Did you stop watching the game or something and yes Jefferson was helping us to lose big time. Not really mentioned not only was he shooting horribly he would just allow Heat players to score and not even contest shots.
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Did you stop watching the game or something and yes Jefferson was helping us to lose big time. Not really mentioned not only was he shooting horribly he would just allow Heat players to score and not even contest shots.
David Stern
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Start Fess. I love Big Al, but he isn't comfortable at all right now. Taking some pressure off him by moving him to a reserve role with starters minutes would help him big time.
Yes, it is too late. Few will be an unrestricted free agent next year.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Agree. Jefferson, until tonight, was averaging 18/10 on 45% shooting. That's prrety good. Not great, but I think that's about what we thought Millsap might do. Obviously we underestimated Millsap and had overly optimistic expectations about Big Al. The offense IS complex and the Jazz haven't even put everything in yet. The basic plays are there, but not all the variations off every play. Jefferson is likely thinking too much. When you have to worry about what you're doing and where you should be, then there's no way you can play to your maximum ability.
Give him time. We've had 7 games so far. And the starters didn't play much as a group in the pre-season. I'm much more worried abotu the production we're getting from Raja and CJ. Terrible games - AGAIN - from both of them.
twentytwo
Active Member
Relax, seriously. Breathe. Players have bad games. It does take time to adjust to this system and I think Al had been doing a good job.
I don't get this **** on this board. Every single game, win or loss, we need to bitch and bitch and bitch about the one player that had a bad night. If Al puts up 25 points tomorrow, suddenly all will be forgotten and we will be back to calling for CJ's head. Stupid.
I don't get this **** on this board. Every single game, win or loss, we need to bitch and bitch and bitch about the one player that had a bad night. If Al puts up 25 points tomorrow, suddenly all will be forgotten and we will be back to calling for CJ's head. Stupid.
Darkwing Duck
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He played like he was disinterested, especially in the third. A bit disconcerting.
Needs to play with a bit more emotion and energy when things aren't going well.
He's also probably really frustrated not getting the schemes down and being confused a lot of the time. Still early in the season. Nothing to get too concerned about.
Needs to play with a bit more emotion and energy when things aren't going well.
He's also probably really frustrated not getting the schemes down and being confused a lot of the time. Still early in the season. Nothing to get too concerned about.
I've spent years trying to understand it, but ultimately that's just a maddening proposition.
billyshelby
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Bad game. He missed a bunch a shots he would ordinarily have made. When I think about Al sucking and us winning this game, all I can think is how freaking good we're going to be when Al is fully on board. He and Millsap can be flat out dominant when they get in sync with each other, and in sync with the whole team. It makes me giggly to think about.
InGameStrategy
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Hilarious that you could contradict yourself in a single sentence.
Coaching with motivation and intensity (the "nuts" part, not the "gut" part) is one of the things that I salute Sloan for.
Intentionally or unintentionally, Sloan adopted--not deserted--Coaching 101 by putting the best combination on the court--or at least a combination that was good enough.
It's also a step closer to him practicing what he preaches--enforcing effort, not just talking about it.
InGameStrategy
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While I, too, have been surprised that AJ cannot create his shot better, it's not overly optimistic to expect your starting center to box out. To this point, Sloan has stuck with the tired old undersized PF pair as the majority of the minutes at the 4/5 spot. What really wasn't expected is that Big Al would bring such bad defense, even though it would be a surprise if he would be as good offensively as Boozer--especially so soon.
We saw tonight that, even though the opposing center rotation was a 6'9" 3rd year and an aging Euro, putting a center (or center-like player in Elson) is better than playing a 6'10" who is (1) still out of shape, (2) still doesn't know the offense, and (3) still doesn't give anywhere close to Millsap-like effort.
Dude, you seriously have short term memory problems. Fesenko is a foul machine every game. Expand your mind Fes Homer.
I didn't see that. AJ was cheering the team down the stretch and chest bump Millsap when he came over to the sidelines. Sorry but if you watch the sideline when the Jazz are making the run in OT AJ and DW were the biggest cheerleaders. I think you are looking for something that is not there. The only thing similar to Boozer is how Jazz fans have already turned on AJ. He played poorly but the guy has played what 7 games in a difficult system.