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Nov 7th SLCC Exibition game feature several Jazz players

I watched his highlights and i didn't see any effort by his side in defense, no hustle, no tenacity, so that's what i am worried of. He looks like a skilled guy, so thats good, but i don't think he will become another Wade or something. At best he can be like a Kenyon Martin which is good.

There was no defense displayed by anyone on the court. This was a glorified Utah All-Star game. We can't take anything defesively out of this game.
 
There was no defense displayed by anyone on the court. This was a glorified Utah All-Star game. We can't take anything defesively out of this game.


He was talking about Burks.

I hope you realize how unreliable highlights are, when trying to analyze a player. Again, wait until he joins the NBA before you come to judgements like these, we actually have no idea how good (or bad) he will be. The exact same things were said about Hayward before he came into the NBA
 
I did not see this game or any highlight of it. But wouldn't it be fair to characterize it as a show, not a game? As a result, I can't see that anything meaningful could be taken about any player's performance in it.
 
Dude give me a break. He posted up against Enes 3 times, and then every other time was against freaking evens. Of course he looked unstoppable.

I'm not saying he looked bad or anything, I'm a huge big Al fan. But trying to say he looks that much better or unstoppable is just stupid.

Good point. I was just upset with everyone saying Curry, Evans and Burks were by far the best on the floor. I still say Big Al is better than all of them (well...Curry might have passed him.)

There was no love for Big Al and I wanted to give it to him. He didn't have 30 points, but thats because he didn't take that many shots.
 
I gained a new respect for Chauncey Billups. Here is a guy that could be the biggest jerk. He accomplished more than anyone on the court with rings, finals MVP, and all-star appearances but he is playing in a charity game. During timeouts and halftime he was talking to Jimmer a lot and it looked like Ronnie P's daughter was wearing a Billips jersey.

Other thoughts: Big Al is huge. He made Kanter look small when they were standing by each other. His shoulders and arms are a lot bigger than Favors as well. Stephan Curry is awesome. After the game he signed his shoes and threw them in the crowd.
 
Can a few of you who watched please give me an accurate update on how much Al transformed his body? Use a 1 to 10 scale to rate his body last season and now this year, 10 being Dwight Howard, 1 being Dave Ballou.
 
He looked leaner to me and overall more tone. The statements made earlier seem like bit of a hyperbole, but I think in person the changes are probably more distinct.
 
Can a few of you who watched please give me an accurate update on how much Al transformed his body? Use a 1 to 10 scale to rate his body last season and now this year, 10 being Dwight Howard, 1 being Dave Ballou.

Can I order a number 1 with extra toppings please?
 
This year the 10th top scorer in the league was nowitzki. So he has a longgggg way to go in order to be a top 10 scorer in the league. He should first learn how to play defense, get major mins, and then we will talk about how good scorer he will be.
Personally, I hope Utah does NOT have a top-10 scorer. I'd rather see good balance. If we have 2 players around 18-20 pts, a couple at 14-17 and then two more in the 10-13 range, that totals about 90 pts. Then the reat of the bench chips in 20 or so on average. That would put Utah at 110 pts/per. Perfect average, keeps the main 7-8 guys happy and the team is hard to stop if everyone is a threat to score.
 
Personally, I hope Utah does NOT have a top-10 scorer. I'd rather see good balance. If we have 2 players around 18-20 pts, a couple at 14-17 and then two more in the 10-13 range, that totals about 90 pts. Then the reat of the bench chips in 20 or so on average. That would put Utah at 110 pts/per. Perfect average, keeps the main 7-8 guys happy and the team is hard to stop if everyone is a threat to score.

You HAVE to have a top scorer. Balance is great, but in the playoffs, when you are down 2 points, you HAVE to have someone you can give the ball to on isolation that will get youpoints and/or a foul. We need Burks to pan out. We are good down low, we need a wing scorer that can get his at will.
 
For those that want to see Big Al- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLAmzBVNS_c


This video is dumb, but you can see Big Al in the background @ 28 seconds.
 
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