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I agree that Josh Howard shouldn't be playing. He wasn't playing well even before the injury, to bring him back now and expect anything else is somewhat crazy.

Also, when did Hayward turn into Bryon Russell? Did he put the ball down and dribble once the whole game (not in a breakaway)? I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. Corbin is trying to mirror Sloan who must have forbidden anybody but a point guard to dribble. I'll be honest, I could only watch short spurts of the game because of the PTSD it was causing as I was having flashbacks of the 90's Jazz. Very depressing to see some of those same problems in our 'new' team. The Jazz have to be the easiest half court team in the league to defend.
 
Spaniard said:
I agree that Josh Howard shouldn't be playing. He wasn't playing well even before the injury, to bring him back now and expect anything else is somewhat crazy.

Also, when did Hayward turn into Bryon Russell? Did he put the ball down and dribble once the whole game (not in a breakaway)? I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. Corbin is trying to mirror Sloan who must have forbidden anybody but a point guard to dribble. I'll be honest, I could only watch short spurts of the game because of the PTSD it was causing as I was having flashbacks of the 90's Jazz. Very depressing to see some of those same problems in our 'new' team. The Jazz have to be the easiest half court team in the league to defend.
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Hayward did have 12 FT's and IMO took what the defense gave him.
 
//r00t 4 Jazz said:
Hayward did have 12 FT's and IMO took what the defense gave him.
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I still feel like we called a lot of plays for him that got blown up because he couldn't handle Ginobili's defense.

12/12 was impressive though, I just wish they would have led to him catching fire from the floor and going for 30.
 
Seemed like Pop was testing if Hayward could handle pressure, and I think Pop was sort of right. He was able to draw fouls, but he locked him down for the most part in the halfcourt by playing physical defense.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Seemed like Pop was testing if Hayward could handle pressure, and I think Pop was sort of right. He was able to draw fouls, but he locked him down for the most part in the halfcourt by playing physical defense.
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Good learning experience IMO, lets see as the series goes by if he can improve and make adjustments. I was more on the line of for him being a 2nd year player and first playoff game, it wasn't bad.
 
Playing Howard is the safe conservative move. Playing the scrub bob marley energy player is the bolder move. I don't like either guy at the moment, but
clearly Howard is not playing well. Carroll was playing ok, and we were winning with him. You have to go with who is playing better. That clearly is Carroll.

Or gasp! Play Burks more.
 
Revolution 9 said:
Playing Howard is the safe conservative move. Playing the scrub bob marley energy player is the bolder move. I don't like either guy at the moment, but
clearly Howard is not playing well. Carroll was playing ok, and we were winning with him. You have to go with who is playing better. That clearly is Carroll.

Or gasp! Play Burks more.
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So continuing to start with the guy who is "ok" is the risky move opposed to taking the veteran who has a higher talent and ability level, but is coming off injury and rusty? Do you understand the concepts of safe and risky?
 
Wouldn't playing Howard go along with the "We have nothing to lose" attitude? It's a gamble to play a veteran just coming back from injury. Playing Carroll would be the safe thing to do in my opinion.
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No, because of his reasoning which was previous playoff experience and had nothing to do with the way Howard was currently playing. He believed that playoff experience was more crucial than how team was rolling and playing together. He put the breaks on their momentum and growth. Playoff experience doesn't mean anything and as soon as you say you need playoff experience to a team that really has none, you have already lost. he should have said, let's just rolls with it, go all out, and play like you got nothing to lose.
 
MoTappin said:
I'm hearing that Howard will start again on Wednesday. RT@sluhm: Coach Corbin says he will likely start Josh Howard again at small forward, but the coaches will talk about it today and tonight.
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wtf really?
we need to play a perfect game against the spurs to win. and yes howard starting does matter. all little things matter
screw corbin if he starts howard.
 
Wait, wait, wait.... now hear me out... play like you have EVERYTHING TO LOSE!!!

Play like your family is being held hostage! Play like you will be executed if you lose!

Think about it.
 
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