An awesome Post-Game Lakers vs. Jazz article

[Deleted member 848]

Why? Didn't you see Bynum eat them up? If you score 40 points in 1 quarter its great, unless the other team scores 50. Thats the idea, combine offense with defense.

Right now we play our too best offensive bigs together and our two best defensive bigs at the same time. Makes zero sense to me. I do not care how young they are or how experienced they are.

Have you ever considered the fact that perhaps, Corbin is looking into the future, and maximizing the playtime that Kanter and Favors have with one another, so their chemistry can be off the charts in the years to come??

Honestly, our frontcourt is statistically one of the best in the NBA. We own the paint., we lead the league in points in the paint. Check it out if you don't believe me. Our 4 and 5 minute rotations have been absolutely spot on. If we don't make the playoffs, it will be because of our backcourt.

 

[Brown Notes]

LOL @ the guy crying over our front court.

Great article. I always like details like the bit about Tinsley coaching up Kanter.

What a great win. Everybody contributed. Utah would have beat any team in the NBA playing like that last night.

 

[carolinajazz]

Have you ever considered the fact that perhaps, Corbin is looking into the future, and maximizing the playtime that Kanter and Favors have with one another, so their chemistry can be off the charts in the years to come??

...I don't think Ty Corbin looks ahead more than 10 minutes into a game or even into his life......let alone into the future "years to come!"

 

[northeast]

There are lots of good arguments either way... I'll approve with whatever combos coach goes with , as long as he utilizes the team's depth and gives the youth some burn.

 

[Grandpa Jazz]

16 TOTAL Laker points scored by players not in the big three. Does anyone besides myself see that this is a "flawed" Laker team. Compete for a championship? Without some serious roster moves they will have trouble competing for third place in the division. To me this just makes their letting Odom go very puzzling. And we think we have issues with KOC!

I am as impatient as anyone can be to see Kanter get more minutes and continue improving. Totally defer to what TyCo is doing, it's working. Bring him along slowly by all means.

 

[YB85]

t’s Jamaal Tinsley who plays 45 minutes all season, then 38 in the absence of Watson and Harris, then 0 tonight, but still makes a huge impact on the game. Tinsley took Kanter aside outside the Jazz locker room at half time and showed the young big man the secret to defending the spin move. Kanter had been beat twice in the first half by Bynum spinning and getting the lob pass. Tinsley explained to him that he needed to center himself behind Bynum, that way if he spun he’d spin into Kanter not around him. The result, no lobs for Bynum in the second half.

This is what I am looking for this season. Progression like this. Both Favors and Kanter are starting to play like the lightbulb is turning on.

 

[UCLAwin]

One thing I can nitpick on about Kanter is that a couple of times he went up for rebounds a bit soft, and a Laker player went after it more aggresively and pulled it down. I'd love to see him get a little nasty going after the boards. He's working hard and making great strides, and it might not be in his nature, but just a little something to keep an eye on.

 

[franklin]

If Bynum wasn't getting away with hooking Kanter and Favors with his elbow all night--even getting fouls called on our guys for his elbow--then he wouldn't have been much of an impact at all. It's tough enough to defend Bynum in the post as it is but it's impossible to defend when the refs are calling it the wrong way and giving him free throws for elbows. Reminds me of Bryant's back down elbows to the gut in front of refs, but anyway...

16 TOTAL Laker points scored by players not in the big three. Does anyone besides myself see that this is a "flawed" Laker team. Compete for a championship? Without some serious roster moves they will have trouble competing for third place in the division. To me this just makes their letting Odom go very puzzling. And we think we have issues with KOC!

I am as impatient as anyone can be to see Kanter get more minutes and continue improving. Totally defer to what TyCo is doing, it's working. Bring him along slowly by all means.

We watched the game at Iggy's last night and there were more Faker fans than Jazz, annoying. The guy next to us was a Faker fan and I mentioned a scenario where Fakers could sign Dwight outright. He responded that they don't need bigs. I said yeah, but you need a player for the future. He STFU right there. They know.

 

[gregbroncs]

I thought Ty made a mistake taking both Kanter and Favors out of the game after they were very instrumental in the run that basically won the game. Millsap and Jefferson gave up some easy offensive rebounds that could have cost us that game. I'm not saying they both should have finished but felt that either Kanter or Favors should have been in for the stretch run.

 

[The Midnight]

"It wasn’t the offense of the two young Jazz bigs that made the difference in the Jazz win. It was the defense. I sent out about 10 different tweets during the game regarding their defense on Bynum each well deserving of the 140 characters, it was fabulous."

Which indicates to me that Ty is playing the bigs wrong. Sap and Big Slow = great experience, great offense, p-poor defense. Favors and Kanter = little experience, weak offense, great defense. Why not mix that up? Play favors with Al and kanter with Sap. Tough luck if one of them, Sap or Al, is not a starter anymore. They can still get their minutes. How much better would we have been off if Bynum was kept under control by the youngsters the whole game, instead of just 15-20 minutes? He was eating up Al and Sap.

Is this too hard to understand, or is Ty just too afraid to p-off one of the vets?

I think Ty's strategy to gradually bring both Favors and Kanter along by playing them in the 2nd unit against subs has worked. It's given them valuable practice time and confidence. There's a lot of talk about how they both defended Bynum. But a lot of the time they were matched up against Murphy and McRoberts - and to be honest they're pretty soft and not that great, even as a 2nd unit.

I still think play Favors and Kanter against 2nd unit bigs a bit more to develop more confidence both offensively and defensively is the way to go. It'll also keep Jefferson and Millsap happy in the meantime, which I think is quite important from the team unity stand point. (vets seems to make more noise about playing time and starting roles than rookies). I think Ty has got the balance just right in the meantime (unless either Kanter or Favors suddenly start playing at an All Star level).

 

[NUMBERICA]

One thing I can nitpick on about Kanter is that a couple of times he went up for rebounds a bit soft, and a Laker player went after it more aggresively and pulled it down. I'd love to see him get a little nasty going after the boards. He's working hard and making great strides, and it might not be in his nature, but just a little something to keep an eye on.

You're joking, right?

 

[Stifle Tower]

16 TOTAL Laker points scored by players not in the big three. Does anyone besides myself see that this is a "flawed" Laker team. Compete for a championship? Without some serious roster moves they will have trouble competing for third place in the division. To me this just makes their letting Odom go very puzzling. And we think we have issues with KOC!

I am as impatient as anyone can be to see Kanter get more minutes and continue improving. Totally defer to what TyCo is doing, it's working. Bring him along slowly by all means.

The Lakers gave up this season (and Odom) to go after Howard and/or Deron. It's that simple. They want to get Howard via trade and have the room to sign Deron. Hence, the shedding of contracts.