jjscap
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Yes, he improved a lot but there is still room. People still tend to say Gobert & Mitchell when talking about the Jazz. Rubio will have a season that people can not ignore. He will be the consensus third star of UTA.
Ricky Rubio will break out this season
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TheStormofWar
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Something else to note. Going back over the last few years of Ricky's career, he was never as consistent from three during any of his career season. He had a month here and there where he shot above 35% from beyond the arc, but never more than a month during a season. Last season, he had 5 such months (October, January thru April). Granted, he went sub par on his percentages in the playoffs, but when you are playing good teams ever night, your stats will take a hit. But he was still phenomenal overall during the OKC series because he did everything else needed to help and he started living in Westbrook's head rent free.
I think Ricky made the necessary connections for everything to click. He'll be fine next year.
I think Ricky made the necessary connections for everything to click. He'll be fine next year.
idestroyedthetoilet
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Butler will be traded. It's only a matter of time and best offer. After January 15, Utah could offer some combination of Dante, Alec, Allen, draft picks, other expendable contracts. I think there is enough there to entice Minny without disrupting the foundation.
mellow
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I am captain of the "No Butler on the Jazz under any circumstances" boat. I agree he will destroy the Timberpups, and I smile at that, but afterwards let him go to Boston or Washington to wreak havoc on those franchises for a while.
As for Ricky....he seems to be in a happy place in life, and I hope that translates to success on the court this season. He could also regress to the mean. It is storylines like this that hook my interest for the upcoming season.
As for Ricky....he seems to be in a happy place in life, and I hope that translates to success on the court this season. He could also regress to the mean. It is storylines like this that hook my interest for the upcoming season.
Almost the entire team is capable of taking a step forward.
Rubio and Favors have been in the league forever. Easy to forget they are only 26 and 27.
The only ones I don't expect to really improve are Thabo, Ingles and Udoh. The rest of the players it is a reasonable assumption to see some improvement.
Rubio and Favors have been in the league forever. Easy to forget they are only 26 and 27.
The only ones I don't expect to really improve are Thabo, Ingles and Udoh. The rest of the players it is a reasonable assumption to see some improvement.
freakazoid
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That's one way to look at it.
Another, is that he actually broke out his last year in Minny, and then had to adjust to a completely new system with all new teammates. Once the adjustment period was over, he continued playing like he did when he broke out. I expect a full year of playing at that level now, providing he can stay healthy.
Rgiss
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This is similar to my prediction. Twitter freaked out when I said he'd be an all star
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Chargers Jazz Angels
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I hope Rubio breaks out and Donte is forced into playing better and he then challenges Rubio for minutes. That would be an ideal situation
prodigy
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Very nice. Seeing all the plays that led to layups/dunks. We missed him so much in the houston series.
JimLes
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I love how often in this video you have Rudy with a decent position in the paint occupying the defenders but Ricky reads the play unfolding and sees Favors or Donovan or Joe in a better position and it leads to an easy dunk or a three. It's a testament to both Ricky's decision making and Rudy's impact on the game. Teams are just terrified of him around the rim, on both ends of the floor. He gets into the paint and puts his hand up and the defense just falls apart on a lot of those plays in the video.
TheStormofWar
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Rudy is a 7'1", 250 lbs. monster and Derrick is a 6'10", 250 lbs. monster. Neither care who they run over to get the ball. I would piss myself in that situation as well.
Well you know adult incontinence isn't the stigma it used to be, I found this photo on ONELOVE's facebook page.
Well you know adult incontinence isn't the stigma it used to be, I found this photo on ONELOVE's facebook page.
That is what I'd guess Melothejazzkiller looks like.
New_Jazz_Order
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It's cool and all that, but this compilation looks pedestrian compared to the ones he had in Minny. Those were the bombs.
Douchebag K
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the ones he had in Minny may have been the bomb but his teams sucked and they were losers. Give me pedestrian ruthless simple efficient passing in a winning culture any day of the week
ghsartin
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Although I admit to being surprised by Rubio's good (but not great) outside shooting last year and expect him to improve a little, I think some of you guys are predicting waaay too many points for him. First of all, for him to average between 17 and 19 he would have to take between 14 an 16 shots per game (in contrast to the 10.7 that he took last season). Who is going to shoot less so he can increase his number of shots? Or is he simply going to play more minutes? I remember that there was some concerning about his body holding up during last season, so I don't think Snyder will allow him to play more than, let's say, 32 mpg (in contrast to 29.3 last season). Also, everybody is expecting Mitchell to take a slightly bigger offensive role next season, which makes it even more difficult for Rubio to have an increased role as well. I expect about the same 13 points per game from him in about the same 29 minutes per game, taking slightly less shots per game and hitting slightly better percentages both from the field and from 3 point range. I think his assists may increase a little, though, to around 6.5 per game.