freakazoid
Well-Known Member
Anybody notice?
Barkley says Rose = best PG in the NBA.
Deron noticed......
Sissy.
Barkley says Rose = best PG in the NBA.
Deron noticed......
Sissy.
CHICAGO BULLS v. UTAH JAZZ 7:00 MST 09 February 2010
- Thread starter Mr. McGibblets
- Start date
memo is money
Active Member
Watched only the second half. FT shooting and rebounding in second half were key but I have never seen Deron this bad, he just struggles to run, has no speed, momentum or quickness. Wrist injury will continue bothering him all year long, unfortunately. DRose took advantage of it and he was phenomenal. He shoots too much for a PG and I'm still not sold on his PG skills, he is yet to figure out that this game is played 5-on-5, but he is a legit MVP candidate. His role is carrying the Bulls team and he somehow have managed to do it, greatly. FYI, I, personally, would rather have Deron or Westbrook.
We saw what Carlosina is all about. The Jazz showed the entire league how to make him a high-arching, fadeaway J shooter. I'm proud of the way Millsap and Jefferson played, they tried to PLAY DEFENSE (not fake effort or trying steals instead of manning up and defending the paint and the man first) AND they had a field day offensively, which is never surprising against a non-existent (defender) Carlos. I watched last 5-6 games of Bulls and saw Alridge and Blazer bigs abusing Boozer down low and Howard going off (unbelievably easily) when he matched with Boozer.
I like the fan reaction about my man Omer. He is a defensive specialist and despite starting playing the game of basketball at relatively an old age, he has imporved quickly and vastly. He protects the painted area as well as anybody and playing Euro basketball helped him LEARN some basic fundamentals and some key skills that we rarely see in players in the NBA, like help&recover , very important quality for a big man. Coach Thibs knows that anybody is an upgrade over Carlos on defensive end and ASik is an huge upgrade over any Bulls big you can name. However, his offensive game is very limited. In order for him to stay and get consistent PT in NBA, he has to add a couple of offensive moves to his game. I hope he is working hard and aiming at staying there instead of backing off of challenge.
The Jazz, despite their leader playing hurt and awful, played a solid game and a little better FT shooting could have brought the W. Bulls are a mediocre offensive team and the Jazz played stellar defense. However, the execution at the end of ballgame was terrible and leaves me wondering how in the hell they cannot improve offensively after playing these many games. THe floor spacing still continues to hurt the Jazz, still no adjustment have made. Raja has been consistent hitting outside shots recently but can he be counted on all season? Does he get the respect and attention of the defenses as much as CJ, Kyle, or comparing to last year, Memo would get? I really admire the job Thibs has done on defensive end; you have a matador, lazy, stupid defender in Carlos at 4 and you lose your emotional leader, the man in the middle, Noah to an injury, yet you have managed to be one of the defensive teams in the NBA.
I wish there was a chance of Jazz vs Bulls matchup early in the playoffs.
We saw what Carlosina is all about. The Jazz showed the entire league how to make him a high-arching, fadeaway J shooter. I'm proud of the way Millsap and Jefferson played, they tried to PLAY DEFENSE (not fake effort or trying steals instead of manning up and defending the paint and the man first) AND they had a field day offensively, which is never surprising against a non-existent (defender) Carlos. I watched last 5-6 games of Bulls and saw Alridge and Blazer bigs abusing Boozer down low and Howard going off (unbelievably easily) when he matched with Boozer.
I like the fan reaction about my man Omer. He is a defensive specialist and despite starting playing the game of basketball at relatively an old age, he has imporved quickly and vastly. He protects the painted area as well as anybody and playing Euro basketball helped him LEARN some basic fundamentals and some key skills that we rarely see in players in the NBA, like help&recover , very important quality for a big man. Coach Thibs knows that anybody is an upgrade over Carlos on defensive end and ASik is an huge upgrade over any Bulls big you can name. However, his offensive game is very limited. In order for him to stay and get consistent PT in NBA, he has to add a couple of offensive moves to his game. I hope he is working hard and aiming at staying there instead of backing off of challenge.
The Jazz, despite their leader playing hurt and awful, played a solid game and a little better FT shooting could have brought the W. Bulls are a mediocre offensive team and the Jazz played stellar defense. However, the execution at the end of ballgame was terrible and leaves me wondering how in the hell they cannot improve offensively after playing these many games. THe floor spacing still continues to hurt the Jazz, still no adjustment have made. Raja has been consistent hitting outside shots recently but can he be counted on all season? Does he get the respect and attention of the defenses as much as CJ, Kyle, or comparing to last year, Memo would get? I really admire the job Thibs has done on defensive end; you have a matador, lazy, stupid defender in Carlos at 4 and you lose your emotional leader, the man in the middle, Noah to an injury, yet you have managed to be one of the defensive teams in the NBA.
I wish there was a chance of Jazz vs Bulls matchup early in the playoffs.
//r00t 4 Jazz
Well-Known Member
Two games in a row now, Westbrook and Rose have destroyed DWill, not used to seeing that very frustrating to watch even if DWill is nursing a hurt shooting wrist.
Also DWill and AJ had several nice plays in the 4th and your right Sloany for one of the few times this season but I'm sure it had nothing to do with the defense of a certain big man.
Also Jazz had several clutch blocks late in the game by AJ & AK
Also DWill and AJ had several nice plays in the 4th and your right Sloany for one of the few times this season but I'm sure it had nothing to do with the defense of a certain big man.
