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How long til we can trust Jae Crowder?

Im not there yet. Every time he shoots it's an adventure for me. I don't think it's going in every time still.
 
I feel like Jae is taking pretty good shots for the most part, they're just not going in. That will come in time. He's making an impact no matter what, unlike Hood
 
Rubashov said:
I'd roll with Jae, good people.
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I’d roll with the whole team. I can’t think of a single player whose personality, what we see at least, that bugs me.

Gobert, Crowder, Mitchell, Ingles, O’Neale, Rubio, Favors, Jerebko...
 
To use Crowder as an example/excuse to bring this up, DL deserves serious credit for utilizing a strategy that has been seemingly neglected/undervalued by focusing on competitive players that fit the team culture. I still believe that talent typically wins out, especially in this current NBA. But stockpiling 'winning players' is a fantastic, alternative strategy. Which actually has the potential to produce a title in our case due to the fortunate fact that 2 of those 'prototypical Jazz men' are legitimaten, young superstars. I consider myself fortunate to be a Jazz fan, Future championship or not, I look forward to rooting for this team to the end.
 
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karl malone said:
To use Crowder as an example/excuse to bring this up, DL deserves serious credit for doing something which seems obvious but undervalued for his focus on competitive, 'Jazz' type of players. I still believe talent typically wins out in this current NBA but stockpiling 'winning players' is a fantastic, out of the box strategy. Which actually has the potential to produce a title due to 2 of those prototypical 'Jazz men' being superstars. I feel lucky to be a Jazz fan. The make-up of the current core + the apparent direction (personnel/character-wise) is a virtual prototype of the way a team should be constructed. (Although unfortunately I still think we're 1 more star away from a title, more so due to the state of the league rather than our talent).
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This has been part of the Dubs strategy imo. They have not only elite talent and shooting but a lot of toughness with Green, Zaza (Bogut before), Iggy, etc.

Get athletic, multi-faceted guys who can shoot and buy into playing great defense. Have a big body who can rebound and play d at the 5. We have the 5 and a multi-faceted guy in Mitchell. In Ingles too but he’s more of a bench/5th man imo.

If Rubio ever developed his shot, he’d be one of those guys so I’m very curious to see if there’s growth next year. Exum could maybe be one too. But I highly doubt either are gonna be your typical top 2-3 guy on a championship team type of guy.

That’s what we need. One more gem in the draft to become a stud. Or for Exum to turn into Kobe. And for Rubio to stay in Utah and work on his shot this summer and come back next year hitting ~36% from 3.
 
Seriously. He’s superb from the line. There’s no reason if he stays in Utah for the summer and works on his shot that Rubio can’t come back and hit between 35-37% from 3 next year.

That would be so ****ing huge to who we are.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Seriously. He’s superb from the line. There’s no reason if he stays in Utah for the summer and works on his shot that Rubio can’t come back and hit between 35-37% from 3 next year.

That would be so ****ing huge to who we are.
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The biggest key to Ricky is getting to the rim effectively and not missing layups. When he can do that, he can get Utah through our tough shooting stretches. The 3 point shooting is important, but not the most critical part of what Ricky brings to our offense, despite all the criticism he took early in the year for not being able to shoot.
 
Stoked said:
I’d roll with the whole team. I can’t think of a single player whose personality, what we see at least, that bugs me.

Gobert, Crowder, Mitchell, Ingles, O’Neale, Rubio, Favors, Jerebko...
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Fishing trip with Ingles would be pretty good. Don't think I could hang with Rudy, those suits...
 
Hitman said:
Jeff Teague shoulder-checks Rubio into the front row.

First guy in Teague's grill? Jae Crowder.

Then follows up by getting in Thib's face.

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Yep. I think we can trust him to be the biggest BAMF on the team. And notice he was closing over Favors. Realize that was in part because of no KAT. But I'd say Quin already trusts him.

And his father is on record as saying he hopes Jae finishes his career as a member of the Jazz. If Snyder can help Jae rediscover his shooting touch, especially from the other corner as a 4, Jae could be part of the answer the Jazz need.
 
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