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1/7/15: Official Game Thread--Utah Jazz @ Chicago Bulls 6PM MT--ROOT, NBALP

The Jazz going into Chicago and beating them by 20 on their home court and Gobert destroying Rose and Gasol is not even a story on ESPN. The only link to the Jazz win is in the recap.

Instead they have the Wolves 13th straight lose and 4 stories about the Cavs...

What a joke lol
 
NAOS said:
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I have alot of faith in quin snyder to be able to mold Alec into a very good player.
Maybe even that 3 and D player you have been pining for. (The 3 part has already come a long way and he has the length, speed, and athleticism to be good defensively. Plus he will add some weight to his frame in the next couple of years, booker it. I believe all that is left for Alec to be good defensively is desire and effort. I believe quin can get that out of him)
 
fishonjazz said:
I have alot of faith in quin snyder to be able to mold Alec into a very good player.
Maybe even that 3 and D player you have been pining for. (The 3 part has already come a long way and he has the length, speed, and athleticism to be good defensively. Plus he will add some weight to his frame in the next couple of years, booker it. I believe all that is left for Alec to be good defensively is desire and effort. I believe quin can get that out of him)
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Don't worry about Alec Fish, he's in good hands. I have no doubt there's room for him in this team, if not a starter he can be a very good 6th man. Plus attitude, plus 'jazziness', plus learning Q's system well, it's all gooood.
 
Stoked said:
The Jazz going into Chicago and beating them by 20 on their home court and Gobert destroying Rose and Gasol is not even a story on ESPN. The only link to the Jazz win is in the recap.

Instead they have the Wolves 13th straight lose and 4 stories about the Cavs...

What a joke lol
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Let it be that way, the more abruptly shocked everyone becomes when we start owning, the better story.
 
fishonjazz said:
I have alot of faith in quin snyder to be able to mold Alec into a very good player.
Maybe even that 3 and D player you have been pining for. (The 3 part has already come a long way and he has the length, speed, and athleticism to be good defensively. Plus he will add some weight to his frame in the next couple of years, booker it. I believe all that is left for Alec to be good defensively is desire and effort. I believe quin can get that out of him)
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Alec's main problem is mental -- which translates to his unimpressive abilities in improvising with other players. There are limits to what a coach can do with this hurdle.

This is the principle difference between a player like Hayward and a player like Burks.
 
Stoked said:
The Jazz going into Chicago and beating them by 20 on their home court and Gobert destroying Rose and Gasol is not even a story on ESPN. The only link to the Jazz win is in the recap.

Instead they have the Wolves 13th straight lose and 4 stories about the Cavs...

What a joke lol
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Makes me long for the day when we'd beat the Lakers, and they'd show Kobe make 5 shots. Then one lame lay up or mid range J, and then the score. With a locker room interview snippet from Kobe.
 
NAOS said:
Alec's main problem is mental -- which translates to his unimpressive abilities in improvising with other players. There are limits to what a coach can do with this hurdle.

This is the principle difference between a player like Hayward and a player like Burks.
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Mental CAN be a better problem than physical. Can't teach height, length, speed, or athleticism imo

You can however, if you are a good enough coach at motivating and teaching, change a players attitude and tendencies.
Also a player could change his attitude and mentality if his situation changes (more winning, better teammates, stable contract, better coaching)

Not saying he is certain to change his mentality when it comes to defense, but if he was going to then I think having snyder for a coach along with teammates dedicated to defense would be the ideal situation for him to make that change.

I guess I just have alot of faith in quin and also alecs ability to with hard and improve (like how he has added to his game every season so far)
 
There are a lot of different things that can be categorized as Mental Issues. Creativity/improvisation with others is probably the hardest to fix. It isn't like he'd be trying to fix Burks' professionalism or some other such thing.
 
NAOS said:
There are a lot of different things that can be categorized as Mental Issues. Creativity/improvisation with others is probably the hardest to fix. It isn't like he'd be trying to fix Burks' professionalism or some other such thing.
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Ya you are probably right. It's impossible for Burks to become a better defender
Just like it was impossible for him to play in quins offensive system since Burks can't make the three ball
 
fishonjazz said:
Ya you are probably right. It's impossible for Burks to become a better defender
Just like it was impossible for him to play in quins offensive system since Burks can't make the three ball
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I just made a New Year's resolution to never talk about Burks with you. Your thing with him has gone beyond weird, btw. Maybe even waaay beyond.
 
NAOS said:
I just made a New Year's resolution to never talk about Burks with you. Your thing with him has gone beyond weird, btw. Maybe even waaay beyond.
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All I'm saying is that if Burks works hard on his defense with quin then it's possible he could become a good defender.

I'm sorry that you think that is such an unreasonable thing to say.
Doesn't seem that crazy to me.
 
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