(9-8) Kings @ (8-9) Jazz - Gamethread

[SoUjazzfan]

How long before we pack it in and see what we have in Allen and Niang given meaningful minutes?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The game can be summed up in the 4th quarter, where the Jazz manufactured open looks from 3 that were missed. Exum missed an open corner 3, Burks missed one, Crowder missed one or two. These were open, high-quality looks. The game is on the line, you get a guy an open 3-pt shot, he's got to make a higher percentage. That's the difference.

When the Kings got open looks, they knocked down the shots. Bogdonovich and Bjelica put us away. The Jazz contained everyone else.

Crowder missed two on back to back possessions.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Crowder has been good, in fact I’d rather he moved to the starting lineup.

He's more versatile than Favors, but shooting only 31% from 3 and only grabbing 5 boards doesn't make him a solid starter if you're trying to win.

 

[mellow]

I wish I could say it's a one player addition thing, but I don't think it is.

Yep, I got to agree. Lindsey has some work to do.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

How long before we pack it in and see what we have in Allen and Niang given meaningful minutes?

A long *** time lmao.

Allen cant stay in front to save his life without fouling. He deserves 0 minutes.

I don't know what the issue with Niang not getting more minutes is.

 

[Jingled]

How long before we pack it in and see what we have in Allen and Niang given meaningful minutes?

Did you not watch last season?

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

How long before we pack it in and see what we have in Allen and Niang given meaningful minutes?

We know what we have in Niang and Grayson.

 

[jjscap]

In other news

Trey Burke beat BOS
West's #1 POR lost by 43
Last season's top 3 defensive teams UTA, BOS, SAS are ranked 13, 8, 11 in their conferences.

 

[mellow]

Yeah, Jae needs to be a 20 mpg player, not a 30 mpg. But Utah doesnt have better options.

I would say the same of Favors, Rubio and One-hand Joe. But as you say Utah doesnt have better options.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

To my eye the problem is our lack of offense and opposing coaches adjusting to Gobert, pulling him away from the rim. Also exploiting switches, and we have no counter. We don’t have the talent on offense to make people pay for sagging off our shooters (it’s a stretch calling them shooters, I know) and clogging the lane.

Gobert forces teams to shoot a lower percentage at the rim and second-guess whether to drive in the first place. Then Gobert is our primary rebounder. Gobert is doing his job.

 

[Jazzta]

He's more versatile than Favors, but shooting only 31% from 3 and only grabbing 5 boards doesn't make him a solid starter if you're trying to win.

Just thinking how the Jazz could switch up things a bit. At least he’s consistently intense during the game.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

IMO the biggest issue right now is that the Jazz have too many defensive specialist who are too poor on offense to play, and when I say that I mean Exum and O'Neale. They are the two defensive athletes we got, but they are so pathetic this year offensively it's tough to play them.

An argument can be made that Exum doesn't fit our style of play. This side-to-side, blender stuff with multiple pick-and-rolls isn't necessarily playing to his strengths. He wants to run end to end and post guys up. But yeah, he's like a slightly rich man's Michael Carter Williams.