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Utah Jazz vs. L.A. Lakers Roster. Who owns who and why?

Shad said:
I love Gobert, but at least be real. Davis is definitely better than him when healthy
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Gobert's defense is better than Davis' offense when going head to head. I just looked back at Anthony Davis' box scores when playing the Jazz and he only had two games that were a positive +/-. Those two games were in the 2017-2018 season when Davis was going against Jerebko because Gobert was injured.
Literally every single game that Davis has faced Gobert since 2016, Davis has been negative +/- and Gobert has been positive. Gobert knows how to shut his a** down.
 
Davis hasn't really played with anyone decent and still swept the Blazers. Cousins (for 1 year before getting injured) and holiday are the only notable players he's played with. This year with Lebron will REALLY show if Davis > Gobert when they play head to head.
 
Davis is a better overall two way player but Rudy's defensive impact is greater than Davis's stand alone offense or defense. One on one Id take Davis. Lakers vs Jazz ill take Gobert.
 
i think the lakers gonna go with lebron - bradley - green - kuzma - davis as their starting lineup, not rondo as starting pg (a job he already lost there last season)
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yall ever take a **** and just look down at it like damn that looks like the LA Lakers?
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You are saying your **** looks like this?
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TheTrippleThreat said:
Davis is a better overall two way player but Rudy's defensive impact is greater than Davis's stand alone offense or defense. One on one Id take Davis. Lakers vs Jazz ill take Gobert.
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Rudy has owned Davis head-to-head for the last three years. He really steps up against him.

The difference now is the potential of the James/Davis pick n'roll. If the Lakers' shooters are hitting, it will be deadly.

But against the Jazz, it has to be deadly. Because the Jazz's offense is gonna be near unstoppable for everybody.
 
The question with the Lakers is how consistently guys like Lebron, Kuzma and AD, whom they'll rely on for offense, will play defense. Make those guys make defensive rotations and decisions, and they might not bother. Lebron was a part-time defender, at best, last year. That's how he saves his energy. AD can turn on the defense when he wants to, so maybe it's a motivation issue with him. Kuzma is a bit soft. The Lakers will score out of their Lebron/AD pick-and-roll sets, but defense will be the key to them making a real playoff run.
 
I think both the Jazz and the Lakers are going to make some notable changes before the trade deadline.

I can see the Lakers bouncing Dwight Howard and making some trades for his replacement as well as trading some others for a decent PG.
I think Exum is very limited as a Jazzman. It will be interesting to see the two rosters in a few months.
 
Kyoto said:
That Lakers roster is soooo bad defensively. Only a couple of players who are willing to play defense.

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Their roster to me seems like a makeshift solution to taking their team success to another level. Not because of the new additions, but because of who the new additions are. They are no doubt talented, but seem like odd pairing in terms of team chemistry. I could be completely wrong and just blinded by the potential I see in the Jazz roster, but they seem like a temporary unit to me. Their scrambling to become relevant.
The Jazz on the other hand have put together the island of misfit toys, and I can see their chemistry being strong as rocks.
Conley has never been an All-Star and is well deserving of it.
Gobert has been snubbed from All-Star honors and
Mitchell was snubbed of ROY honors to a guy that was only a rookie on paper.
I love it
Time to destroy.
 
hawkeye said:
Also, we're still better, but if the lakers did start Rondo, Green, Lebron, Davis & McGee that would be a tough & LONG defensive lineup.
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This is most likely the Laker starting lineup. Davis said he doesn't want to play center. The Lakers have a better roster than I thought they would have but the Jazz depth is better. Can't wait for the season to begin.
 
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