Game Thread Dec 09, 2021 05:00PM MT: Jazz at 76ers

[str8line]

I dont see him even attempting to go inside. Ball touches hand, 3 point shot goes up.

He tried to dribble to the inside a few times tonight and lost the handle briefly and it ruined his move. He relies on those really quick dribbles and they fail him pretty often lately. A small part of the problem though because as you say he chucks instantly.

 

[str8line]

Pretty special hoops we've witnessed the last several games. It seems like just a few games ago we had one of the worst Jazz performances ever.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Was Whiteside injured or something the last few games or?

 

[fishonjazz]

We did fantastic these last couple nights containing the all-star bigs. Seemed like we helped / doubled at exactly the right times and either forced a tough shot or when KAT or Embiid passed we recovered nicely.

This. Seems like they figured some things out a bit.

 

[fishonjazz]

Was Whiteside injured or something the last few games or?

His butt was hurt. He was butthurt

 

[MTS]

His butt was hurt. He was butthurt

Glad he got over his butthurtness.

Hopefully some dudes in Minnesota can do the same.

 

[Rubashov]

I actually love Embid and his FU attitude. He loves the game, plays with passion and is funny. He's the guy you hate when he messes with your team though.

Dude plays hard, real competitor, hope injuries don't ruin his career.

 

[KqWIN]

I think JC is playing the right way. 50% from 2 isn't that great and is not that much more efficient than 30% from 3. Especially when we're talking about adding or subtracting shots. Those possessions where JC dribbles out the clock are becoming few and far in between, that's great. Of course he's taking some bad 3's and maybe missing some opportunities to get into the paint, but as long as he's not hijacking the offense by dribbling the air out of the ball he's doing alright.

 

[str8line]

His butt was hurt. He was butthurt

No, no no, the location.

 

[LogGrad98]

That was funny when right at the end the guy said he might take Bam because he has offense too, neglecting that Rudy could have way more offense if he weren't surrounded by a historically great offense.

He's actually the core of the historically great offense. They are so short-sighted because they think the only way to impact offense is to have a bunch of spin and post moves or whatever. Rudy has a tremendous impact on offense.

 

[infection]

No, no no, the location.

Interesting. I went on a cruise in high school and on the ship they played this game and a husband gave the answer of “in the butt.” Must have been a plant.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Uhh. So what happened with Whiteside? I honestly don’t know what’s happening.