Game Thread Dec 28, 2020: Jazz at Thunder

[framer]

His defense is probably the most disappointing thing about him since he was drafted in my mind.

Mitchell can play point, score a ton, or play defense. Pick any two.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

It’s a focus thing too... he’s capable. He does it sporadically. I do wonder if he was a little hobbled after the bump with Royce.

He did have a nice effort on SGA late in the game.

 

[str8line]

Our depth was not there and Quin doesn't want to try it. We got lucky tonight.

You gotta play your guys for a while win or lose unless the rook is spectacular. But in Niang's case we might make an exception.

 

[The mailman]

I’ll be honest... there’s a lot to like about OKC. That’s a nice young team right there. And a good coach as well.

As for us... it’s clear that we’re not going to get very far unless we’re clicking on all cylinders. One or two main guys have an off night and it becomes a dogfight. But I still see us ending up second in the West.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

 

[framer]

I’ll be honest... there’s a lot to like about OKC. That’s a nice young team right there. And a good coach as well.

As for us... it’s clear that we’re not going to get very far unless we’re clicking on all cylinders. One or two main guys have an off night and it becomes a dogfight. But I still see us ending up second in the West.

If any team has two of it's main 3 players blow chunks they are in trouble. Thank goodness between Mitchell, Gobert, Conley, Bogey, AND Clarkson. SOMEBODY is going to score out of those 5.

 

[infection]

I’ll be honest... there’s a lot to like about OKC. That’s a nice young team right there. And a good coach as well.

As for us... it’s clear that we’re not going to get very far unless we’re clicking on all cylinders. One or two main guys have an off night and it becomes a dogfight. But I still see us ending up second in the West.

This is the problem. We see the entirety of this team. Each team’s probabilities for success could be plotted on a graph that resembles a bell curve. We’re less familiar with other teams, so we rely on simple averages — both statistical and composite eyeball, and we compare our view of our team against the “50th percentile” of other teams. Or, if we know a bit more, compare it to their 40-60th percentiles. But we see the potential for our teams under certain theoretical circumstances and see some of the ceiling of the team (hitting into the 85-90th percentiles), and do our comparisons tend to skew toward our own positive (or sometimes negative) outliers for potential and we compare it to everyone else’s midpoint between their ceiling and floor. But for us to win we have to be having some outliers for ourselves, and hope the other teams aren’t having their own positive outliers at the same time.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

They shot the ball well... so did Minny... issue is too many open shots. We’ve got to have guys making multiple efforts.

We also need to throw Shaq out there for the 10 Niang minutes.

DM is forcing things and his shot has disappeared... one may have led to the other... he will figure it out. Regardless his defensive attention needs to improve. He can be a plus defender... I don’t think Bogey can.

The defense will look better once Rudy doesn’t have to guard a stretch big... but we’ve got to figure out how to cover the stretch bigs and keep Rudy in the paint.

 

[fishonjazz]

West is going to be a bloodbath. Every road win is a gem. Although Memphis might be in trouble depending on what happened to Ja. Took down Brooklyn first though.

What happened to jah?

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[infection]

They shot the ball well... so did Minny... issue is too many open shots. We’ve got to have guys making multiple efforts.

We also need to throw Shaq out there for the 10 Niang minutes.

DM is forcing things and his shot has disappeared... one may have led to the other... he will figure it out. Regardless his defensive attention needs to improve. He can be a plus defender... I don’t think Bogey can.

The defense will look better once Rudy doesn’t have to guard a stretch big... but we’ve got to figure out how to cover the stretch bigs and keep Rudy in the paint.

Which teams don’t have a stretch big? NOP? Wherever Drummond and Thompson play?

 

[str8line]

****. Ja is the most electric player in the NBA. Sucks.

 

[fishonjazz]

I didn't see one good jingles highlight in there

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[nateboz]

I didn't see one good jingles highlight in there

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He made a sweet 3

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[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I didn't see one good jingles highlight in there

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I saw Donovan get burned about 9 times.

 

[JazzMan4Life]

You're the go to guy for these highlights in the game thread. I appreciate it.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

They shot the ball well... so did Minny... issue is too many open shots. We’ve got to have guys making multiple efforts.

We also need to throw Shaq out there for the 10 Niang minutes.

DM is forcing things and his shot has disappeared... one may have led to the other... he will figure it out. Regardless his defensive attention needs to improve. He can be a plus defender... I don’t think Bogey can.

The defense will look better once Rudy doesn’t have to guard a stretch big... but we’ve got to figure out how to cover the stretch bigs and keep Rudy in the paint.

I'm holding off, but I think some of the DM struggles might be related into forcing him into more of a PG role. I really worry about Mitchell when Conley leaves and the Jazz dont replace him with a high level handler.

 

[Agent#00]

Conley showed a lot of poise today

 

[Laramie]

Fans in OKC are anticipating a long overdue rebuild; we were happy to see this team of young players compete. Many of our fans want this team to finish on the bottom and get a good draft pick. GM Sam Presti has a chest of future draft picks like a squirrel storing nuts for the winter.

Great game--veteran presence helped the Jazz tonight despite some inconsistencies in uncharacteristic play not typical of Jazz culture.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I'm holding off, but I think some of the DM struggles might be related into forcing him into more of a PG role. I really worry about Mitchell when Conley leaves and the Jazz dont replace him with a high level handler.

I’m going to wait a few games before I get real nervous. I think sometimes the bad shooting builds on itself and gets mental. Think it can be contagious a bit too with everyone tightening up.

He doesn’t seem to be running stuff right now but just kinda putting his head down and driving into the middle of the defense. Fine when he can either score or kick out. Last two teams have athletic physical defenders.

 

[Release the Kraken]

Crazy start to the season. Clips beat Lakers, Lakers kill Dallas, Dallas destroys Clips. Jazz destroy Blazers, lose to Wolves, Lakers destroy Wolves, lose to Blazers. Which only goes to show that we’re as good as anybody.
When Don and Bogey struggle and we still compete that says a lot. We’ve got so many weapons now, and nobody will convince me that the Lakers roster is better than last year’s rim protection unit with McGee and Howard.