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Game Thread Mar 07, 2022 06:30PM MT: Jazz at Mavericks

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House is a such a better defender than O'Neale.
My favorite was going to the half, Boler said Royce had been riding on Luka’s back all night. Yes, because when he walks around him with ease, it’s defending Luka’s back that’s Royce’s only option, assuming he didn’t completely die on a screen.

Which brings me to my next point: if you were to magically transpose Royce’s defensive ability onto Bojan, would anyone notice? Would people be saying, “OMG his defense is great”? Every time he got burned, it’d be a repetitive meme of him being a bad defender. But Royce’s reputation covers him. I’m to the point where I think if you threw Bojan out on all these defensive assignments, he’d stay in front of his guy on a noticeable-enough percentage comparatively.
 
Run those starters into the ground for a possible moral victory.
this is the perfect Quin game... never get so far away that you can rest your guys... I mean there is still like a 4-5% chance at winning this and Rudy's calf was feeling pretty okayish.
 
Coach plays them to the bitter end on a back to back with the outcome basically decided halfway through the third. Just, wow. And health is supposed to be a focus this year
 
Jazz dug too big a hole. 17 points in the last quarter is a very steep mountain to climb. Starting guards shooting percentage was less than woeful.
 
My favorite was going to the half, Boler said Royce had been riding on Luka’s back all night. Yes, because when he walks around him with ease, it’s defending Luka’s back that’s Royce’s only option, assuming he didn’t completely die on a screen.

Which brings me to my next point: if you were to magically transpose Royce’s defensive ability onto Bojan, would anyone notice? Would people be saying, “OMG his defense is great”? Every time he got burned, it’d be a repetitive meme of him being a bad defender. But Royce’s reputation covers him. I’m to the point where I think if you threw Bojan out on all these defensive assignments, he’d stay in front of his guy on a noticeable-enough percentage comparatively.
I admit that Royce isn't the perfect defender, but comparing him to Bogey is nonsense. Bogey doesn't even have the stamina to defend the opponent's best perimeter player all night. His only advantage over Royce is that he's a little taller than him. If he took Royce's defensive responsibilities for 10 games, he would do much worse than Royce, and his three-pointer percentage would go down, all his offensive efficiency would drop.
 
I admit that Royce isn't the perfect defender, but comparing him to Bogey is nonsense. Bogey doesn't even have the stamina to defend the opponent's best perimeter player all night. His only advantage over Royce is that he's a little taller than him. If he took Royce's defensive responsibilities for 10 games, he would do much worse than Royce, and his three-pointer percentage would go down, all his offensive efficiency would drop.
I don't think that's his argument. Let House play Royce's role.
 
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