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Game Thread! Jazz vs. T-Wolves

Dantes game is a lot like mine. Promising talent, good 3 pt shot, but afraid of contact/driving in traffic.
 
vegas said:
https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?33186-Rudy-Gobert-quot-Greatest-Jazz-Center-of-All-Time-quot-Countdown-Thread&p=964312&viewfull=1#post964312
via the greatest center countdown BP post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crMXZq_lzoM
Proof the stat guys suck at counting blocks
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BEAST mode!

Loved the alley-oop. Would love to see Gobert get 3 or more of those per game.


From Wiki:

The term "alley-oop" is derived from the French term allez hop!, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap.[4] The term "Alley Oop" was first used in the 1950s by the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL to describe a high arcing pass to wide receiver R.C. Owens, who would outleap smaller cornerbacks for touchdown receptions ("The Catch", the famous Dwight Clark touchdown reception from Joe Montana by which the 49ers gained entry into their first Super Bowl, was also an "Alley Oop" pass) and later became more well-known from its use in basketball.


Is it just a coincidence that it's a French term?
 
The Fresh Prince said:
Gobert is the franchise, man. I'd free up either Favors or Kanter just to get him in the SL. Guys going to be a top 5 C very very soon!
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I agree.

What's sick is how fluid he is. Most guys his size are stiff and clumsy. He moves like a deer. I haven't seen many bigs move like he does. Dwight Howard? KG in his prime? Dream?
 
The Thriller said:
I agree.

What's sick is how fluid he is. Most guys his size are stiff and clumsy. He moves like a deer. I haven't seen many bigs move like he does. Dwight Howard? KG in his prime? Dream?
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He is so confident in his moves as well. There are at least a few times every game where I am like NOOOO what are you doing. Like that drive and dish to trey the other night. Then he just does it and well.
 
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The Thriller said:
I agree.

What's sick is how fluid he is. Most guys his size are stiff and clumsy. He moves like a deer. I haven't seen many bigs move like he does. Dwight Howard? KG in his prime? Dream?
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In his first summer league, I saw him do the back-to-the-basket, fake to the middle, then spin around for the reverse layup and made it look smooth. I was blown away that a 7-1 guy had that ability and agility. And a great motor.

He is starting to show signs on offense too, making a dribble or two, making some passes. That dribble then up and under move last night was sweet.

That 3rd quarter was fantastic, especially since it really led to the Jazz win. Its one thing to put up stats that do not really contribute to a win, and then there are quarters like that. Go Rudy!
 
Gobert did something that I don't recall any of the other jazz players doing...he dominated.

He has dominated before in brief stretches, now in this game he did it for almost the entire quarter. That is progress. Now see if he can dominate in two quarters, then 3, then the whole game.
 
Vermin said:
He is so confident in his moves as well. There are at least a few times every game where I am like NOOOO what are you doing. Like that drive and dish to trey the other night. Then he just does it and well.
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He's confident in everything... He never looks lost on offense (like another big that shall not be named) he orders people around on offense. He's a great communicator out there as well. He has more of an effect on the game than Favors does... I think he's our best big right now. It is also cool that it looks like Favors and him will work out okay on offense as well. Defensively, what do you do with those guys in the middle?

Add an elite wing defender and have Exum develop and we will actually have a good defensive identity. I like where this is headed.
 
The Wolves have no inside presence. Due to this we scored inside the paint at will and shot a lot of uncontested threes (and shot well from behind the ark on this night).

We would have won by many more had MN not had 14 offensive boards.

It was nice to see Evans actually play some good time as well.
 
Rudy was incredible, Evans was impressive, Booker was going after it, and Trey was brilliant as well.

Let us be pleased, but cautious. This was against a team with only 5 wins. Not sure how much to take away from this game, other than the players above showed some real heart.

I don't think this one game proves or dusproves anything about the Rudy and Derrick combo. Until Rudy beasted the team was really struggling to score with those two sharing the floor. It should also be noted that the pups have almost zero inside presence now. That is not true with most teams.
 
With all of that said, Gobert was playing like a #1 pick. Steal of the draft.

Trey was even playing like a #9 pick from a good draft.
 
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