So Rudy has his worst game of the tournament; France's no-name backup outplayed him. France wins. Ingles had a nice bounce back game, but Australia lost. Aussies couldn't hit their 3's. That was the difference in the game, along with TO's.
I'm predicting a few "we shouldn't have let Ricky go" threads. He's going to have a very good season now that he's not being asked to be a primary 3pt shooter. He no longer has to defer to a ball-dominant, inefficient SG. Booker will take a ton of shots, but a lot of those will come off Rubio passes.
I love Mitchell, but let's face facts... He is NOT a shooter. He's still a tweener and will be until the Jazz get a stud 3PT shooter at the 2 and move him to PG. Fortunately, Conley has enough shooting to somewhat mitigate this when they're on the court together, But if you want to continue to call Mitchell a SG, he either needs to improve his shooting or the Jazz need to find a Derek Fisher-type PG. In his prime, Fisher was a perfect complement to Kobe. He'd bring the ball up, then pass it to Kobe and stand behind the arc while Bryant did his thing.
