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For the amount of glaze draft twitter gave Boozer, I must admit he does look underwhelming. If he was dominating the games I could get over the aesthetics and translation question…but while he’s very good he’s not dominating the better competition. Pete is #1. Boozer/AJ still 2/3 in some order...

If he keeps this up, sure. Svi is historically very streaky but he anlso isn’t playing like an idiot as he was in year’s past. He’s toned down the chucking tendencies a lot. He’s definitely proving me wrong with stellar play, but I’d say the priority is still too high on him. He’s a more...

I’m not even complaining about this specific game because the Jazz have been FT merchants all year as well. But the league’s decision to shift officiating to more FT’s is just insanity. Nobody wanted this. I don’t even think defenders can “stop fouling” because an offensive player just needs...

So either the Jazz committed fraud by not listing WCJ on any injury report or he’s so far in the doghouse he can’t even get garbage time in a blowout. One must be true.

To be clear, I think the tank/no tank situation is a FO thing. I don't blame Hardy for wanting to win or coaching to win, the burden should be on the FO to hand out that directive and from there Hardy needs to follow up. When you leave it up to the coach, of course he's going to prioritize the...

Brice represents a short leash and it just goes back to being able to project any narrative you want onto the situation. You can say it worked because he's pretty good or you can say he just got done dirty. Personally, I don't think playing hard was really ever Brice's issue. His problems are...

Well, I'm sure I can think of situations where a player should get time even if he's not playing as hard as his counterpoint. But I also don't think that accurately reflects what's going on here. Like I said earlier, I don't think the general issue with our prospects is lack of discipline or...

Book/Middleton

I’m not really worried about his 3 ball. It would be really odd if he had such a major drop off….even if he shot this poorly for like an entire year I’d expect him to rebound back to his prior levels. Maintaining his performance at the rim+FTr is key. He's had crazy jumps there and it’s what’s...

The problem with this development standard is that you really can't prove it one way or another, and it's probably different for different players. You can craft any narrative you want about what led to more development, but at the end of the day you can't prove what caused what. You could say...

Competition is stiff this year with many unexpected contenders. I think bottom 5 is not unrealistic, but I'm not sure I'd say it's likely either. It would represent one of the better tanking outcomes....and the unfortunate part about that is that it likely requires Lauri to miss a lot of games...

His efficiency is progressing well IMO. I think his shot will return to form and I've been pleased with his where his offensive game is going. For me, the bigger problem is that his defense is still very bad. He has shown more effort, but I think he lacks the actual defensive talent and skill to...

I like Suggs better as a target anyways. It's still too early to shape out the roster, but it's looking like our backcourt will need to include an elite on ball player and an elite defensive player. Suggs is at least one of those players when healthy, Bane is neither IMO. I also think there's a...

Just luck at this point, he's only played 97 minutes. We've been really good in those minutes though.

Pure RAPM leaderboard thus far:

Nurk's winning value is tough to peg. He helps win in subtle ways that address key areas for this team. He also helps you lose in very salient ways that are in your face. Traditionally he's been a +/- star, but this year and last this has flipped on him. He's one of the worst in the league and...

FWIW, despite Key’s improved play, it still has not translated to much improvement from a +\- perspective. Still getting killed with him on the floor. Possibly just a SSS thing, but while he’s made great strides I wouldn’t crown him as a future star just yet.

The difference between #1 and #2 ranked defenses is greater than #2 and #18. The Thunder are 5 points better per100 than anyone else. Insane.

This reminds me of someone, but the didn’t make the “white” bart filter so it can’t be. View: https://x.com/justesbaraheni/status/1990604052095512699?s=46&t=O8QgyEFSLCb2qd3SCki2Cw

Maybe if the GM gets fired, but the coach will probably take the blame first. Then new coach gets a chance with Bane etc....and if it still doesn't work they still need a player just like Bane in theory. With Suggs they have Black waiting in the wings, and Corey Joseph is still available.