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Ideal Lineup (Based on everything up to now)

The Jazz want to rebuild while staying competitive. That is tough to do.

Rebuilding teams trade their veterans for younger players with more potential to teams that are competitive now and need extra pieces.

Just my opinion... but Harris, Jefferson and Bell look expendable. Millsap is still young and has the kind of work ethic you want to teach to these guys. It will make this year ugly (can it get any uglier?), but the future will be bright.

If the Jazz are rebuilding, then rebuild!!!
 
gregbroncs said:
Solid? Hayward was abysmal. He can't guard anybody. He had guys going right around him routinely. Offensively Hayward is really good. Defensively in the last 2 games Hayward has been the worst defender on the team. Can't stay between his man and the hoop, and does not seem to understand how to force players baseline.
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Dude he is a young player. No one excepts someone out of college to be a lockout defender. That's why young teams like the Kings, T-Wolves and Pistons have plenty of offense but no defense. We currently have terrible offense and terrible defense. Let be like the young teams who develop players on the offense end first. This is what OKC said and then they traded for Perkins and got a stud in Ibaka. Hayward will get better as the year goes on.
 
Nerd fact of the day: with 13 players on the roster, there are actually 1287 different lineups that Ty could choose from. ( 1287=13!/(5!8!) )
 
Based on how bad our defense has been, I think this is how we should try it.

Burks
Hayward
Howard
Favors
Kanter

I was tempted to switch Evans for Howard, but I want players that will try, and that want to be on the floor.
If these players don't start, I want them to get "starter" minutes. 30 per night.
 
Guitaro, that would quickly solve the energy shortage on the Jazz... Didn't see any of the Denver game, but against the Lakers Watson was way too slow. I have always liked Tinsley's game when he was in Indiana. Hayward may be suffering from CJ disease; so bulked up it's slowed him down. He played good D last year, at least at SG...
 
I have always been in favor of starting Favors at the center position (no pun intended).
At the same time, everyone on this board his to agree with starting Millsap.
Al Jefferson just can not keep it going without a little relief from a different scorer.
We also know that we want Favors to start as well.
So why the hell not bring Big Al off of the bench?
Is it because we're saving face on the big contract we're paying him?
We were paying AK this much, and tried him off the bench as well.
 
really good post, but CJ "Still pretty young but needs time" are you kidding me bro?

How long has he been in the league?
 
utahjazz107 said:
Dude he is a young player. No one excepts someone out of college to be a lockout defender. That's why young teams like the Kings, T-Wolves and Pistons have plenty of offense but no defense. We currently have terrible offense and terrible defense. Let be like the young teams who develop players on the offense end first. This is what OKC said and then they traded for Perkins and got a stud in Ibaka. Hayward will get better as the year goes on.
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It's a far cry from Abysmal to lockdown. Hayward, so far this year, has been the worst wing defender on the team. And that is saying something with this team. I hope he gets it. He was not this bad last year. But it is troubling that he can't stay close to his man. Or force his man the direction the team wants.
 
TheSilencer1313 said:
I have always been in favor of starting Favors at the center position (no pun intended).
At the same time, everyone on this board his to agree with starting Millsap.
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No we don't.

In the first two games, Jefferson + Favors have started the game and worked well together (18-17 Laker lead at the end of Q1; 10-6 lead vs. Denver before Favors drew two sophomoric fouls quickly).

In the Denver game, Millsap came in alongside Jefferson, and ALL of the points scored by Denver were from Nene, free throws, layups, driving jump shots, or dunks. Millsap held serve until Kanter came in for AJ, and then Lawson scored several points (partly due to Watson).

In other words, AJ doesn't need relief from a different scorer; he needs more relief from a defender--which Favors satisfies the best among the three most likely options.

Al Jefferson just can not keep it going without a little relief from a different scorer.
We also know that we want Favors to start as well.
So why the hell not bring Big Al off of the bench?
Is it because we're saving face on the big contract we're paying him?
We were paying AK this much, and tried him off the bench as well.
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Because Favors + Jefferson is probably the best 4-5 combination, and because Millsap is a bit short against most starting bigs.

If you're gonna bench Jefferson, substitute Millsap. I do agree that Millsap deserves to start over AJ (if the lineup makes sense). The explanation to Jefferson would be that he's underperforming (example: rebounds vs. DEN).
 
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