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ESPN’s annual player rank... spits in Rudy and DM’s face

Jingled said:
Conley comes in at 48, Ingles 62, Bogey 67 and Clarkson 90. On Sports Illustrated Rudy landed at 21, Donovan 24, Conley 43, Ingles 68, Bogey 74 and Clarkson 100.
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So you're saying we will definitely win the championship this year!
 
Meh…don’t really see a problem with their rankings. Do I think they should be ranked higher? Sure…but if they are truly upset with a few players being ranked higher than them the Jazz should stop embarrassing themselves on the playoffs. The consistent horrific ends to our seasons year after year that lead to this “disrespect”. Has it been all Donovan and Rudy’s fault? No, but at some point in their careers they are going to have to win something meaningful.

The commentary on Mitchell is correct. His defense has gotten worse every year and it’s simply due to a lack of desire to compete on that end. If he wants to get into that too 10ish player conversation he’s going to have to play both ends.

Commentary on Gobert…meh. I think people think switch everything or small ball against the Clippers would have worked are so lazy in their analysis. Take the next step and ask yourself what happens if we employ switch everything. Does it change a damn thing? No, absolutely not. Switching or small ball has zero effect on Reggie Jackson walking by Royce O’Neale like a traffic cone while everyone besides Gobert is a statue.

The Jazz have to explore scheme versatility like the article pointed out…but for some reason people have narrowed down defense to small ball and switching which is simply idiotic.
 
Rudy should be ranked higher but there will always be disagreement about his value and impact. I think Don is about where he belongs. I would move him above Trae but that is about it.
 
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