Big Al's new name should be Selfish Al

[write4u]

The crappy players we have now make it difficult for me to watch the Jazz, and Raja is far and away the worst. But I think we need to come up with something better so far as a nickname to convey how bad he has been since rejoining the Jazz.

What I am mostly seeing is lack of cohesion in the team since Jerry left. We may have been bad at times when he was the coach but at least we played like a team. Now I don't see much of that anymore. We have selfish Al, selfish Devin, one-on-one Josh, bricker Bell, and chucker Miles -- with the chucker being the least selfish of the quintet.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

When you are hot and everything you throw up is going in the basket you keep shooting till you miss. Have to hand it to Al, he had a nice game. This was the Al I wanted from the start. The question is what will we get from him the next game. Why do certain players get burned by fans no matter how they play.... Sheesh!

 

[LogGrad98]

This.

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This.

Yep.

 

[xXLINDEXx]

Big Al was in a zone in the third period. He single-handedly kept Utah in the game.

I have no problem with his performance.

This

 

[Guitaro]

When we first got Al, I thought the Jazz would be smart to use the Olajuwon offense (1 post with 4 shooters). Tonight, Al showed us again why this would work really well. However, it's not traditional Jazz basketball. I think it'd be too big of an adjustment for many Jazz fans and our coaches apparently. Therefore, it's silly, no matter how well he plays, to keep him on this team that's never going to adjust to his strengths.

Although, this game showed a bit more of what I think Corbin's staff is trying to get to. I just worry that AJ might not be able to handle it this year. He keeps aggravating old injuries. How can we get any flow going if he misses every other game? In other words, if you saw him hobble at the end of the game, you'll guess like I am that he'll miss tomorrow's game. The positive is that our other bigs will get more development time earlier than later.

Bottom line? I really liked AJ's effort tonight. He was on a roll and his defense was better. We just need to better compliment his game and help him out of double-teams better by rotating quicker to where he can see teammates.

 

[Deleted member 848]

When we first got Al, I thought the Jazz would be smart to use the Olajuwon offense (1 post with 4 shooters). Tonight, Al showed us again why this would work really well. However, it's not traditional Jazz basketball. I think it'd be too big of an adjustment for many Jazz fans and our coaches apparently. Therefore, it's silly, no matter how well he plays, to keep him on this team that's never going to adjust to his strengths.

Although, this game showed a bit more of what I think Corbin's staff is trying to get to. I just worry that AJ might not be able to handle it this year. He keeps aggravating old injuries. How can we get any flow going if he misses every other game? In other words, if you saw him hobble at the end of the game, you'll guess like I am that he'll miss tomorrow's game. The positive is that our other bigs will get more development time earlier than later.

Bottom line? I really liked AJ's effort tonight. He was on a roll and his defense was better. We just need to better compliment his game and help him out of double-teams better by rotating quicker to where he can see teammates.

They key with an "olajuwon" offense is Al being able to consistently recognize oncoming double-teams, and having the on-cort awareness to pass it to the most open teammate. He is getting better, but he is in no way shape or form an Olajuwon yet, in terms of passing.

What we should all remember, is that Al has played on poor-shooting teams throughout his career. He's never had the luxury of having deadly shooters on the perimeter, and therefore has always been reluctant to pass it out, leaving him to his own devices instead. Its a damn shame Hayward isn't spotting up for more shots, and that Bell and CJ are so ****ing awful from three. If we shot the 3ball well, it would benefit our team in so many ways.

 

[Weezur]

Nuts, this would've been a better thread title: "There's no Al in team"

Oh well.

In all seriousness, he did keep the team alive in the 3rd quarter but him not passing the ball in the future comes at the expense of developing the youth and a good Jazz offense. Hopefully he'll learn how to pass out of double and triple teams because it gets super annoying to watch him heave up another when 3 people are wide open.

 

[Nate505]

I wish he'd pass more, but hey, nobody else seemed to be moving at all.

Howard also frustrates me with his chuckery, though I do appreciate him being active and trying to do something. It at least seems more aggressive than CJ's chuckery most of the time.

 

[Nate505]

I had a dream, too. Only in mine, there were thousands of people tossing bricks around at an event called Rajapalooza.

 

[Xsy]

Al Jefferson had a good night, but if his shot happened to be off tonight, he'd still take those same exact shots.

 

[LunaticWolf]

Reminds me of when Boozer would have a great game and jazzfanz would try to spin it against him.

Its just funny to be honest.

 

[Fishsticks]

How many times was he triple or double teamed and still forced up a bad shot? This **** will work on a team like the hornets sans Gordon, but his play is unacceptable . He MUST learn to read defenses or he is a lost cause.