Also Jazz had several clutch blocks late in the game by AJ & AK
fishonjazz
Well-Known Member
Contributor
2018 Award Winner
2019 Award Winner
20-21 Award Winner
2022 Award Winner
2023 Award Winner
2024 Award Winner
2025 Award Winner
Why does this sloanfield guy spend so much time on a utah jazz website when he clearly isn't even a fan? what a wierd dude.
D
Deleted member 365
Guest
I remember at the start of the season being ridiculed for placing Rose ahead of Dwill on my list of top players. Hmmmmm....
I think it's plenty obvious that this team needs some help at the SG/SF position. Right now we don't have a SF/SG that could start for many teams.
I think it's plenty obvious that this team needs some help at the SG/SF position. Right now we don't have a SF/SG that could start for many teams.
Marty McFly
Well-Known Member
You know Williams is playing with an injury that would sideline most players in the league, right?
freakazoid
Well-Known Member
Duh.
Jazz are pretty much the worst team in the league in first half.
Ok, IDK about 2nd quarter.
Worst team in NBA in 1st quarter. ( yep, worse than Cleveland)
I record the games by 1st half, then 2nd half.
Automatically erase 1st half.
memo is money
Active Member
I enjoyed watching a Jazz game. Maybe terrible first halves theory explains why. The solution to the 1st half issues is all about players' committing themselves to the system, trusting in the offensive execution.
vegas
Well-Known Member
I was expecting a loss. I only got to watch the fourth, but his one felt just like Houston all over again. Tears your heart out! I'm going to watch the replay for the first three quarters to get a better feel of where we this team is at in returning to what they are capable of.
Improvements this game:
won the 1st quarter
won the rebounding battle
held the bulls to 91
held the bulls to 39% fgs
Paul and AL able to make significant contributions offensively in the same game.
Bell with a nother >50% shooting +5rebs
AK continues to contribute 4 blks, 10 rebs, so-so shooting if you consider fts
Al continues to look more and more comfortable and appears to be understanding the offense more and more. Some pretty pick-n-rolls tonight
noteworthy:
able to shut down boozer for the most part 6/16, 4 ba, only 2 fts, only 6 rebs
10 blks
Still need improvement:
Deron is getting burned by quicker guards regularly, and our bigs aren't able to provide much help
Deron 0-3 3pts (also only shot 2 fts, shot poor fg%)
Defense having difficulty with driving guards. 6 drives for a layup, or got fouled to prevent an easy one (in the first half)
15 to's
1-8 3pts
our bench is abysmal lately--not even streaky (5 pts tonight)
New problems/chalk it up to a bad night:
Deron w/5 to's, and as mentioned the last 3 possessions (he owned the L in the interview btw)
52% fts - 66% vs sac, 74% vs okc
15 to's
We have been slowly chipping away at the weaknesses. I am encouraged that the improvements list is larger than the weakness list. As long as we continue this trend, I expect this team to exceed the level of play they were at earlier this year.
Fix 1 or 2 more weaknesses and tonight is a W.
Improvements this game:
won the 1st quarter
won the rebounding battle
held the bulls to 91
held the bulls to 39% fgs
Paul and AL able to make significant contributions offensively in the same game.
Bell with a nother >50% shooting +5rebs
AK continues to contribute 4 blks, 10 rebs, so-so shooting if you consider fts
Al continues to look more and more comfortable and appears to be understanding the offense more and more. Some pretty pick-n-rolls tonight
noteworthy:
able to shut down boozer for the most part 6/16, 4 ba, only 2 fts, only 6 rebs
10 blks
Still need improvement:
Deron is getting burned by quicker guards regularly, and our bigs aren't able to provide much help
Deron 0-3 3pts (also only shot 2 fts, shot poor fg%)
Defense having difficulty with driving guards. 6 drives for a layup, or got fouled to prevent an easy one (in the first half)
15 to's
1-8 3pts
our bench is abysmal lately--not even streaky (5 pts tonight)
New problems/chalk it up to a bad night:
Deron w/5 to's, and as mentioned the last 3 possessions (he owned the L in the interview btw)
52% fts - 66% vs sac, 74% vs okc
15 to's
We have been slowly chipping away at the weaknesses. I am encouraged that the improvements list is larger than the weakness list. As long as we continue this trend, I expect this team to exceed the level of play they were at earlier this year.
Fix 1 or 2 more weaknesses and tonight is a W.
asian_roger
Well-Known Member
wtf
D-will, how can you let Rose just own you like that?
I know he's a good passer but I think he cared way too much about passing and not enough about scoring. Watson pushes the ball so much more.
And the Jazz team is shooting free-throws like fesenko. Where the ***** are the threes at? and where the hell was d-will?
OH the bright side... JAZZ OWNED BOOZER BIG TIME
lol
D-will, how can you let Rose just own you like that?
I know he's a good passer but I think he cared way too much about passing and not enough about scoring. Watson pushes the ball so much more.
And the Jazz team is shooting free-throws like fesenko. Where the ***** are the threes at? and where the hell was d-will?
OH the bright side... JAZZ OWNED BOOZER BIG TIME
lol
asian_roger
Well-Known Member
true, but in this game he didn't do it enough. The unexpected layups are coming cause he's been so non-existent for the majority of this game with the exception of some pretty assists. In the final minutes, Rose whooped the Jazz asses back and forth and over and over again. The three shot over 3 guys was nuts and then he comes and picks the ball from D-will, I hate him cause he was so beast. I was hoping D-will was going to prove something tonight and show Rose how it's done but williams got schooled instead.
