I agree… I’d give him a week or two off but maybe he can keep doing work on his conditioning in the meantime. Definitely no reason he should play back to backs.
You said why we don't need one of Conley, Mitchell and Clarkson when our perimeter defense is this bad. Why you are adding Conley who is the best one out of all by far to 2 abysmal defenders is beyond me. You can say Conley won't be there and that's okay even if it's kinda ridiculous as Jazz seem to do everything to keep him healthy this year.
Pritchard is a solid pick as 26th overall even though they were better players like Bane taken after him, whereas Doke is a DedEx/Lyles/Burke type of bad miss.
I was thinking Anderson would perhaps be the ideal trade (if Grizzlies were willing to entertain it), as he has the combination of length, rebounding, and secondary playmaking (though certainly not athleticism) that we crave. But then I realized that I'm wanting last year's Anderson, not this year's. He's declined too, for whatever reason. Maybe a deeper dive into him would give me more confidence? Maybe not?
He’s been healthy. He had the injury last year and was healthy the playoff before that… I guess it’s just like Chris Paul… he had that hamstring injury in the playoffs a few years ago and has had a sustained playoff run since… oh wait.
Whats with the hobo attitude. Big enough jazz fan to spend time on jazz fans but not to watch a game? I mean... WTactualF.
TIA. We'll see.
You're right - we don't know if he will be healthy or not.
I’ve also noticed a second weakness… it is just straight staying in front of guys. Seemed like the whole Warriors team was able to get a step with very little resistance. I think our whole anti-foul strategy is great and all but at some point I’d trade some of our lazy *** Euro fouls for some hand checking fouls on the perimeter of it means we get more physical on the perimeter.
I’ll make a longer post later but I know we suck at defense from a physical abilities standpoint, but I don’t believe this is purely inability. It’s a function of the system and the way we do things relying so much on Rudy that has made our perimeter defense get drastically worse each year, to the point where we literally can’t stay in front of anyone. Not hyperbole. We will never be in front of a guy if they try to get around us.
