I'm sure it has nothing to do with BYU's philosophy.
I'm sure Dave Rose hasn't made it a point to save Jimmer for their offense and to use him all up on defense.
My hell, some of you REALLY need to take a bball 101 class.
It's Bball 101 to have a player only play 1 end of the floor? Since when is this common practice? Specific examples are welcomed, unless you're just a moranic homer, which seems more likely considering your posts could easily be confused with a know-nothing fanboy. "Didn't you know!? Something totally non-standard and almost impossible to get away with is what they teach you the first day you take a basketball class!! DUHH!!!"
While their defense might be allowing Jimmer to coast (and wow, I mean coast as in he does nothing but stand in one place and literally watch guys go past him, while letting the other 4 catch up.. seriously, it's an absolute miracle that BYU has a respectable.. even GOOD defense), I really doubt the coach expects nothing from him on the defensive end basically says "yeah, just stand around". It comes down to effort, and if a player wants to play hard all the time, he'll do it with or without the ball. If he played some defense and became accustomed to 100%, all the time... wow, his draft stock would skyrocket and BYU would be a near shoe-in for a Final Four appearance.
Even in the biggest games of his career, he's still standing around. Anybody with half a brain knows that it's not defensive scheme. While it allows it, I'm sure it doesn't encourage it. Jackson Emery does so much work on the defensive end and is still a reasonably good offensive player... same with basically every other guy on the floor for BYU, sans the playmaking ability. You'd think that if he had an ounce of desire for defense he'd be playing at least some. Now, he's a pylon. He's a cardboard cutout. Thinking that won't translate to the NBA, in any shape or form, is plain foolish nonsense. He'll be awful. He may be such a liability that people barely dare to put him on the floor, or if they do, he'll wind up with Boozer-esque efficiency numbers and people will start to realize that he's an overall standstill or negative when it comes to effectiveness.
Also, who can anyone guard one on one in the NBA? The last 2 Jazz PGs were/are utterly terrible at defense. Seriously, it became common for opposing PGs to go for 20 and 10 against duron. When I read the paper I was astonished when the opposing team's leading scorer was somebody else.
There's a difference between a guy scoring when you're guarding them, and letting them do whatever they want. To Deron's defense, while I don't think he's a great defender, he's got a big body and is easily screened off due to size, but also had not a single knowledgeable big to defend/recover throughout his entire career here. I think it's funny that in one sentence you were talking about basketball 101 and defensive scheming as a team, then when you draw a comparison, you make no mention of team defense or even consider it. Convenient how your stance changes depending on what does and doesn't support your argument.
Also, some of you are thinking that Jimmer playing for the Jazz will need to come in and play 40+ mins and guard Kobe every night.
Who said that? You? OK, who else? Sentences like this make me believe your argument is a product of clear and obvious overreacting.
Dude, the late lottery usually sucks anyway. Get Jimmer, we'll finally have a guy that can be a solid backup/start some games, and not be a total liability on the offensive end. Just come in, make a few nice dishes because of drawing the defense out, and knock down a few treys every night. In one year Jimmer would give us more production than Price, Knight, and Watson have in their careers here in Utah.
I agree, he would be a nice pick at 12-14, and a better backup PG than we've seen in a long time (Maynor.. sadface). Doesn't mean his defense is anything but absolutely terrible, wrong and lacking effort from top to bottom.
Although, I must be the fool here for thinking you'd concede one bit through those blue-colored coke bottles surgically planted on your face. Seriously man, you can admit that he's a terrible defender. Everyone here knows it's true. Even you do. It won't lower your rank in BYU fandom, I promise. As Viny would say - intellectual honesty. Please advise.
