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Jazz acquire NAW and Juancho Hernangomez for Ingles, Hughes, and two 2nd round picks.

Gameface said:
I've got to say, I am enjoying that this is how Russel Westbrooks career is coming to an end. I don't really know how many more years he has, but I think this is going to be his legacy.
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The greatest stat stuffer of all time. An empty shell, but a supreme stat stuffer nonetheless.
 
LogGrad98 said:
The greatest stat stuffer of all time. An empty shell, but a supreme stat stuffer nonetheless.
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Yeah my hate for him originated when he was chasing triple-doubles and in all the games I watched he had teammates batting rebounds to him, differing to him on fast breaks so he could get the points or the assists and just hurting the team in general so he could get his. It's the kind of thing that would never have happened on the Jazz under Sloan or under Quin.
 
Rubashov said:
We gave up Joe for these clowns
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This. If joe were here right now he would be putting up much better numbers than either of these clowns.
 
Gameface said:
Yeah my hate for him originated when he was chasing triple-doubles and in all the games I watched he had teammates batting rebounds to him, differing to him on fast breaks so he could get the points or the assists and just hurting the team in general so he could get his. It's the kind of thing that would never have happened on the Jazz under Sloan or under Quin.
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My hate for him is mostly due to the fact that he is always pissed off. Smile once in a while dude. You are making millions playing a game that millions of others love to play for free. Life is good. Probably the angriest basketball player I have ever seen.
 
LogGrad98 said:
He is easily the biggest and best surprise in all this. I did not expect that kind of energy or especially skill on defense. He can hit the open 3 if he is set, and he seems more consistent at it than NAW, missing usually long or short like someone who can actually shoot the ball. Good shooters tend to miss on distance, not direction. NAW misses all over the place, but Juancho tends to miss long or short. He will be a good asset in the playoffs if he can just give us 10 minutes of energy and pesky D. I like the lineup with Butler, NAW, Paschall, Juancho, and Whiteside. Yeah odds are we won't see that in the playoffs but they have a different energy to the starters sometimes. At least worth some burn in the regular season. Make us surprisingly deep as a team.
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NAW is good from the corners traditionally... like you said he needs the ball in his pocket feet set. If he can continue to just shoot open corner threes at 38%ish and just keep cutting out the other BS to his game then he's a rotation level 2 guard. He can finish on the break or drive off of a close out here and there then its great. He's really cut a lot of bad stuff as of right now. That jumper has a lot of weird stuff to it and has a lot going on. I won't likely ever be a believer in him as a knockdown shooter unless he cleans that stuff up.

I'm not a big believer in some huge upside there... but the encouraging sign is that he seems to be playing the right way and then there is the breakfast club stuff... where he helped organize the new guys plus JB for extra workouts. I love that kinda effort... even if it is a little cheesy it shows a care factor. So overall I'm encouraged with him but I was a huge skeptic. So many times when guys play like he does in NO its because of a flawed mental approach that likely won't improve.
 
fishonjazz said:
My hate for him is mostly due to the fact that he is always pissed off. Smile once in a while dude. You are making millions playing a game that millions of others love to play for free. Life is good. Probably the angriest basketball player I have ever seen.
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It is hilarious... he and Boogie are the guys that always look pissed. They do bad... they look pissed... the do good and then get pissed they are so good.

The latest chapter in his career is gonna stain his whole legacy. He's been out here screaming at dudes, fans, and being an *** to reporters his whole career and then gets butt hurt about the nickname Westbrick. Throws his son in their as a shield. Well did you ask how Pat Bev's kids felt when you said "he tricked yall" or how other opponents families felt about you rocking the baby after making a shot on them?

He's the classic case of guy who dishes it out with a shovel, but can't handle it at all when it comes back at him.
 
I’ve missed the past number of games. Someone please tell me a bit more about Juancho’s defense.
 
infection said:
I’ve missed the past number of games. Someone please tell me a bit more about Juancho’s defense.
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One game he had 3 blocks, the next he had 3 steals. He is active, stays in front of his man (he was a decent part of the defense on Randle that kept him from being productive). He is active, defends with his feet, as in moves with his man, doesn't get caught using his hands. He isn't the best defender in the world, don't get me wrong, but in our group he has been in the top 4 best defenders we have imo. Easily better than Bogey and probably on par with Gay. I have been encouraged by what we have seen so far.
 
Naw is shooting just 30% from the field and 25% from 3 in a Jazz uniform. Juancho isn't much better at 35% and 33% from 3.
 
infection said:
I’ve missed the past number of games. Someone please tell me a bit more about Juancho’s defense.
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Its been quite good. Seriously. The AK comparison is a decent one. Even heard one of the morning guys on 1280 the zone making that comp today.
He plays like his hair is on fire is another thing they said. Very high energy.
 
fishonjazz said:
Its been quite good. Seriously. The AK comparison is a decent one. Even heard one of the morning guys on 1280 the zone making that comp today.
He plays like his hair is on fire is another thing they said. Very high energy.
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I missed the last two games and from the little I had seen before that, the AK comparison would have never occurred to me. That is high praise IMO and very good to hear. We will need as much of that as we can get in the next few weeks and round 1.
 
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