Game Thread Dec 12, 2020: Jazz vs. Suns (Preseason)

[idiot]

Maledon and Pokusevski looked good tonight for Okc, two players I liked for the Jazz.

Caught some of the first half -- yeah, they look legit.

 

[str8line]

He’s good but he’s a cat chasing a laser pointer. He’’ll get a few days to figure it out though.

FIFY

 

[slc]

Seemed like everyone looked good tonight

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Azubuike can play! Looks great tonight and he is surprisingly fast.

He runs the floor great. He's good at setting picks in the pick-and-roll. He vacuums up rebounds. He gets off the floor to challenge shots. There's a lot to like there.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Elijah Hughes is really smooth offensive player. Shoots an easy 3ball and easy finger-rolls. Reminds me of an old-school player like Dell Curry.

 

[infection]

He runs the floor great. He's good at setting picks in the pick-and-roll. He vacuums up rebounds. He gets off the floor to challenge shots. There's a lot to like there.

Hopefully he can figure out the defensive rotations.

 

[str8line]

We might have a hell of a team this year.

 

[kabenac]

NWG will not be ignored. Surprised he brought it tonight.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Hopefully he can figure out the defensive rotations.

He gets to learn from Favors and Gobert, so he's got that working for him.

 

[str8line]

The thing about Azabuike is you can tell he wants to dominate. And he has elite athleticism for his size. We may have gotten ourselves another steal.

 

[Doc Cherno]

One preseason game, but I think you guys will come to like Buk. He’s tough in the same way as Antoine Carr, Trevor Booker and Mike Brown. Probably a Jazz-era Carr ceiling, but that’s not bad.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Juwan Morgan was impressive--11 pts, 7 rebs, 3/4 from 3pt. in 20 mins.

 

[homeytennis]

He gets to learn from Favors and Gobert, so he's got that working for him.

Homeys take: The SL Stars were awesome. Oni played hard and did a bunch of stuff that doesn't show up in the box score. NWG has been reading this board and is showing up at some of your homes to explain things to you. The rooks looked solid. The rotation players put in a good effort. Morgan was very solid. Brantley busted his butt on D.

 

[framer]

Gotta admit, I was not expecting the young'ins to come in and hold and extend the lead like that. Made me happy.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

So who called Nigel Williams-Goss as our 2nd leading scorer tonight?
He had 15 pts on 4 FGAs.

 

[Hekate]

This may be because I missed basketball but everyone looked good.

NWG was impressive when he got into a pace.

Hughes is smooth but some bad shots and poor defense.

Azubuike has that intimidation. Carter saw him and turned lol.

Forrest looks long and has some handles. If he ever shoots okayish, he will get that promotion.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The thing about Azabuike is you can tell he wants to dominate. And he has elite athleticism for his size. We may have gotten ourselves another steal.

I loved how Jevon Carter wouldn't go near him. Time and again, he got himself out of the paint when Dok was dropped.

 

[idiot]

So who called Nigel Williams-Goss as our 2nd leading scorer tonight?
He had 15 pts on 4 FGAs.

I'll take credit

 

[whatthe]

Oni had the best +/- tonight - 16, yet he shot a bad 20%. Yep, his defense must have been really good.

 

[str8line]

Oni had the best +/- tonight - 16, yet he shot a bad 20%. Yep, his defense must have been really good.

Well he IS the second most athletic player in the NBA according to Cy.