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Clippers @ Jazz | Saturday November 6th @ 7pm

Remember how a while ago we were talking about Blake Griffin and how some people actually thought Boozer was better?

Yeah.....

Griffin is a stud.
 
InGameStrategy said:
P.S. "Helping"? Are you kidding me? AJ wasn't very tight on Kaman, and Gordon dribbled RIGHT PAST him as if he weren't there. If anything, Jefferson should've been up a bit more to close off the crossover, given that Millsap was closer to him on the right side.

And as I correctly stated, Millsap was too short to come over and block it; he was even in the paint for most of the drive, and he still wasn't tall enough. It's plainly presented as the first play of the highlights on NBA.com for everyone to see. Not just anyone with a tick.

I'm not so ambitious to think that Sloan would have enough sense to put in a center (Elson was probably the better choice) on the last play rather than keep his undersized, lead-foot frontcourt out there--LAC subbed in, so there was opportunity--but this game was plenty winnable in regulation if Utah had put out a big man who could stave off the opposing rebounds (L.A. still outboarded Utah 51-43, even though Griffin fouled out) or opposing 44 points in the paint (ditto).

Coaching 102.
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Again, size was not the issue. Sap was late. He jumped from under the basket and to the side (not from out in front of the restricted area) to try to block it. Gordon split AK and Sap. More size would not have helped (we're talking about an Eric Gordon drive, after all). It's clear as day.

Now, if your contention is that the Jazz frontcourt was "lead-foot"-ed on that play (or throughout the game/season), at least I can understand where you're coming from. Big Al played the PnR fine, but got crossed up. Maybe more fleet footed bigs could have played it better (again, being taller would have had absolutely no impact there). Sap (or AK) could have rotated earlier to get in better position to contest the dunk (but Sap is far from lead-footed, generally).

Sap's size has not been an issue thus far. He's outplayed his matchup easily on average this season. So far, Big Al has been a disappointment, but that may change moving forward (it may not). Neither is an elite defensive rebounder (they're both very good offensive rebounders), and there are only so many offensive rebounds to go around, so the rebounding will likely continue to be a problem. Again, this has nothing to do with height (I realize to you height and +/- are the only indicators...). It's still early, so we'll have to see how the Jazz adjust.

"Coaching 102"? I think I just peed my pants. How many games coaching competitive basketball did you say you've coached?
 
InGameStrategy said:
I believe that I have coached as many professional games as you have, which gives me just as much right to criticize the coaching as you do to apologize for it...in at least a couple of winnable games that were lost...Coaching 103.
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So, 0. Good. I'm not the one posting **** like "coaching 101" as if I know what I'm talking about. I at least try to be objective.

"At least a couple winnable games that were lost"? Which were those? I count 1 against the Warriors. You count 2 or 3 as winnable? I'd like to read the reasoning behind that ridiculous statement.

*giggle*
 
The Jazz have gotten nothing from the 2, spotty play from the 1, 3 and 5, and very little help from the bench. The bigs have yet to be be smart enough to put a body on anyone when a shot goes up. The Jazz are still 3-3.

Size may be an issue in a few matchups this season, but so far it has been only a minor problem (if that). There are far greater concerns at this point.
 
TICC said:
The Jazz have gotten nothing from the 2, spotty play from the 1, 3 and 5, and very little help from the bench. The bigs have yet to be be smart enough to put a body on anyone when a shot goes up. The Jazz are still 3-3.

Size may be an issue in a few matchups this season, but so far it has been only a minor problem (if that). There are far greater concerns at this point.
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And most of those concerns are correctable.
I'm going to go ahead and use this to bump my thread.
 
Harp's continual sloppy-seconds references DEF the highlight of the game. Im not so down on him as a color man. He's 10x better then Boler. Besides the already-mentioned "umm...no, it wont count at all" comment to Boler he also had to point out the ball going off Kamen's hand out of bounds even tho the replay clearly showed it about 7 times... Boler still didnt see it until Harp pointed it out.
 
Harp got happy with the pen last night, it was hilarious. I like him more than Booner, but man he is the biggest homer.
 
I dont even think he's that big of a homer...the homers that bother me are the ones who disagree with obvious ref calls that go against a team. Harp usually gives the refs credit for a good call even if its against the Jazz. He did a couple of times just last night.
 
TICC said:
Harp didn't annoy me nearly as much last night. Maybe he'll be ok.
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Yeah, but he is such a friggin homer. I was always proud that the Jazz had a non-homer broadcast...especially in comparison to teams like SAC, HOU, BOS and others... Now, we have our own homer. And it disgusts me.
 
TICC said:
Harp didn't annoy me nearly as much last night. Maybe he'll be ok.
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As much as I hate to admit it, I have to agree. When he first started, it seemed like he felt he had to keep talking continuously, which made me want to puncture my eardrums. I was afraid I'd have to watch the rest of the season on mute. Last night he seemed like he was starting to get the hang of it. I might even have to change my sig, but not until Utah is at least 5 games over .500. Until then, I plan on blaming Harp's association with the Jazz for any and all of their struggles.
 
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