Darkwing Duck
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Homer cheering is fine. Homer whining about refereeing is not fine. Harpring does the former, not the latter.
Clippers @ Jazz | Saturday November 6th @ 7pm
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Homer cheering is fine. Homer whining about refereeing is not fine. Harpring does the former, not the latter.
Yes, because sports are SERIOUS. We must strive for objectivity from our announcers and fans!
Darkwing Duck
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Just watch national broadcasts, then. Simple solution.
He's not remotely close to those guys. Not even in the same stratosphere.
InGameStrategy
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How can you even argue this? How could Sap be "late" when he was in the key from the point that Gordon crossed the free throw line? Sap was in the right position. He still had to stay close to his man. If he had moved over any sooner, than he would have left his man open for the dish. But if he were 3 to 6 inches taller--say, like Elson and Fes are--he would have had a chance to block it from where he was. Any denial of this is disingenuous.
Good. A shred of sanity. That's hopeful. The lineup wouldn't have been as lead-footed if Sloan had managed the minutes better--both that night and the night before. Elson and Fes were doing BETTER in there (more like neutral rather than negative, allowing other players to peform around them) than Jefferson for much of the first half in both games, so this isn't even an argument of whether the centers would be a step down. Jefferson is not in good shape (an argument that was weakly attributed to Fesenko last year as an explanation for his DNP, game after game), he doesn't know the offense (ditto), and he has been poor at boxing out (something that the centers aren't doing consistently either, but not at the same rate as AJ IMHO).
Absolutely false. "Crossed up" does not have anything to do with being in no man's land, inside the key. Big Al played neither the "Pick" (cutting off Gordon) nor the "Roll" (AJ was too far from Kaman to defend him if CK had rolled; but it wasn't necessary because the key was so wide open, thanks to Jefferson).
After 50 minutes of playing time, Kosta freaking BOOM BEYOTCHES could've played it better. Elson would've been the best choice for that last play; he was 40 minutes' fresher and is probably more selective about fouling. I wonder if Sloan even thought of that.
Again, no and no. Both AK and Sap were in OK position. They couldn't sag any further; Kiri was already WAY inside. If Gordon had dished out to AK's man on the baseline and the shot had gone in, Utah would've LOST. This play broke down with Jefferson being not high enough on the post to close off the pick. Again, this is Basketball 101; the pick and roll is probably taught in the first semester.
Your flippant misstatement about stats is lost in your inaccuracy; especially given that I am breaking down a play here, which has little to do with +/- and doesn't even have to do with height; the bigger blunder was to put a tired 50-minute player out there in the first place. What you are accurate about is AJ having been below expectations, and that he will probably get better. That doesn't excuse Sloan from not putting in lineups that can win the games NOW.
I was trying to be conservative. Probably should've said "Coaching 101," because just like the pick and roll would most likely be taught in the first semester of such a course series, so would coaching it.
//r00t 4 Jazz
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I love DWill but am I the only one that thought his play late in the 4th Qtr especially his TO's is what caused the game to get to OT in the first place? But he did hit the J in the 2nd OT to seal the game.
Big Al does need to work on finishing around the rim especially off rebounds or tip passes but this season is young and so it is a small sample size.
Big Al does need to work on finishing around the rim especially off rebounds or tip passes but this season is young and so it is a small sample size.
Not that I disagree with you on this Statement ISG. Because I don't. But you do realize that Sloan by Rule couldn't sub in Elson during that time out because he is only allowed one sub during a TO. He put in Raja For CJ Durning that TO to try to keep Bleadsow out of the lane. Jefferson did not play that P&R well and Gordon got a dunk. Would Elson or Fes have been able to stop it? Don't know. But they would have been in Jefferson's spot not near the rim. But regardless Sloan went with the Raja instead of big sub. I would have also in his place.
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Harp is not as big of a homer as some other announcers in the league, but there's a very strong subtext of him angling for an important gig within the organization. No facts or particular moments to back this claim up (Hopper Disclaimer: Activate), but it's fun to listen to games with this assumption, right or wrong.