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Handlogten's Heros said:
I just don't value the G League much and that isn't because of @homeytennis and our growing feud. If he spends time down there and plays for 30 minutes a night it is tough to simulate the role he will have when he's back with the big boys. It is a place he can get some time and there is some value to it... he could also develop bad habits and have the ball stick even more. I kind of disagree with the assessment that the ball sticks with him. He can do stuff with the ball and should create a little while out there. He's a good passer... its just toggling between the two modes. In the G league is he going to defer to others when he's way more talented than most of the guys.

I think its short sighted and sends the wrong message. Forrest is the predictable safe option who has waited his turn. Quin makes this mistake too often.
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Butler needs to play and Quin is not going to give him meaningful minutes. The Jazz have had guys that benefitted from GLeague time: Rudy, CJ Miles, Alec Burks, Raul Neto and the Mini Van. I think the GLeague helped Bradley. I thought the excuse of keeping him out of summer league was lame.
 
I don't see much of it on him being sent to G-League being that bad. He has potential and he has time on his side (kind of). Just a place for him to pratice (and play) under our scheme, nothing else, and he's still around games, just was outplayed by Forrest. He was rosted most of the time he was out there, i'd say up to a point it could be really detrimental to his development when it comes to confidence, even more on a team that is playing to win and playing bad basketball could lead to fingers pointed.

Maybe when we have a back to business Clarkson (and Ingles) and a bench PF who stretches the floor when Gay comes back (Paschall been decent to good for us, bot totally not a spacer) it can be easier on him to get to run the offense
 
A little anecdote on the G-Leauge:

I lived in Bakersfield when the Jazz were affiliates with the D-League team there. It was a pretty unique experience as the team did not sell any individual game tickets, only season tickets. All of their seats were courtside and then they had tables set up around the arena and served dinner before the game and dessert at half time.

I got to see most of Gobert's games when he was there. Being that close you got to see all of player and coaches interactions. Gobert might have learned a couple of things in the G-League around how to defend without fouling, positioning, etc. The main thing He, and probably more so the team learned, is that he didn't belong there. There is a such a talent gap in the G-League that the NBA players stick out.

How this might relate to Butler is that he could probably get some more coaching attention and experience running the offense with the Stars. What he, and the team, might also discover is that he doesn't belong there.
 
I noticed that Stars alum Justin Reyes dropped 30 points for the new Mexico City team. He played for the Stars in 2018-19. There were 12 guys that averaged double figures scoring that year including the Mini Van, Grayson Allen, Naz, Cavanaugh, Bradley, Willie Reed, Big Ike, the trombone player, Isiah Cousins, and Jairus Lyles. Perhaps if the Jazz send Butler and Dok, Hughes, and Oni down , the experience will be more similar to the NBA. Right now it appears there is a dirth of talent down there.
 
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