Is this why Hayward is starting ?

[Grandpa Jazz]

our starting options at the 3 are actually quite limited.

No offense JJ Rage i agree with everything you, BillyShelby and Kenwood wrote here but the Jazz have 5 players who can play at the 3 spot. Burks, Evans, Hayward, Howard and Miles. Do other teams have more options than this?

So am i to conclude that Hayward is the choice to start at the three ? Personally i can live with this. For now. Here's hoping that Harris, Miles and Hayward can all get rolling better. If they do the Jazz are a very dangerous team, if they sputter so will the team. I think we know who we are at other positions, these three guys are key.

 

[Kenwood]

No offense JJ Rage i agree with everything you, BillyShelby and Kenwood wrote here but the Jazz have 5 players who can play at the 3 spot. Burks, Evans, Hayward, Howard and Miles.

I didn't include Burks as a potential starting SF because I think he would get eaten alive. I'd consider starting him at SG, but not SF.

Evans...maybe, but I also think he'd be out of position. If we're worried about poor outside shooting with Hayward, Evans isn't the cure.

 

[freakazoid]

To me there's just not a real, true better alternative. I think Hayward keeps starting until someone really wins the job.

Agree.

Besides, we have to keep CJ hidden on the bench, so we can re-sign him on the cheap.

 

[Beantown]

Agree.

Besides, we have to keep CJ hidden on the bench, so we can re-sign him on the cheap.

Where does your wife practice medicine?

 

[Weezur]

And for the love of god, Bell playing 30 minutes in any game is a disaster case scenario. 25 is too much. It's very rare that his defense makes up for the 3 jumpshots, 1 rebound, and no assists he brings to the table.

I thought Bell played some great D that game....you can't base defense on steals/blocks
but you're right in the sense that his shot seems to fall flat the more minutes he logs.

 

[Grandpa Jazz]

Started this thread with this objective in mind. Pointing out that there really is no other obvious starter among the candidates. I like "Opie" (my own personal nickname for him ) just fine and think he can be a very good player and it is so painful to watch the way he struggles. Confidence has died in the lad and we have no reason why this should be. Feel much the same about Devin Harris. Here's hoping they can both get it rolling they are the key to making this years Jazz team into a successful team.

 

[hidn]

If I were the coach, I would be starting with:

Harris, Miles, Hayward, Sap, AJ

My seconds would look like:

Watson, Bell, Burks, Favors, Kanter.

Right now, the only way to get points with our starting lineup is with the bigs. Whenever you have Hayward and Bell on the court without both Jefferson and Big Al, our scoring is horrendous. CJ isn't the greatest shooter, but right now I think he's our best option. I would contemplate Burks since he seems to generate points on his own, but I think he's a little too raw to be starting.

You guys will probably all rage over this, but it's what I think would be best.

 

[Grandpa Jazz]

hidn- So Bell would be replaced as starter by Miles. I think your lineup might increase the guard scoring for the first unit. Good post. There is no wrong answer to this. Well i guess someone could mess it up enough to be wrong.

 

[billyshelby]

Bell's not coming out of the starting lineup. The most likely change that Ty would make would be to insert Howard for Hayward. He'll go with the Vet/Defense line of thinking.

 

[Brown Notes]

Utah is really missing AK. Gordon's shot will return but there really isn't much that can be done about the inability to guard tweener forwards. The only guy on the roster that can do that is Millsap and he is one of the best PFs in the league right now. Besides he can't guard Marion and Odom at the same time.

Maybe Howard can do a decent job guarding Marion. But he's smaller than Gordon.

Anyways the solution to Hayward's shooting woes is to create easy shots for him. Utah runs a play that opens Harris up just off the FT line very reliably and even he can hit that shot. No reason the flex cannot open Hayward up in the same way. Utah has been using an abridged version of the offense so far. Get him open on mid range screens and tell him to shoot the damn ball.

 

[Grandpa Jazz]

He'll go with the Vet/Defense line of thinking.

I fear you are right billyshelby. The Jazz philosophy in general is a good one, although at times i think they forget that the team with the most points scored gets a win. If you don't score well you put a huge burden on the defense.

 

[InGameStrategy]

Utah is really missing AK.

While I missed AK not being there to defend Marion, I do not miss AK's kamikaze drives into the lane.