Game Thread: Jazz at Raptors, any minute now

[Dali]

Sure, but a lot of those misses resulted in offensive rebounds for points.

My point is: It would be pretty damn hard for the offensive to perform better than it did. The guards missing shots wasnt a big deal in totality.

I agree with you for the most part, even some of Dante's misses turned into those second chance points.

In such a close game, that probably shouldn't have been that close, which is a credit to the Jazz, every inch and point counts so the biggest issue is absolutely Kawhi going berserk. 16 of 22, sheesh. The starting guards' efficiency was a factor though too, it has to be, in a game where both teams were over the average offensive rating.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

OK good to know you aren't really engaging in the original point I was making then. Just arguing to argue in true Cy fashion. Have a good one man.

Just don't call a guy a finished product after he had a career year and drastically changed his play-style.

 

[Sandman822]

Only guard capable of that? Rubio and Mitchell both had shots like this as well.

Rubio clangs more Js than layups when he plays and Mitchell often slows down when going to the rim so it's not like help defenders are having to leave their spot all that often when he puts up a shot.

I guess capable is the wrong word but Rubio and Mitchell aren't anywhere the consistent threat to draw help defense out of position on layup attempts like Exum does, which is the DRose assist since the shot leaves Favs/Gobert open because their man has left to help on Exum.

 

[Jazz]

I really think it's time Dante starts

 

[just because]

It's a mute point? Cuz one team's starters had Kawhi and the other didnt, so Id say playing with units that had less Kawhi in them would be the easier lineups to do well in.

Dude I appreciate you trying to look at this as a glass half full. I am with you on Exum maybe having played against lesser comp for a portion of his min. But Rubio has got to flip the ship around and figure out how to contribute when his shot isn’t falling. The dude just keeps taking bad shots. Like when he dribbled into a long three early in the shot clock mid way thru the 4th. He had no business shooting that shot. That’s one of many times when he just stabbed momentum in the heart.

 

[elan_prodigy]

I really think it's time Dante starts

Of course you ****ing do.

 

[fishonjazz]

I'm not making this a thing about Mitchell. It's about calling Rubio a finished product when he just had a career year and completely changed his game for the first time in his career.

That career year was 41% from the field and 35% from 3, 47% efg. 5.3 assists.

I mean those arent horrible numbers (the shooting percentages are similar to horrible AB’s career averages) but for a career best year i wouldnt brag about them.

 

[fishonjazz]

It's a mute point? Cuz one team's starters had Kawhi and the other didnt, so Id say playing with units that had less Kawhi in them would be the easier lineups to do well in.

If thats the case then maybe rubio should play against bench players so he can have a better chance at getting back to those career year averages of 41% from the field and 35% from 3.

 

[Sandman822]

For what it's worth, Kawhi was on the floor for roughly 8 of Exum's 18 minutes tonight.

 

[Dali]

Just even thinking about it now, our starting guards going 13 of 40 and the Jazz still scoring 116 is insane.

Just enhances the fact about how good Jae and Derrick were.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If thats the case then maybe rubio should play against bench players so he can have a better chance at getting back to those career year averages of 41% from the field and 35% from 3.

Don't be a nincompoop.

 

[magic]

Wow, basically half of this thread is garbage Saint Cy posts. And if Gordon Hayward was still on the Jazz, it would be even worse :vomit: