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Can the Emmanuel Mudiay and Jeff Green experiments please end.

How many jazz players have had breakout success after leaving the confines of our system? Burke? Kanter?

Dante’s issues are his, not the coach or the system.
 
Two minimum guys probably shouldn't be our bench catalysts. Our bench dollars are being spent on Exum and Ingles.

I think we need to just put Mudiay in the Neto role, not the go-to backup PG. He's a +/- nightmare, and the eye test backs it up.

Mitchell and Ingles (and Exum?) should be the ball handlers for the second units. I feel like way to often we jump to 'lineup changes' even in a year where we've won twice as many games as we've lost. But I do just get a sinking feeling when the bench comes in this year.
 
He's (mudiay) a +/- nightmare, and the eye test backs it up.

In regards to this part of your post, mudiay has played in 11 games so far this year. In 8 of them he was a + in plus/minus. 3 games he was negative.
He is a +16 for the season so far. And that is while playing with our putrid bench. It's amazing that any non starter is a + in that stat this season.

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You could create a whole new bench with the Free Agents still available - and it might be better than what we have now (on paper at least).

C- Marcin Gortat
PF- Kenneth Faried
SF- Jonathan Simmons
SG- Jamal Crawford
PG- Jeremy Lin

Or team D:

C- Joakim Noah
PF- Jon Leuer
SF - Luc Mbah a Moute
SG- JR Smith
PG - Devin Harris
 
You could create a whole new bench with the Free Agents still available - and it might be better than what we have now (on paper at least).

C- Marcin Gortat
PF- Kenneth Faried
SF- Jonathan Simmons
SG- Jamal Crawford
PG- Jeremy Lin

Or team D:

C- Joakim Noah
PF- Jon Leuer
SF - Luc Mbah a Moute
SG- JR Smith
PG - Devin Harris
I would be ok with Faried, Simmons and Noah. You guys need to stop bringing Lin's name, he is not NBA player anymore.
 
In regards to this part of your post, mudiay has played in 11 games so far this year. In 8 of them he was a + in plus/minus. 3 games he was negative.
He is a +16 for the season so far. And that is while playing with our putrid bench. It's amazing that any non starter is a + in that stat this season.

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The Mudiay Green combo is rough... then we throw Exum or Niang on top of it and it turns into a full fledged dumpster fire.

It’s not unlike the offense with Rudy Favs and Ricky... sub one part out and it works but there is a tipping point. Sucks for Mudiay but I think he’s the one that gets benched here... play Dante at backup PG and if it works then he either gives us something or we can possibly move him. If he dies... he dies.
 
I would be ok with Faried, Simmons and Noah. You guys need to stop bringing Lin's name, he is not NBA player anymore.

Noah and Bogut would have been options prior to signing Howard... I honestly think the guy will play.

I like the idea of Exum, DM, Ingles, Green, and Howard... sub out Howard for Bradley, Mudiay, or Niang and I don’t like it.

If Exum is going to succeed he needs time and good health... Quin can help with one of those. Bench Mudiay for now.
 
Why? Mudiay showed more positives in few games than Exum in 5 years. Exum needs to earn those minutes back.

1- contract situation... Exum is on 2/20 basically... hard to move if you bench him... and we have needs.

2- The idea of Exum is that he can fit better because he’s a good defender and a better passer. If he stays healthy and works out I think he raises this teams ceiling... that’s a couple huge ifs.

Mudiay has shown to be a solid creator/scorer... but he’s on a minimum deal... is a developmental project and is a ball stopper. I just think that second unit has one too many ball stoppers and one too many non-shooters. I agree he has done more to earn time but there is more to these decisions sometimes.
 
The Tony Bradley and Dante Exum contracts are baffling tbh. It's time to question our FO a little bit, I'd say.
 
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