center minutes in spot minutes or even multiple games for injuries (doesn't pass), show good upside or athleticism (doesn't pass), or show an ability to change the pace/style at the C spot like a stretch 5 (certainly doesn't pass).

He's not even a poor man's Zach Randolph, whom I've heard Tony compared to.
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A homeless man’s Zach Randolph might be fair.
 
This is a fair question imo, but I'm cool with keeping him.

We aren't likely to pick up his 4th year option imo… think its about 3.5M. He would need to show something more concrete in pre-season and camp for that to happen.

I don't think he's a future piece... I don't think he's a piece I'd feel good about relying on for regular backup minutes yet... the Jazz likely think he's worth keeping around this year... if we really needed a roster spot or if we had an injury and someone better was available you could waive him. I think at this point in the offseason you just keep him and it's mostly because he's already guaranteed and DL isn't ready to take the L on this one yet. If they pick up his option for next year I'll be pissed.
 
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