Whiteside Is Going to Be Good

[Handlogten's Heros]

Here is my bold prediction for the year...

Locke has been really talking this up. I think Whiteside is going to end up being really good for us. So good in fact I think some morons will say we should play Whiteside over Rudy... I feel like its almost a certainty and may even be able to predict the posters that will do it.

Anyway... the system is set up for someone that can do some Rudy stuff... Whiteside is not Rudy... but he can do some Rudy stuff. In limited minutes he will look good and put up numbers. We likely won't be anywhere near as good on defense as he's much more limited than Rudy there but he will cover the rim up and we will be better than we were with Favs.

I did not expect to be a Whiteside Guy.... but here I am. I hope yall are ready for the multiple threads about how we should start Whiteside and how are we going to clear space to retain him in the offseason.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I'm not so sure. I think his defensive impact could be better than Fave, but I worry his offensive usage will be higher and less efficient, causing issues.

I did have some concerns about his personality clashing in the locker room, but I'm not really concerned about that at all anymore.

 

[fishonjazz]

I will be the one starting threads saying that Udoka should be playing instead of Whiteside

 

[NAOS]

Will Whiteside be so good in his role that Q never properly installs one or two small-ball schemas?

This is probably the biggest open question for me at this point.

 

[LogGrad98]

Will Whiteside be so good in his role that Q never properly installs one or two small-ball schemas?

This is probably the biggest open question for me at this point.

If he is good maybe we won't need it as much. Hopefully?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Will Whiteside be so good in his role that Q never properly installs one or two small-ball schemas?

This is probably the biggest open question for me at this point.

I think I have given up... we are more likely to play Udoka and Whiteside... I'm kidding... kind of.

I think Whiteside is productive enough that yes we never really get to small ball. We may counter some nights with Gay or Paschall... but I wonder if teams are more likely to go small with Rudy on the court.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Will Whiteside be so good in his role that Q never properly installs one or two small-ball schemas?

This is probably the biggest open question for me at this point.

Also if you have listened to Locke he has downplayed the addition of Rudy Gay a lot... he has also downplayed the idea of "defensive versatility".

Soooooo.... yeah set expectations accordingly.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Locke has been really talking this up. I think Whiteside is going to end up being really good for us. So good in fact I think some morons will say we should play Whiteside over Rudy... I feel like its almost a certainty and may even be able to predict the posters that will do it.

I did not expect to be a Whiteside Guy.... but here I am. I hope yall are ready for the multiple threads about how we should start Whiteside and how are we going to clear space to retain him in the offseason.

Man I didn’t think about this, yikes. Going to be an interesting year

 

[infection]

He do the Gobert stuff better than Favs. He’ll also do the Favs stuff better than Favs. He was the best person in the scrimmage to my kinda-paying-attention eye. Another interesting thing was that Thursday brought up playing Hassan and Rudy. Then they asked Quin, and while Quin didn’t get giddy, he didn’t immediately shoot it down but talked about the “Wasatch lineup” and how it’s matchup dependent. I do think you could realistically see it against the Lakers, but you could probably also have Gay guard AD. But you could even see a Rudy / Hassan / Rudy lineup if LeBron is on the floor with AD and Dwight.

 

[SteakNEggs]

I will be the one starting threads saying that Udoka should be playing instead of Whiteside

No.

 

[infection]

But again I think what kept people from really embracing and getting excited about Whiteside was relativity. It’s like when a guy gets picked top three, or when he’s really good at one point, and then instead of recognizing their value, we compare it against a kind of expected or hypothetical value and perceive it as worthless. In this case we’re talking about a guy who was compared to Rudy a few years ago, and we know he’s not Rudy so there’s some dysphoria there rather than realizing… we didn’t sign him to replace Rudy but to back him up, and that’s ******* unreal. Go ahead and get high off those fumes because they aren’t always there.

 

[homeytennis]

Whiteside did lead the league in rebounding one year.