Lot of lulz in this thread with people thinking NAW or THT has a shot in hell at guarding Dame
Game Thread Jan 25, 2023 08:00PM MT: Jazz at Trail Blazers
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homeytennis
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What is wrong with this picture: Kyrie drops 48 on us and then Dame has his performance. If Sloan were coach there would at least been some bruises and dried blood on those two.
homeytennis
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I have the feeling that NAW is as much in the future Jazz plans as Juancho.
HeatCheck
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This is the AAU era where everyone is buddy/buddy. Players don't do that anymore.
The Jazz don't have athletic sturdy defenders who can get out and stop Dame especially after he gets hot. Now that it's public knowledge every guy on the roster not named Lauri/Kessler is on the trade block don't expect them to give much effort defensively either. I'm not pointing any fingers but it's just human nature not to go full balls to the wall on both ends for a team that is getting ready to trade you.
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Yeah we have no perimeter defenders, like none whatsoever, so guards and wings will feast on us. It has been happening all year. We have had a few good games where we played decent team D, but in the end you need someone who can at least keep up with a Dame and get a hand in his face now and then. And then, on a night like last night, maybe he ends up with 40 instead of 60, who knows? Sometimes there is literally just nothing you can do. It is the nature of the beast.
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Did someone say they do? I saw people saying to try some different options. Not that any of them would sure fire work.
SoberasHotRod
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Sexton actually had a few really nice defensive possessions against Dame, but in the end it didn't matter, Dame still hit some tough shots over him.
HeatCheck
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On those few good games where they played decent D it was more due to effort than our guys being great defenders. I just very much doubt we get those types of efforts anymore from dudes that know they'll likely be playing on another team in the next 10 days or so.
Should have tried Udoka cuz you never know it's something different right?
Yeah, that’s a good point. What great analysis and insight. Thank you for your wonderful contribution to the topic.
Good lord you are a giant tool. You just can't admit your boy Hardy is stubborn idiot half the time.
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There is different and then there is extreme hyperbolic difference that no coach in the league would try. The latter wasn't being discussed though.
SoberasHotRod
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Locke broke down all of the Damian Lillard field goals from last night on his podcast today. It's worth a listen, in my opinion. Locke sees things little differently than I saw them, but I appreciated his perspective.
Suggesting NAW and THT can guard Dame isnt extreme hyperbolic?
It basically comes down to either we are going to get roasted with a drop big (WK) out there or we are going to go switching where our personnel is *** for switching.
We just dont have a good defensive team now. Even though WK is very advanced for his age, he isnt going to make the Jazz a top 10 defense alone.
Udidthizz
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Why didn’t Dok, the largest of the Jazzmen, not simply eat Dame?
416Klawzz
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That's kinda what I'm getting at with my previous comment. Opposing iso players eyes must light up when seeing our team on the schedule. Mind you it's felt that way since like Kobe days
I miss when Dame could dunk. The Gobert/Dame at the rim showdowns where some of the best of Gobert's career.