homeytennis
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NWG, Oni Davis there are suspects.
Addressing our deficit at power forward
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homeytennis
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Also Haas is coming off the bench for the Stars at about 16 minutes a game and is grabbing 5 boards a game. I know it's the GLeague but that stat alone would place him 2nd on the Jazz this season. Put him on the floor with Niang, Clarkson, Mudiday and Tucker and that unit would have scorers.
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We are fine at PF... it’s still backup center that is causing issues. Ed can’t do anything on offense... is okay on defense when he isn’t fouling everybody... Tony does some okay things on offense but Quin can’t handle how soft he is on defense.
If you are running out a second unit with Mudiay, Clarkson, Niang in it you likely aren’t going to be great on defense. IMO we should go with Morgan and see what he gives you or Bradley and just decide whether he’s worth a roster spot. Cut NWG now that we have 3-4 bench guys in front of him... backup centers are out there... go sign one if you don’t believe in these guys.
If you are running out a second unit with Mudiay, Clarkson, Niang in it you likely aren’t going to be great on defense. IMO we should go with Morgan and see what he gives you or Bradley and just decide whether he’s worth a roster spot. Cut NWG now that we have 3-4 bench guys in front of him... backup centers are out there... go sign one if you don’t believe in these guys.
I don’t care what you do with NWG, but waiving two years of Ed Davis or waiving someone like Oni to get 10 days of a stiff averaging 16 minutes off the bench in the G League is pretty comical.
homeytennis
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Yeah I get that Davis is owed a pile of cash but what have Oni or NWG done or going to do that Tyrone Wallace or Iman Shumpert couldn't do as well or better. Also Booker and Kenneth Faried are available.
Isaiah 1:13
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Sorry but I'm afraid that AB would go straight to Quinn's doghouse and then we'd have another Exum situation.
Your first comparisons were Oni and Davis for 10 days of Haas. I’m perfectly fine with any of Shumpert, Booker, or Faried over NWG, but those are separate issues.
homeytennis
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Right now I'm not getting the love for Oni. He is very raw right now and is a scrappy smart player but at times can't shoot to save his life. The organization does have something invested in him given they paid cash for the draft pick but to my eyes the GLeague is filled with similar guys. Low 2nd round picks generally don't make it. A few do but not many.
jom2003
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Unfortunately due to our problem at PF(which we are anything BUT fine thank you very much), the workload on our center position just skyrocketed. Even two time DPOY Rudy had issues at times trying to stop everything in the paint while securing those rebounds ALL BY HIMSELF. Let alone asking those backup centers to do the same.
Our issue at the backup center as well as Ed's struggle has everything to do with our issue at the 4. Because we no longer have someone like Crowder or Favs who could rebound/cover down when our center goes out there contesting shots. And now our so called “PF”s like Niang and Jeff simply look behind and expect Rudy to help them with everything defensively. I mean, how do you expect ANY backup center to keep up with that?
Our bench is **** shallow. We ain’t winning anything with this bench. No. Way.
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Well Noah can do that if he is healthy? He cannot be worse than Davis People wanted Favors gone because he couldn't shoot the 3 pt? Now you want to bring in a guy like Favors. So who is on your radar?