asian_roger
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Portland sure knew how to smack our rookies around. Welcome to the NBA Burks and Kanter 
Preseason Game 1: Utah @ Portland, Monday Dec 19th, 8pm MST
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just because
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Love to have Jazz on again. It's a good day even though we got our ... handed to us. IMO we are right back where we were, Jefferson is a blackhole. Nothing works when he gets the ball down low. He stalls the flow of the game. I think he's a great guy but he needs to figure it out or hit the road.
Stifle Tower
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Wouldn't it be great if the Jazz finished one game worse than GS and pushed their pick to #8?
I'm not too discouraged by one game. The team played pretty well at the end of last season. Corbin is just yanking our chain with that starting lineup.
I hope that's the last time Okur starts at PF ahead of Favors. His 25/12 came pretty easy.
Haven't shared this yet, but it's a very old-school move to pit the young guys AGAINST the vets. Tonight screamed of that move. Again, it's old-school, but it was highly effective to create some intra-team fighting (uncomfortability). It was used to break down the sense of self-entitlement, at the expense of chemistry, and then once successful, re-build the team chemistry. As neanderthal/risky as it sounds today, it may be a good call for this team. Or ....... maybe Ty just liked playing with his new toy??
I think we should trade Kanter for Valanciunas as soon as possible
Funny, but let's not turn this thread all Jihad.
I haven't seen the game , but i have read most of the posts and seen the stats. At first i wasn't pleased by Kanters stats, but there were some good comments about his game (except some Kanter haters for sure). Also i think 5 offensive rebs is pretty good but he should improve his offensive game for sure, and i believe he will because he still has rustyness of 2 years lack of game practise and he has a good offensive potential (post skills, footwork, shooting touch).
It is good to see Favors in a beastly mode, but he shouldn't get carried away, i expect him to put such performances in high competition games, not only pre season.
I always supported the idea to trade Harris and Jefferson and i still have the same opinion, though lots of people contested me by getting hoodwinked of his performance at the end of last year. But it wasn't a real indicator, the real indicator will be this year. I hope i am wrong and these two guys will put amazing performance to lead us upper in the west but that is very unlikely to happen for me. They just aren't good enough to play major roles in a contender. Letting Big Al stay doesn't help Favors and Kanter improve but just block their improvement. I think Favors, Kanter and Millsap should get major mins and Memo should come off the bench. As good as i know he can't be a major piece in this team, it is not gonna bring us any good to leave him for amnesty, he can provide some help from the bench in busy schedule.
Briefly, i wanted to say that it is just a practise game and it is nonsense to write comments like, why he didn't play more why he played less blabla. It is just a practise game and everyone should get equal chances. We aren't gonna have extra credit in the league by grabbing one more win in pre season game so lets just see who plays good and evaluate them. No one is expecting a championship this year, but at least we should find a good system to work all the young core players in a harmony so we can create a contender team for future.
This was the opening game of the year, and i wish everyone a fun nba season !
It is good to see Favors in a beastly mode, but he shouldn't get carried away, i expect him to put such performances in high competition games, not only pre season.
I always supported the idea to trade Harris and Jefferson and i still have the same opinion, though lots of people contested me by getting hoodwinked of his performance at the end of last year. But it wasn't a real indicator, the real indicator will be this year. I hope i am wrong and these two guys will put amazing performance to lead us upper in the west but that is very unlikely to happen for me. They just aren't good enough to play major roles in a contender. Letting Big Al stay doesn't help Favors and Kanter improve but just block their improvement. I think Favors, Kanter and Millsap should get major mins and Memo should come off the bench. As good as i know he can't be a major piece in this team, it is not gonna bring us any good to leave him for amnesty, he can provide some help from the bench in busy schedule.
Briefly, i wanted to say that it is just a practise game and it is nonsense to write comments like, why he didn't play more why he played less blabla. It is just a practise game and everyone should get equal chances. We aren't gonna have extra credit in the league by grabbing one more win in pre season game so lets just see who plays good and evaluate them. No one is expecting a championship this year, but at least we should find a good system to work all the young core players in a harmony so we can create a contender team for future.
This was the opening game of the year, and i wish everyone a fun nba season !
Darkwing Duck
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The Turk and the UK supporter...
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I take exception. I have provided the pros and cons of each HS and college player without bias. Oh wait, am I having my cred questioned by "Darkwing Duck?"
... carry on ..