Game Thread Mar 09, 2023 05:00PM MT: Jazz at Magic

[Bawse Dawg]

Magic fans loved that one

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I liked Nickeil, but the Jazz picked Kris Dunn up off the street and he's better.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Brooklyn Nets look like they're resting guys for their showdown with Minnesota tomorrow night.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Not going to overreact to winning this one, the schedule gets a lot tougher after Saturday's game. It's not liker we're going to be able to lose out the rest of the season.

It was the mail in the coffin at moving higher than 8th. We will bury the trashy Hornets…. The soft tank needed to go a little harder.

 

[Step-Back Hook]

Also gotta remember some of the better teams might rest stars for oncoming post-season... We might win some of them games if Simone will be this version in some of them, Dunn keeps being Dunn and one of JC or Sexton is back. I am ok to get the lotto ticket but if we somehow make it into post-season series i am thrilled as well. Win-Win.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Ugh - Jazz dropped from 8 to 12. Rough night.

It’s still kind of amazing to me that the Jazz have traded 11 guys and turned the roster over twice in the last 12 months. . . and are still flirting with the play in.

 

[LogGrad98]

Well...****!

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

dunn’s actually good!! We better sign him to at least two years. He’s a rotational player and I wouldn’t hate it if he started next year.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

I was rooting so hard against the jazz. My wife doesn’t understand the concept of tanking. I was getting some looks tonight.

 

[ONE LOVE]

I was rooting so hard against the jazz. My wife doesn’t understand the concept of tanking. I was getting some looks tonight.

You should sign her up to Jazzfanz. She'll get hooked in no time.. haha.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

You should sign her up to Jazzfanz. She'll get hooked in no time.. haha.

Trust me she couldn’t handle you idiots!!

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

You should sign her up to Jazzfanz. She'll get hooked in no time.. haha.

Plus, I don’t need her putting me in my place everytime I say something stupid on jazzfanz.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

I kept waiting for THT TNT TANK COMANDER to show up, never did.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

THT wins are the most fun

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

THT wins are the most fun

THT losses are better

 

[underdog]

THT was happening tonight. Simone too. And Dunn, Agbaji, and Juzang also had a good game. Opposition is afraid of Kessler at the rim. I love it. And he set up Lauri perfectly in this clutch play:

https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/35824879/country/us/redirected/true

 

[homeytennis]

Did the Jazz resign Frank Jackson? He is listed in the box score a couple of places.

 

[Release the Kraken]

Very satisfying game tonight IMO. Not because we won, but more because our misfits and late first rounders and second (THT) completely outplayed their vast array of hand selected lottery picks. And then there's Markkanen and even Dunn that are proving that they are indeed blue chippers and worthy of their lottery status after all. Also it was edifying to see THT starting to fulfill that promise he had showed with the Lakers. And it was even awesome to see Fontechio finally break out of his extended slump - I do like the guy and would like nothing better than to be proven wrong about him.

 

[idiot]

THT wins are the most fun

THT per game after the trade day:
- 14 ppg
- 44% FG
- 35% 3FG%
- 78% FT%
- 4.3 Reb
- 5.6 Asst
- 3.5 TO
- 0.6 Stl
- 1.2 Blk

Plus, a positive 3.3 net rating, third on team behind Olynyk & Markkanen.

There's been a lot of seeing what people want to see in his play (to support long-held narratives, back to the trade/contract I suspect). He's not a starter for a good team yet, and maybe he'll never be, but he's still, and will always be, younger than Agbaji.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Love it. LOVE IT. I may have to start watching games again.