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Saint Cy of JFC said:
Sure, you can put some of it on that, but the Jazz are clearly much worse with Sexton as a starter than Conley (closing these close games has been ROUGH). The Jazz desperately are missing a table setter. Sexton has shown some good passing ability at times, but he's not a table setter. He's an eater who will sometimes pass the gravy. It's very much the same feeling I had regarding Mitchell, the issue is that Sexton is even smaller. If he is ever to be the starter (which I know isnt necessary, but I also know Sexton very much desires that) it will require a perfect backcourt match next to him to make it work for winning basketball.
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How is Sexton your equivalent to Mitchell when JC looks 5x more like him driving in and taking contested shots? You are barking at the wrong tree.

Sexton leads the two in following stats for the past 9:
FG%, 3P%, FT%, eFG%, TS%, AST, AST/TO ratio, PIE

JC leads in rebounding and points (and turnovers), but in points he leads by 6.8 with 7.9 more attempts per game. JC also leads in freethrows gained, but only by 1 per game despite his much larger shoot and drive volumes.

I challenge you to find a play by Sexton that looks like this:
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Both Vando and Beasley even had their hands up. Clarkson looked directly at Vando and decided not to pass.

Or this where he gets the bucket due to Blazers 0% effort.. but notice JC had literally everyone open and drove it into 3 guys.

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In fact just look how the rest of the team reacts to that buzzer beater. Dont seem too thrilled..
 
LogGrad98 said:
Jazz record without Conley: 3 wins, 6 losses.


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The only real comparison would be if sexton started and conley came off the bench. Oh and we play the same teams in the same locations as we did when conley was starting.

Of couse we would have a worse record by simply subtracting conley.
Same thing would happen if we simply subtracted sexton.

Anyone trying to make a point by saying we are worse with sexton starting without looking at the rest of the context is an idiot.
(This post is not directed at you btw)


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I want to see him be less concerned with ball movement, less concerned with shot selection and efficiency, and mostly completely involved in every selfish play that exists.
Every loss they have had without Mike in the line up he was the opposite. He was never why they lost those games, his presence had little to do with it, outside of lack of trust from others or more common a lack of chemistry. I think he was highly efficient, highly concerned with ball movement, and completely unselfish and was playing winning ball. But the haters gonna hate
 
fishonjazz said:
The only real comparison would be if sexton started and conley came off the bench. Oh and we play the same teams in the same locations as we did when conley was starting.

Of couse we would have a worse record by simply subtracting conley.
Same thing would happen if we simply subtracted sexton.

Anyone trying to make a point by saying we are worse with sexton starting without looking at the rest of the context is an idiot.
(This post is not directed at you btw)


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Sexton in place of Conley is +12 in NetRtg, in 131 vs 176 minutes.

Its funny that Sexton actually does deserve blame for our poor run. His bench points are now down to an abysmal 0.

I do enjoy Conley running the offense more, but depth matters and our other bench guys have not stepped up to replace Sextons bench production.
 
Eddie Zero said:
I want to see him be less concerned with ball movement, less concerned with shot selection and efficiency, and mostly completely involved in every selfish play that exists.
Every loss they have had without Mike in the line up he was the opposite. He was never why they lost those games, his presence had little to do with it, outside of lack of trust from others or more common a lack of chemistry. I think he was highly efficient, highly concerned with ball movement, and completely unselfish and was playing winning ball. But the haters gonna hate
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There are no Sexton haters here.
 
Elizah Huge said:
Dude said Sexton has been playing "OK" lmao.
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Wow, this escalated quickly into a full-on Sexton lovefest. All shades of gray have apparently disappeared.

Listen, I know the guy is incredibly easy to cheer for. He's an entertaining, tryhard jitterbug who scores among the big trees, screams a lot, slaps the floor and bangs his chest. I get it. NBA fans generally ADORE these dudes. What's more, Collin is apparently the nicest person off the court. Just a likeable character overall.

As I said just the other day, I've eaten some crow on him lately... I'm certainly no Sexton hater. He's obviously made some strides as a starter and is furiously trying to get better still.

But he's still not an NBA point guard. That's my main problem with people elevating him to the level of Conley. Sexton is a scorer and he still looks for his own shot or drive first. He can't dictate the tempo of an offense, he has major trouble getting the team into sets, he can't make entry passes. These should all be basic skills for a playmaker in this league. The less said about his defense at the point of attack, the better.

He's playing better - and there have been games where he's played extremely well - but to me he remains a bench guy. If he can take what he learned during this stint as a starting PG and apply that to more of a combo guard role, he might carve himself a real future with this team.
 
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