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AD also posted up way less at the second half.

That was really fun to watch. Great stuff from Hardy once again. At the first quarter Collins was guarding AD and Jazz sent Tech to double him. Overall defensive effort really wasn't there, but either way, AD had no issues to find open guys over the doubles. At the second quarter Hardy put...

I agree that his overall defense has improved. However, last season Lauri played more as a primary defender against the league's elite 3s and he was actually pretty decent in that role. The sample size is smaller this year, but it seems that Lauri has had more challenges to stay in front against...

You are mixing up the plays. There was 11:20 left in the second quarter when Hardy took Keyonte out. It didn't happen after a turnover, it happened after a made free throw by Clarkson. Keyonte had all the time in the world to find his man, but he got completely lost. He wasn't doing ok at that...

Yet Rudy plays with McDaniels and Ant, Jokic with KCP, Brook had Jrue when they won.. I'm not saying that perimeter D isn't Walkers biggest weakness defensively. It's overemphasized because the Jazz doesn't have good enough PoA defenders. And yes, Dunn and Walker are not an optimal pairing on...

If the Jazz were in a playoff series, Walkers perimeter D wouldn't be the first thing that would be exposed. On the other hand, play Walker with elite PoA defenders who actually know how to navigate screens, and suddenly Hardys job becomes a lot easier.

Pros: + Our starting five (or any lineup with Dunn, Sexton, Lauri and Walker) were pretty competitive against their starting five. Although Valanciunas helped a lot by killing any momentum they were about to have. + Herb didn't give Lauri anything for free, but Lauri still contributed until the...