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Free Miye Oni

At times Oni looks like a stud and other times he looks like he's never played basketball before. I can see why he was drafted.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
We are trying to win not develop players at the detriment of team success.
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I get your point and you are probably right that it's too early to try Oni. But actually what are we trying to win right now? We are practically sure we will be in the playoffs and we don't have a realistic shot at top 4, it may turn out that finishing 7th could be the best if Nuggets stay in the second place (not that I am confident we would beat them in series anyway, they are better than last year). We are not the contenders so it wouldn't harm to give a guy some chance thinking about the future.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
I stopped reading after this. Your desire to play Oni is pure fiction and irrational thought and the fact the jazz are in a dry spell
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Well you should have kept reading because I stated clearly that I’m not sure he should be playing even over the other g league guys... I don’t have a desire to play him right now but it’s not a crazy thing to state that maybe we should try. I’d give Brantley a shot first personally.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Well you should have kept reading because I stated clearly that I’m not sure he should be playing even over the other g league guys... I don’t have a desire to play him right now but it’s not a crazy thing to state that maybe we should try. I’d give Brantley a shot first personally.
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I’d give Brantley a shot, that’s it. I think he will grow into a very good player weather that means he’s a future starter or glue guy off the Bench.
 
I wouldn't say play him... But on the other hand, if the team is playing this poor then they should play him and Brantley and Tucker and anyone else until the vets feel like playing.
 
Oni will replace Ingles when he retires. I think he will be that good. Best player the Jazz drafted since Donovan Mitchell. You can come back and refer to this post again and again. When I try to visualize a player I try to give them some leeway - some players that evolve are like Paul Pierce, smooth, but not electric abilities. I see that in him.

Brantley is in the mold of Al Jefferson/Millsap. He loves to take into the post and improvise (which can be hit and miss, but mostly hit), but has great skill outside the paint.
 
His shooting was horrendous for a while. But I think he has the ability to improve - late blossomer. Plus, he always picks the hot hand to defend - not great for his numbers but is pretty fearless.
 
whatthe said:
Oni will replace Ingles when he retires. I think he will be that good. Best player the Jazz drafted since Donovan Mitchell. You can come back and refer to this post again and again. When I try to visualize a player I try to give them some leeway - some players that evolve are like Paul Pierce, smooth, but not electric abilities. I see that in him.
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ROTFL. This sounds like you picked up a dart blindfolded throwing at a board blindfolded hoping it hits the bullseye and not the village idiots ***. That’s bad Analysis on him.
 
whatthe said:
His shooting was horrendous for a while. But I think he has the ability to improve - late blossomer. Plus, he always picks the hot hand to defend - not great for his numbers but is pretty fearless.
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He started by shooting
16.7% from 3 in November
25% in December
48.6% in January
39.5% in February

He's done that while going from a little under 5 attempts per game to over 6 attempts per game.

He needed a little time to adjust to the deeper shot... any of the folks who play basketball know how much further and how big an adjustment it is.
 
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