Al Jefferson slows down Jazz offense

[GVC]

I wish Sloan would move Jefferson to the 4 and see what kind of effect that would have...but then of course, Millstat would prolly get butt hurt.

I'd rather have Millsap at the 4. He's better on both ends of the court. Changing positions isn't magically going to make Big Al play differently.

 

[NUMBERICA]

And Al will get burned by most 4s.

 

[LogGrad98]

Can we please just give Al a season before legitimately comparing him with Boozer?

Hear hear. I mean it took Boozer 3 seasons to rack up one seasons worth of games, and after that he was pretty solid for his 30-40 games per season. The least we can do is give Al the same time to work into things.

 

[chemdude1232]

I'd rather have Millsap at the 4. He's better on both ends of the court. Changing positions isn't magically going to make Big Al play differently.

And Al will get burned by most 4s.

Depends on who we play though, right? Milsap on Gasol (who plays a 4 when Bynum is playing) would be a massacre. Al on Gasol would be great. Of course there are examples where you guys are right too. Milsap on Jamison or Boozer (i.e., smaller PFs) works better.

 

[One Brow]

Depends on who we play though, right? Milsap on Gasol (who plays a 4 when Bynum is playing) would be a massacre. Al on Gasol would be great. Of course there are examples where you guys are right too. Milsap on Jamison or Boozer (i.e., smaller PFs) works better.

I'd rather see Okur on Gasol and Jefferson on Bynum, but generally agree with your point.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I'd rather see Okur on Gasol and Jefferson on Bynum, but generally agree with your point.

Yep. For big 4s, you have to play Jefferson as a 4. But the NBA has consistently been moving towards a more perimeter-oriented game and I would contest that a lot of 4s in today's league would be 3s in the 80's. But yeah, we all agree. The only problem is that I don't see Sloan being that much of a strategist to modify the starting lineup to compensate. And if we have to choose one player to play the 4 in the starting lineup for every situation, I think Millsap is more suited.

 

[VINYLONE]

Hear hear. I mean it took Boozer 3 seasons to rack up one seasons worth of games, and after that he was pretty solid for his 30-40 games per season. The least we can do is give Al the same time to work into things.

This post is too sensible. What is your agenda here?

 

[Harcher]

Tired of tards making these lame *** threads. How about this, and more importantly "Al Jefferson improves the Jazz defense, dramatically."

I think this thread is good one to invoke some normal, analytical chat on a subject. I think a thread on Big Al's impact on defense would be as well.

I encourage SGJazz to post more.

 

[Harcher]

Yep. For big 4s, you have to play Jefferson as a 4. But the NBA has consistently been moving towards a more perimeter-oriented game and I would contest that a lot of 4s in today's league would be 3s in the 80's. But yeah, we all agree. The only problem is that I don't see Sloan being that much of a strategist to modify the starting lineup to compensate. And if we have to choose one player to play the 4 in the starting lineup for every situation, I think Millsap is more suited.

As a resident sloan apologist, I think the correct statement (compared to bolded above) should be "I don't see sloan changing his strategy..." Becuase he has said that it is a better strategy that players have some consistency than to have random variablity. This was used (well in my opinion) when Stock and Malone were here.

Now whether or not anyone agrees if that is a BETTER strategy is a different discussion.

 

[gregbroncs]

The Jazz have a better record this year with Al instead of Boozer. That's all that matters to me.

While this team is definitely a work in progress on the offensive end I think that can be overcome a lot easier than previous teams that were a disaster on defense.

 

[jaytulao]

shot selection (driving into the basket) and a little fine tuning/getting up to speed on the PnR will do wonders for Big Al

 

[Harambe]

Maybe we should bench Jefferson and start Millsap/Okur?