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NUMBERICA said:
The answer to small-ball actually isn't defense in the context of Rudy. It is that he HAS to impose his will on the game when he is so much bigger. He has to draw triple teams on every roll and has to be able to punish when they switch a guard on him in single coverage with aplomb.

Some of this stuff is outside of Gobert's wheelhouse, but I cannot be convinced that he can't bully a guard and just spin and dunk. We don't need immense skill, we simply need him to play his size. Gobert plays a cerebral and conservative game, but at a certain point, his mentality needs to shift into the alpha he thinks he is and just yak on fools smaller than him.
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Eenie-Meenie said:
The thing that bothered me about Rudy's interview is that he didn't acknowledge his weaknesses and what he needed to improve. He took no responsibility for the meltdown in game 6 to which his contribution was probably the greatest. To become a great player, he needs to acknowledge that he needs to work on his ability to catch and hang on to the ball, and how much his continual flubbing passes and fumbling the ball hurts the team.
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Why would he... it is a sin of the highest order to even think that maybe it might be partly his fault.
 
NUMBERICA said:
The answer to small-ball actually isn't defense in the context of Rudy. It is that he HAS to impose his will on the game when he is so much bigger. He has to draw triple teams on every roll and has to be able to punish when they switch a guard on him in single coverage with aplomb.

Some of this stuff is outside of Gobert's wheelhouse, but I cannot be convinced that he can't bully a guard and just spin and dunk. We don't need immense skill, we simply need him to play his size. Gobert plays a cerebral and conservative game, but at a certain point, his mentality needs to shift into the alpha he thinks he is and just yak on fools smaller than him.
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Well guys have to pass him the ball. Rudy gets like 5-7 shots in the game he if he is lucky. Another thing he needs to develop is 10-15 shot. He needs to use his hook shot more and stop just being a dunker.
 
jom2003 said:
What exactly would they help us fix though? Their ceilings are poor man version of Rudy and JC, respectively. And both guys already got torched by the clippers.
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if you believe their college coaches both could become really good NBA players. Maybe we would not have hemmoraged as badly if they took some of the load off Rudy and Spida.
 
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Ingles, Conley, Mitchell driving and feeding Gobert consistently would have been good. My proposal is that the 4 and the 3 needs to do it. Royce and Bogey need to add it to their game. Sorry, I think that is easier than Gobert revamping his offensive skills or what not. 4 guys who can drive and lob.

And the obvious answer - a super duper athletic 3-D.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Why would he... it is a sin of the highest order to even think that maybe it might be partly his fault.
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He give guys credit when he wins an award and he is always speaking about defense being a team game. Beside the fact that he is being asked questions right after elimination and blowing a 26 pt lead. Rudy is emotional guy any ways. The problem is as good as our defensive rating is the Jazz on ball defense is bad and they lack size. Everyone saw this last year against Denver and we did nothing to address it. Even after DL mentioned it in last year's exit interviews. I put the blame on the GMs. Look at the end of our bench compared to other teams. There was a reason why our scrubs would lose big leads when they played. It is time to stop developing 2nd and G leaguers and get some NBA players who can be strong bench players. The Clippers were like 12 deep and we were about 7 deep. Niang is a perfect example of the weakness of the Jazz. Sure George is a playoff caliber NBA guy. I hope they do not bring him back.
 
cowhide said:
Well guys have to pass him the ball. Rudy gets like 5-7 shots in the game he if he is lucky. Another thing he needs to develop is 10-15 shot. He needs to use his hook shot more and stop just being a dunker.
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Yeah, he just kinda sucks at catching and finishing in traffic.
 
Rudy is 100% right and I'm glad he said what he said. I have to imagine he's tired of carrying the entire team on defense, then catching the crap when the other guys can't hold up. The only people I don't really blame for the loss are Rudy, Don, and Clarkson. O'Neale put in the effort, but he is being asked to do stuff he just can't do.
 
homeytennis said:
if you believe thmeir college coaches both could become really good NBA players. Maybe we would not have hemmoraged as badly if they took some of the load off Rudy and Spida.
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Well as you can see JC and Favs were already signed specifically for the purpose of "taking some of the load off Rudy and Spida" and we saw how it pan out......
 
I am going to be bummed if they bring back guys like Oni, Niang, Matt Thomas, Morgan and even Brantley. I am really going to be bummed if Udoka cannot beat out Favors for the backup Center position. Personally I thought bringing back Favors was a typical Jazz move. Instead of getting an athletic Wing they bring back Favors who has been on the decline the last couple of years, taking loyalty/familiarity over talent. I am going to be bummed if Hughes is not getting minutes off the bench. I am bummed right now. No more Jazz basketball for a while. Are they having summer league this year? One last thing if the Jazz keep their pick and then sign some washed up FA to play ahead of him, that might be the final straw for me. I've been a Jazz fan for 42 years and I am really tired of loyalty over talent.
 
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