Preseason Game 1: Utah @ Portland, Monday Dec 19th, 8pm MST

[Revolution 9]

Really can't be too critical because it's preseason.


Harris
Bell
Hayward
Millsap
Favors

Bell looked ok because he hit a few jumpers in the 2nd half? Come on.
He was nowhere in the 1st, played horrible defense, and had a few turnovers. He was pretty awful at best.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Case in point: Okur = 2 rebs; Kanter = 10 rebs in the same amount of game time. Both are 6'11". Both are Turkish.

funny stuff

 

[Stifle Tower]

Anytime I watch W.Matthews I cringe at the though that Jazz gave him away and instead we have R.Bell. I have bad feeling next time we play AK's new team I wil have the same feeling watching at J.Howard. All this money saving thing is good for G.Miller, not so good for win/loss column.

Did you offer to send Greg an extra $10M to cover Wes' salary + the luxury tax penalty? I don't think anyone will argue that losing Matthews didn't hurt. Actually, it's pretty ironic that being on the hook for the outrageous salary to AK pretty much sealed the fate of Matthews when Portland offered him all that $.

 

[Dr. Jones]

We need Kendall Marshall. It's apparent we have a lot of talent, but Harris isn't a PG who can tap into that fully. Neither is Watson. Marshall can.

If the offense is stagnant, the PG doesn't really matter ..

 

[NUMBERICA]

We need Kendall Marshall. It's apparent we have a lot of talent, but Harris isn't a PG who can tap into that fully. Neither is Watson. Marshall can.

There is a lot more to playing PG than knowing how to pass the ball.

That said, the Jazz need a PG for the future yesterday. I really think last year was a great opportunity to grab a pick or two late in the draft and take a flier on a PG. And/Or Jimmy Butler.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

We need Kendall Marshall. It's apparent we have a lot of talent, but Harris isn't a PG who can tap into that fully. Neither is Watson. Marshall can.

D. Harris isn't convincing as a PG. He's not the quarterback type. Ray Felton looked like a more legit PG.

 

[Revolution 9]

I also don't think Kanter has a "lack of moves". His footwork was nice at times. He just has no leaping ability. He makes a good move, and then can't explode like
Favors. This may always be his biggest weakness.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Did you offer to send Greg an extra $10M to cover Wes' salary + the luxury tax penalty? I don't think anyone will argue that losing Matthews didn't hurt. Actually, it's pretty ironic that being on the hook for the outrageous salary to AK pretty much sealed the fate of Matthews when Portland offered him all that $.

Thank you.

There is a nice list of casualties because of AK's contract.

 

[Dr. Jones]

There is a lot more to playing PG than knowing how to pass the ball.

That said, the Jazz need a PG for the future yesterday. I really think last year was a great opportunity to grab a pick or two late in the draft and take a flier on a PG. And/Or Jimmy Butler.

I was hoping we could get Josh Selby. Underrated, imo.

 

[bluenote]

We need Kendall Marshall. It's apparent we have a lot of talent, but Harris isn't a PG who can tap into that fully. Neither is Watson. Marshall can.

and with the 12th pick in the 2012 draft the Utah Jazz select Kendall Marshall.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

From this preseason game I would say my hopefully starting 5 is......

Harris
Bell
Hayward
Millsap
Favors

That won't happen since Jefferson is pretty much guaranteed a starting spot.

Harris will start as well.

The other three are open. Going to be hard to keep Favors off the floor. Only one foul, which is an important number, in 30 minutes.

I'm going to guess Jefferson, Favors, Millsap, Bell and Harris for the moment to start the season. If not that, then Harris, Bell, Miles, Millsap, Jefferson. Probably won't turn out well, so it'll be interesting to see how long Corbin would go with those lineups.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

... And he also never did anything when he played when they were in the playoff hunt.

Fixed.