Miggs
Well-Known Member
Lulz with Burks at the 1 for 20 minutes and Pleiss getting burn.
If injuries are the same for each team then jazz roster/record > blazers roster/record.As if the cakk bakkers didn't need any more egg on their faces, I'm being harassed by one now, again -- asking me to justify my position. It should be the other way around.
Portland is the anti-cakk. How do you guys like their season?
Also the only free agents that Portland signed that contribute are ed davis and al foruqe aminu.
I doubt they sign those guys if they don't lose batum aldridge matthews and everyone else from last year.
So basically, they would have probably baked the cake.
Im pretty certain that the jazz would have been active in free agency if a bunch of jazz players left in free agency too. It's not uncommon for teams to bake the cake when they retain most of their own players (have very very few free sheets leave the time like the jazz did).
*These are last minutes clutch stats too, so the most clutch of clutch time*
You know Hayward is one of the best clutch shooters in the NBA? He is tied for the 2nd most FGM in the last minute of a game within 5 points. Only Durant and Lebron have more (and it's only 1 more FG). You know what else? Hayward actually shoots a much better % on those shots than either of those two guys. Hayward shoots 56% on these shots, Lebron shoots 46% and KD shoots 40%.
Hayward shoots 56 ****ing percent. The only other players who shoot above 50% (who are in the top 40 in attempts) are Isiah Thomas (52%) and Dirk Nowitzki (50%).
So we really need that guy who can hit a big clutch shot. GUESS WHAT IDIOTS? WE HAVE THAT PLAYER!
It's ****ing comical how many people on this board say "Damn, game is on the line in the final minutes, I really want Hood to take teh shot, not Hayward". Guess what Hood shot in the final minutes of a close game? 26%
It's pathetic how blind some Jazz fans are to how good Hayward is and how much he carried the team yet again. We need a quick penetrator and playmaking PG who can help take ball-handling pressure off him so he can continue to hit these insanely clutch shots and get the hard earned buckets in clutch time that he gets at the highest rate in the ****ing NBA.
This myth that we need a closer needs to ****ing end. It's so uninformed and foolish.
*Further stats*
Hayward went to the line 50 times in the clutch, good for 15th most attempts. He made 40 of these attempts for 80% (also debunks the myth that Hayward becomes a markedly worse FT shooter in the clutch as 80% is right in line with his season averages).
https://www.nbaminer.com/clutch-time-stats/
Would we be able to move up to get buddy with that burke Burks #13 combination?I'm starting to wonder what we could get by trading Burke, Burks and our (hypothetically) 13th pick. I'm thinking the 9th pick maybe. I don't think 8th and I definitely think 10th. If we signed Bazemore, that would be very intriguing to me.
Exum-Mack-Neto
Hood-Bazemore
Hayward-Luwawu-Ingles
Favors-Lyles
Gobert-2nd rounder-Withey
I like that team a lot. Bazemore is a big defensive upgrade over Burks and I just think he fits a role better. Add in Luwawu with him and that's some nice athleticism. Exum too will be back of course as well so we could be waaaaaay better on defense next year, more athletic with the addition of these three and improved offensively too.
If injuries are the same for each team then jazz roster/record > blazers roster/record.
What's the reality then? Which team has the better roster? Due to injuries there is no "reality". Only speculation. I speculate that the jazz have the better roster.you can have that theory. But then there's reality.