Can the C.J. Miles experiment please end?
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No CJ just sucks. No ifs. He thinks he can make threes. He really is a true life clown. Pretty funny if you think about it. They should use him in the half time show.
candrew
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Forget the 2 dumb 3's Miles' took in the last few minutes.
You can make an argument that Nicholas Batum's first 3 was Jeremy Evans fault because he didn't rotate; but the other 2 were clearly Miles' fault.
And when Miles got around to defending him the first thing Batum did was take him to the basket.
He's emerged as the weakest link on a team that plays decent defense. I'm pretty sure the first line of every Jazz scouting report in big bold captial letters is to take it to CJ Miles when he's on defense - especially when he's guarding SF's.
You can make an argument that Nicholas Batum's first 3 was Jeremy Evans fault because he didn't rotate; but the other 2 were clearly Miles' fault.
And when Miles got around to defending him the first thing Batum did was take him to the basket.
He's emerged as the weakest link on a team that plays decent defense. I'm pretty sure the first line of every Jazz scouting report in big bold captial letters is to take it to CJ Miles when he's on defense - especially when he's guarding SF's.
He needs to focus more defensively. However his drives took a lot of pressure off Millsap. Overall it was a positive game for CJ. But yes he had some defensive lapses.
gregbroncs
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Yet on the biggest possession of that game he played great defense on Batum and forced the TO. Yes Batum tripped over his own feet. But he was being guarded very well by CJ at the time.
prodigy
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I thought it was a curious play call by Portland. You have a spot up shooter that's on fire from downtown thanks to some non-existent D, he is out of his element by driving to the hoop and therefore he trips on his own damn feet and we call it good defense. ahaha. But thanks Blazers!
It was good defense too. He wasn't getting into the lane even if he didn't get injured. At one point Wallace was trying to post Miles up, but Miles was able to push Wallace far away from the paint far enough to were an entry pass was too difficult.
There was some rotation errors on the Jazz and CJ's part, but his man D was solid.
HA! The clown did his best to lose that game. Miss all his threes going down the stretch. Clown D did not cause Batum to trip.
gregbroncs
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No he didn't. What he did do was play good defense and prevent him from getting to the basket. Batum tripping was a result of him having no where to go and trying to force it anyway. That was good defense by CJ.
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