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Game Thread: Jazz Vs Hogwarts. 4 PM MST

I've always appreciated the "you should never, ever, ever, ever play video games if you have a job ever" opinion. Much like I enjoy the "Mormons have a lot of wives" opinion.
 
The main problem with Gobert's offense is his hands. If he could keep the ball in his hands there'd be much more opportunities for the team to use him in O. The problem is, right now you can't really trust him on the low block, simply because in half of the possessions the opponent will poke the ball away. You can't trust him in traffic, because in half of the possessions he either won't be able to catch it or it will get poked away. He needs space in order to be effective in offense, or he needs it up high where nobody can disturb him in catching the ball and finishing it. And it's a shame because whenever he's had some space, he's shown pretty good passing and ability to see the open man.

I have no idea if there are any exercises to strengthen his hands and his ball control... that'd be my first priority with him.

They should make him handle the ball for an hour a day with somebody slapping at it or at his hands... or something like that(I have no idea what appropriate exercise for that particular facet of the game is) :D
 
stitches said:
The main problem with Gobert's offense is his hands. If he could keep the ball in his hands there'd be much more opportunities for the team to use him in O. The problem is, right now you can't really trust him on the low block, simply because in half of the possessions the opponent will poke the ball away. You can't trust him in traffic, because in half of the possessions he either won't be able to catch it or it will get poked away. He needs space in order to be effective in offense, or he needs it up high where nobody can disturb him in catching the ball and finishing it. And it's a shame because whenever he's had some space, he's shown pretty good passing and ability to see the open man.

I have no idea if there are any exercises to strengthen his hands and his ball control... that'd be my first priority with him.

They should make him handle the ball for an hour a day with somebody slapping at it or at his hands... or something like that(I have no idea what appropriate exercise for that particular facet of the game is) :D
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100% this.

Remember that play where Hayward fed him a perfect PNR pass that would have likely resulted in a dunk but Gobert bobbled the ball, dropping it before being able to recover? He kicked it back out to Hayward and Hayward re-ran the play feeding him a beautiful alley-oop. We scored, but we got lucky to get another good look from the exact same action. Gobert misses too many of those opportunities on a consistent basis, which is why our offense struggles so badly with him on the floor.

As a player, it's hard to trust a guy like Gobert. You really have to be selective in what kind of passes you make to him or it's going to likely result in a TO.

Then once he catches the ball he continues to show his weak hands and base by not being able to absorb contact. How many times has the ball popped out Gobert's hands straight up in the air at the slightest contact?

There are definitely ways to improve this, but I fear some of it may be mental as well (definitely the catching part, I think the holding on to it is more physical).
 
So I just got home from work and I have the game on dvr......... should I watch? (how did burks look?)
 
fishonjazz said:
So I just got home from work and I have the game on dvr......... should I watch? (how did burks look?)
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Ya, it was a fairly fun game. Burks played pretty well. Keep in mind I haven't looked at anything anyone said except on this last page. So I don't know how others feel.
 
Siro said:
Ya, it was a fairly fun game. Burks played pretty well. Keep in mind I haven't looked at anything anyone said except on this last page. So I don't know how others feel.
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Well I think I better just watch it to see gobert in his first start.

Thanks for the reply
 
They just doubled Gobert's minutes. with his motor, there is going to be some adjustment time for him to succeed, especially late in the game. The other problem you have is that without Gobert, the worst bench in the NBA gets even worse. People here are WAYYYY overstating his offensive woes. He averages 1 turnover a game (per 16 minutes) and is shooting 61% from the floor, which says he knows what his limitations are (Improved from 48% last year.) He just needs to absorb half of Bookers minutes when Favors retuns.
 
So... where to start....

First JJAS and Cy are fighting, Thriller is back to full hyperbole mode. There's a reference to Mormon polygamy, 2 pages of JohnWall vs Westbrook, and only 14 pages for the day's game thread. The losing is takin' its toll on the fan board. So I guess it's time to trade all our sucky players for better players. (One Love told us we can go get Lance Stevenson...)
 
framer said:
They just doubled Gobert's minutes. with his motor, there is going to be some adjustment time for him to succeed, especially late in the game. The other problem you have is that without Gobert, the worst bench in the NBA gets even worse. People here are WAYYYY overstating his offensive woes. He averages 1 turnover a game (per 16 minutes) and is shooting 61% from the floor, which says he knows what his limitations are (Improved from 48% last year.) He just needs to absorb half of Bookers minutes when Favors retuns.
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Well, he is mostly given the ball when he's in a very good position to dunk it. But I do agree he's showing remarkable improvement.
 
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