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Game Thread Dec 26, 2023 06:00PM MT: Jazz at Spurs

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My point was that Hardy has preached loudly how everyone has to play "the right way" or there will be consequences. Which never arrive. His bluff has definitely been called. I'm not saying he should be benching players left and right, but the minutes and rotation seem to be completely unrelated to how a player performs and gives effort.

And playing the right way and giving maximum effort of course is the only way this Jazz team can win against teams that aren't full-on tanking.

Not concerned one bit about Sexton, I'm sure he's fine. But coming out to the logo to scream at a player for the tv cameras to capture every syllable is a decision. Hardy could've done that at the bench, five seconds later and no-one but the team and the San Antonio front row would be any the wiser about it.

Threatening to limit minutes if players don't play hard for the Jazz jersey and then not doing it, and berating players in the most public way for minor mistakes is not a style of coaching that can last long in the modern NBA.
 
Jazz are back where they were last season. Lauri, Clarkson, Sexton and Kessler are too much talent to really tank. Also, give Will Hardy credit for generating as many open 3pt looks as he does with pretty mediocre point guard play.
 
We are catching up to last years record, except now we are trending in the right direction.

Part of it is opponent strength but we have also played progressively better as a team.

Our next 4 games we can theoretically tie the record vs last year albeit I doubt we win all 4. However it is perfectly plausible that by January 18th we are tied or ahead of last years record. All we need is a 7-5 stretch (and we play 8 of those 12 at home).
 
This season is starting to get really interesting. Just three weeks ago it seemed like there was no hope, we were playing terrible basketball, and a there was a resigned consensus emerging – maybe it did make sense to trade Lauri and the rest of the vets scorched-earth style and embrace a painful multi-year rebuild.

But winning tends to change things. Now we have 6 W's in 8 games and things are unexpectedly looking better. If the team miraculously manages to keep this up for a while, IMO we're facing a situation where Danny is risking the wrath of the large casual fanbase (you know, the people who matter) if he basically repeats last season's fire sale and again pulls the rug from under the team to go into tanking mode. Back then there was the rather dubious justification that we were improving our Wemby odds in the final stretch, but how do you explain such a move this time?
 
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Tremendous Upside said:
This season is starting to get really interesting. Just three weeks ago it seemed like there was no hope, we were playing terrible basketball, and a there was a resigned consensus emerging – maybe it did make sense to trade Lauri and the rest of the vets scorched-earth style and embrace a painful multi-year rebuild.

But winning tends to change things. Now we have 6 W's in 8 games and things are unexpectedly looking better. If the team miraculously manages to keep this up for a while, IMO we're facing a situation where Danny is risking the wrath of the large casual fanbase (you know, the people who matter) if he basically repeats last season's fire sale and again pulls the rug from under the team to go into tanking mode. Back then there was the rather dubious justification that we were improving our Wemby odds in the final stretch, but how do you explain such a move this time?
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I could see ainge trading a couple of guys that piss off the casual fan but actually make the team better.

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