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If the Jazz win at OKC on Sunday will it make everything okay?

What do you think?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 34 77.3%

  • No, this team is doomed.

    Votes: 10 22.7%
  • Total voters
    44
//r00t 4 Jazz said:
Ya the guard play so far this season has been horrible for the most part, I would say bring Bell of the bench but CJ has played worse then he's ever played and AK showed improvement so I'd almost be willing to say start Hayward and AK at SG & SF and bring Bell and CJ off the bench.
I know people want Bell to start because of defense but to me he is still best as a energy bench guy that can drain a 3.
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This goes back to coaches analyzing player matchups and combinations. Based on the learnable lessons from the first two games, conventional wisdom still holds: don't play the two PFs almost exclusively (Jefferson and Millsap), don't play two centers together (Fes and Elson), don't play two only defense-focused semi-shooters primarily on the wing (AK and Bell), and don't play two shooting-focused semi-defenders together. For the majority of the game, the best formula is PG, one shooting-oriented wing, one defense-oriented wing, one scoring PF, and one center with height. There are players on this team to make that happen. Play PM and AJ together some (10-15 MPG), but not nearly as much as they have been.
 
I'm not really that surprised that they are 0-2 to start the season (although I am surprised by the margin). Implementing several new players into a read-and-react system like the Jazz's takes time for that chemistry to develop. I expected a slow start...and the following panic that comes with it. But the Jazz have gotten off to poor starts before and been fine. I think that'll be the case again this season...although win #1 won't come until game #4. The east-coast swing will be brutal as well...
 
Winning one game early in the season might not mean much, but really, neither does losing two.

IMO yes, winning against OKC would at least wake the team up.
 
If they can go 2-1 this week I'll be happy.

Edit: There are 4 games this week apparently. I don't know if I could live with 2-2.....
 
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InGameStrategy said:
This goes back to coaches analyzing player matchups and combinations. Based on the learnable lessons from the first two games, conventional wisdom still holds: don't play the two PFs almost exclusively (Jefferson and Millsap), don't play two centers together (Fes and Elson), don't play two only defense-focused semi-shooters primarily on the wing (AK and Bell), and don't play two shooting-focused semi-defenders together. For the majority of the game, the best formula is PG, one shooting-oriented wing, one defense-oriented wing, one scoring PF, and one center with height. There are players on this team to make that happen. Play PM and AJ together some (10-15 MPG), but not nearly as much as they have been.
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Well, if we're going to base decisions on just two games, then it's clear Sloan must bench Deron and KOC has to re-sign Sundiata to come in and start at PG. Or track down Keith McLeod.
I agree, though, that AK and Raja pose many of the same problems as we had with Brewer and AK. At least RB could drive to the hoop.

As for the poll, the Jazz have such a minute chance of winning at OKC that it's a mute point. May as well argue over the sky being green and the grass blue.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
If they can go 2-1 this week I'll be happy.

Edit: There are 4 games this week apparently. I don't know if I could live with 2-2.....
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Can you live with 0-4? I have zero confidence the Jazz can win on the road. GS is likely to run them right out of the building. Toronto SHOULD be an easy win, but you never know with the way the Jazz have looked. And playing the Clips on the second night of a back-to-back will not be an easy task. We just saw what happened against Phoenix; the team had zero energy. Look for the Jazz to go 1-3 and hand the Clippers their first win of the year.
 
InGameStrategy said:
This goes back to coaches analyzing player matchups and combinations. Based on the learnable lessons from the first two games, conventional wisdom still holds: don't play the two PFs almost exclusively (Jefferson and Millsap.
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Yeah that combination didn't work at all tonight. What was Sloan thinking.
 
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