So, among other things, Quin didn't like Dennis's player acquisitions; Dennis didn't like Quin's rigidness in rotations, according to the latest Tribune article.
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Interesting Trib article. Looks like next year a lot of DLs guys might not be on the team. Wouldn't be shocked to see Udoka moved for a 2nd round pick.
Yep, really explains Morgan/Brantley bring on the team two years in a row and never playing
I'm not sure I could accurately tell who are "Quin's guys" and who are "DL's guys" in a lot of cases.
I guess Quin's guys are the guys that got playing time? But aren't several of them DL's guys, too?
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Yeah sounds like Udoka was all DL. I guess we can all bury the thought of us turning the reigns over to him as the backup center.
And yes... all the guys that never got time, oni, brantley, etc. Quin just thinks they suck I guess.
Fredman is the other guy that was dumped... he was the guy that disagreed with me at summer league that Bolomboy was gonna get cut.
I never said a thing about who Quin's guys are. Obviously his guys are the ones that play minutes and the ones he doesn't like are ones who don't get minutes.
Morgan and Brantley are clearly DL guys who Quin didn't like. They never got minutes even when it made sense to give them minutes or they played well.
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Niang is Quin's guy 1000%. Exum drove him nuts. NWG shouldn't have even been mentioned and his inclusion made me chuckle.
I think Brantley is not one of his guys... explains why he hasn't seen time because I thought there was a chance he could have showed something.
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I think Oni is definitely a DL guy too. I think Quin played him because he had nothing else. The way DL talked about Oni you'd have thought we had Lu Dort on the damn bench.
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uess I get why everyone is down on Thomas, but he’s got some skills, and some important valued nba skills. I think a training camp in Utah and preseason would do him good. He looks like he could be a nice role player IMO.
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Here's what I don't like... It seems as though young guys will struggle to find their way into the rotation under Quin. I think they need to understand there is a long term trade off when you play younger guys.
I also don't like that DL didn't swap the guys out enough to bring in someone Quin felt was good enough to invest in.
I also don't like that DL didn't swap the guys out enough to bring in someone Quin felt was good enough to invest in.
probably right about Azubuike. Whether he turns out to be a player sometime, somewhere, I do see something of DL's thinking (though would have preferred to go after a wing at the time, personally) in that if the Jazz are going to prioritize having a drop-coverage big, at least he's someone that looks like he might have the potential to abuse a 6-7 wing guarding him down low.
Sounds like they are both right.