Do the Jazz get out of the first round?

[Handlogten's Heros]

I’d hope we’d consider a coaching replacement before we considered a Rudy and Donovan split. But, alas, Rudy will probably have to be the scapegoat for Quin’s shortcomings.

Lose in the first and we skip all the incremental changes and go to massive “Donovan wants out” panic moves.

 

[infection]

Lose in the first and we skip all the incremental changes and go to massive “Donovan wants out” panic moves.

This would go down as the most short-sighted decision in franchise history if we end up selling everything off to mini-LeBron him.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The Jazz should beat either Denver or Dallas, imo, but Mike Conley needs to play well and the Jazz need to get positive production out of Gay or Paschall. Personally, I'd rather play Denver, as I don't think they can defend, and their offense will be Jokic dominating the ball and passing out to a few shooters.

I'm hoping the Jazz can get the #3 seed, play Denver in the 1st round and go at Memphis in the 2nd round. Both those series should favor the Jazz. Let Dallas, Golden State and Phoenix battle it out for the other WCF spot.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

This concerns me and it's why I think the Jazz should be experimenting with NAW. This is what 4-on-5 looks like, and for a team that talks about the importance of spacing this is a joke.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

This would go down as the most short-sighted decision in franchise history if we end up selling everything off to mini-LeBron him.

It probably depends on how it goes down. If it is Jokic hitting jumpers and posting up Rudy that makes us lose I can see Donovan pushing Rudy out... if Rudy holds up his end of the bargain and there are some other issues I could see Donovan understanding that the Rudy pairing isn't the issue.

But since its the internet the wild declarations are more fun.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

This concerns me and it's why I think the Jazz should be experimenting with NAW. This is what 4-on-5 looks like.

This has been my issue all along and why they should have been playing Jared Butler in that spot all year.... NAW ain't it.

 

[LogGrad98]

This would go down as the most short-sighted decision in franchise history if we end up selling everything off to mini-LeBron him.

That is saying a lot, considering we essentially traded Magic Johnson for a ham sandwich.

 

[LogGrad98]

This concerns me and it's why I think the Jazz should be experimenting with NAW. This is what 4-on-5 looks like, and for a team that talks about the importance of spacing this is a joke.

This is exactly what will kill us in the playoffs. Why we haven't been developing Butler is beyond me. Ridiculous. And we traded away the other guy we had been working with and was showing promise, in Hughes, for what? NAW? I doubt NAW ever gets any real PT, let alone has any kind of role. I am not sure what they are thinking. Our offensive is predicated on passing and finding the open 3, meaning any and all backcourt players must be at least passably a threat at the 3. I am sure they keep playing Forrest for his better D and the fact that he can break down the defense sometimes. But when they close that out, and get the ball out of his hands, he is nothing but a traffic cone on offense. Butler should have been playing a lot more this year.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

This is exactly what will kill us in the playoffs. Why we haven't been developing Butler is beyond me. Ridiculous. And we traded away the other guy we had been working with and was showing promise, in Hughes, for what? NAW? I doubt NAW ever gets any real PT, let alone has any kind of role. I am not sure what they are thinking. Our offensive is predicated on passing and finding the open 3, meaning any and all backcourt players must be at least passably a threat at the 3. I am sure they keep playing Forrest for his better D and the fact that he can break down the defense sometimes. But when they close that out, and get the ball out of his hands, he is nothing but a traffic cone on offense. Butler should have been playing a lot more this year.

The plan will be that he doesn't play in the playoffs.... but then an injury happens or foul trouble and now he's out there not being guarded.

I understood why they picked Forrest over JB but it was inconsistent with the "all in for the playoffs" mantra they sell the fanbase. Forrest shot was always going to be a limiting factor... If you were too far along to play a rookie and didn't want to wait for him then you go get a guy like House to play in his spot. If we had Joe then House could pick up the Forrest minutes.

It likely isn't top 7 or 8 of our issues in the playoffs but it is something to note.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

This would go down as the most short-sighted decision in franchise history if we end up selling everything off to mini-LeBron him.

I did have a random stray thought... If Donovan was really out there saying he wanted he wants Rudy out... but his master plan was eventually to ask out to go to NY... it would be kind of hilarious to trade Rudy to NY.

 

[Jazzmix]

I am not going to overract to yesterday's loss. If healthy we can should beat Dallas, Denver or Memphis. I would prefer to avoid Memphis because series against them would be very physical and cost us a lot of energy/injuries. For me two main concerns are: Conley - we need him healthy and playing at the level from the first half of the season and JC - he needs to reign himself and not chuck us out of games, hopefully he gets hot in the playoffs.

 

[outerspacefan]

I believe this Jazz team has peaked long time ago.
The brutal inconsistencies we've been witnessing for a long time are the natural outcome of several players not able to mantain their peak or add new tricks...
Add some overcoaching habits...
Sadly enough I think Gobert/Conley/Bojan/Royce just don't have more to show, and the rest of the NBA have them really scouted to the last bit of their basketball beings.
My guess is that we are not coming out of second round, and most probably we're out in first round.
I just want for Donovan to be healthy and show us the playoff nightmare he can be when he wants to.
Next offseason will be ugly with the Jazz trying to cash assets for players that just do not have anymore the level of athleticism/phisicality needed in today's game...

It will be nice to eat my words if the guys make it though....