Lakers_Slapper
Well-Known Member
We are always talking about the free agency, trades, etc.. We know the team that we have with the 2014-2015 season at its end. Regardless of contracts, draft picks, free agency, etc. If we were to come into the 2015-2016 season with the same exact roster that we ended this season with, what improvements would have to be made to see this Jazz team go into the playoffs next year?
I am asking this because I saw so much of the right attitude coming out of the players on our team during the last 3 months of the season, I am wondering what everyone's thoughts are.
I think the biggest thing that the team could work into their game play is bottom line toughness especially in the post. The Jazz used to be known for a team that didn't care about "being gentle" in the paint. I see a little bit of that tenacity in our team now, and really thing that we would cross that threshold into the next level if the whole roster was consistent.
Again, without changing a single player on the roster I think we would advance as a playoff team if every player showed this same tenacity. Booker is one guy that I think everyone on the team could learn from. He doesn't care what anyone thinks. He is sold on the Utah Jazz and is proud to be a Jazzman. He does everything that doesn't show up on a stat sheet. He talks smack during press conferences and he has the confidence in himself and the team to back it up.
I am not asking that we play dirty. I am asking that we play with our heart, and without care to what may come up on ESPN at the end of the night.
I am asking this because I saw so much of the right attitude coming out of the players on our team during the last 3 months of the season, I am wondering what everyone's thoughts are.
I think the biggest thing that the team could work into their game play is bottom line toughness especially in the post. The Jazz used to be known for a team that didn't care about "being gentle" in the paint. I see a little bit of that tenacity in our team now, and really thing that we would cross that threshold into the next level if the whole roster was consistent.
Again, without changing a single player on the roster I think we would advance as a playoff team if every player showed this same tenacity. Booker is one guy that I think everyone on the team could learn from. He doesn't care what anyone thinks. He is sold on the Utah Jazz and is proud to be a Jazzman. He does everything that doesn't show up on a stat sheet. He talks smack during press conferences and he has the confidence in himself and the team to back it up.
I am not asking that we play dirty. I am asking that we play with our heart, and without care to what may come up on ESPN at the end of the night.
