Game Thread Feb 09, 2026 05:30PM MT: Utah Jazz @ Miami Heat
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"Not terribly impressed by JJJ's defensive impact so far. Our D looks just as bad as before."
homeytennis
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The Heat are coming off a laugher of a game yesterday and the Jazz just punked them in that second quarter. I think next season is looking pretty rosy.
seattlejazzfan
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regardless of what anybody thinks of collier, he's didn't even have a great half, but you have next year's full throttle linuep out there and he belongs. he's not a weak spot in that lineup.
only in his second season and he's not even a starter. i'll take that as a back up all day.
only in his second season and he's not even a starter. i'll take that as a back up all day.
Step-Back Lauri
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It's just a 1,5 games sample size... But I think with the acquisition of JJJ, Lauri will have to adjust again to take a little bit more threes and start making them closer to his all star season level, when Jazz enters next season. With JJJ and also Walker coming back, Jazz won't have to/won't be able to run as many actions for Lauri inside. The good thing is Lauri has a better ball handling this season. He's a bit better equipped to game long jumpers off the dribble and handling the ball around the baseline and paint. Not excellent but he's improved it. I think he worked a lot on that last summer
Next summer we want him to keep working on that more but also I think he needs to retouch his 3t shot form. The shots don't a lot of the time have enough arc. He's shot with more arch in the past and made them with a better percentage. He had this same problem last season and I don't like the trend of his 3pt shooting in the cost of the other improvements. He can and needs to be 38-39% from downtown instead of 35-36.
Next summer we want him to keep working on that more but also I think he needs to retouch his 3t shot form. The shots don't a lot of the time have enough arc. He's shot with more arch in the past and made them with a better percentage. He had this same problem last season and I don't like the trend of his 3pt shooting in the cost of the other improvements. He can and needs to be 38-39% from downtown instead of 35-36.
For the people who hated the JJJ trade I just want to know what their idea was for vaulting our defense from league-worst to where it eventually needs to be to win a championship.
Getting a young DPOY-tier player that fits in seamlessly with the rest of our team is an absolute Godsend.
Getting a young DPOY-tier player that fits in seamlessly with the rest of our team is an absolute Godsend.
framer
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It may be instructive to list the 2nd string pg's that are going to be able to handle Collier's swag.