The sad thing is Bell isn't that good of a shooter anymore. He's still better than Brewer, but he's not a huge upgrade on offense.
Ronnie Brewer Resents Utah Didn't Try to Bring Him Back
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prodigy
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I wanted the jazz to bring back Brewer although I can see why we brought in a guy like Bell on a team that lost two perimeter threats. It just came down to cap flexibility - why we traded him in the first place... He shouldn't have been that surprised once we lost Matthews and Korver. The need for another shooter was obviously there and Brewer's shooting has gotten worse over the years.
Duck Rodgers
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I'm sure the injury didn't help Brewer any with the Jazz. His whole game is based upon his athleticism, I know that I wouldn't have offered him much more than a couple million a year. But hey, the Bulls came in and gave him a great contract. He should be happy.
Brewer supporters thought his offensive contribution was about his points when the detractors were concerned with how THE TEAM scored. Bell is a significant upgrade for TEAM offense, even if Bell doesn't rock the rim for 60% from the field. And Brewer was actually a mediocre man-to-man defender at best, was bad/lazy when screened, didn't seem to ever read the scouting report, and was very soft as a general rule. Brewer homers didn't know what the team was missing until an undersized, under-athletic, undrafted MAN out of Marquette showed up, hit his shots, fought threw screens, and actually seemed to read the scouting report and mix up his defensive style sometimes manning up, sometimes sagging off, sometimes forcing players to their weak hand, etc.
Matthews got $35 million, Brewer got $12.5 million.
And what the hell are you talking about when saying "Bell isn't that good of a shooter anymore"??? He hasn't shot under 40% from 3 since '03-'04. What in the hell are you basing your opinion on?
I personally still have faith in Raja's shot, but he admittedly did shoot one shot behind the backboard and air balled a three from the corner... not exactly inspiring shooting.
*it seems the first shot hit the rim and just looked like it went behind the hoop from my angle. Still not a good shot/pass*
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1. It's one game in the freaking pre-season for Christ's sake.
2. He hardly played last year, but the one game he played for GS and the most recent game he played, he went 3 for 3.
But yeah, missing shots isn't a good thing.
Inn Dawn
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Stifle Tower
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Cap flexibility + toughness + veteran leadership. Even IF Raja isn't the shooter he once was (and I don't think we can make that case after just ONE game), he's been working with CJ on defense, giving pointers on the sidelines when he's not in the game, etc. I didn't see the game, but Raja apparently bothered Roy quite a bit. Bell doesn't back down from challenges. And that's EXACTLY why he was brought back.
twentytwo
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Exactly. Our starting lineup last night completely owned Portland's starting lineup, in both the 1st and 3rd quarters. Like, bigtime (roughly +23). We didn't need Raja shooting well to do that; although it will help!
Ummmm, you do know that we got a first round pick for Brewer. This in turn helped us to get Big Al. So your post is incorrect sir.