Game Thread Mar 22, 2021 07:00PM MT: Jazz at Bulls

babe said:

I really like this kind of prose.

I've more or less drawn the same notion outta the stats. How is he such a great defender with no blocks. The idea was simmering but you slapped it on my plate.

I'd really like to see that stat done officially in all the stat tables. Say let's call it "Forced Retreats", maybe "Intimidation Reversals", maybe "Low Paint Wallouts". Isn't that what the Jazz first got famous for? I think it only fair to call the stat the "Mark Eaton". I know Mark Eaton actually blocked a lot of shots and actually got a lot of rebounds. I think he changed the game, or helped, in the trend that has followed for various more remote sorts of plays. But hey. I know Mark Eaton because he was a friend of a family member who worked with him on some charitable projects. He is really a nice guy, but in his spot he was the most feared defender of the basket.

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LogGrad98 said:

Yeah I think his uptick this year is due to teams trying to leverage the old cliche of "go right at the shot-blocker" a little more this season. We have seen quite a few teams start with this approach, then quickly abandon it. When they don't, he gets 9 blocks apparently.

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Hekate said:

He clearly doesn't want to on the court which was what I was referring to. The plays I mentioned show that he is trying to profit quickly instead of committing to the defense.

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firegirl said:

We have a basketball savant, folks! It’s incredible that he’s been able to crawl inside the mind of Mitchell and find out that he is indeed lazy on defense.


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Hekate said:

You are really coming from a weird angle, it's quite creepy tbh.

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