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It's the most wonderful time of the year (first game of the year!). Hou @ Jazz Game 1 of many.

seattlejazzfan said:
That goes without saying. My point is, Burke played too much like he did last year and that just isn't going to get it done over the course of the season. My comment really has little to do with this one game. the Jazz will lose about 60 games this year if Burke doesn't figure things out.
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My point: This was the first regular season game with the Jazz playing Quin's offense. Tonight was our first real test for the offensive system with how the Rockets were overplaying everything and getting us out of rythym. Our offensive execution was off on all facets, not anything individually Burke failed at. Burke looked nothing like he did last year. His shot wasn't falling and he at least tried attacking the basket and had some success in doing so.
 
I'd rather see Burks take them. I don't care nearly as much about their record this year as I do seeing these young players developed. Burks has the opportunity to be special. I'd like to see him taking threes on top of slashing to the rim. Plus, his defense looked tons better. With how he gets to the line and scores inside, if he can hit 3's on a regular basis AND provide good defense, then he can be a legitimate #1 option.
 
Cy said:
My point: This was the first regular season game with the Jazz playing Quin's offense. Tonight was our first real test for the offensive system with how the Rockets were overplaying everything and getting us out of rythym. Our offensive execution was off on all facets, not anything individually Burke failed at. Burke looked nothing like he did last year. His shot wasn't falling and he at least tried attacking the basket and had some success in doing so.
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That's fair.
 
Nice to see Burks play the best SG in the game to a standstill, despite being somewhat limited with his drive game due to Dwight protecting the basket.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Nice to see Burks play the best SG in the game to a standstill, despite being somewhat limited with his drive game due to Dwight protecting the basket.
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Burks played great individual D, but the gameplan was clearly to suck in on all of Harden's drive and limit him from getting all the way to the rim, which resulted in a lot of 3's. All of Harden's assist were for 3 pointers. We may have to change up this type of defense and let him get his points next time.
 
Stifle Tower said:
Bloody hell. You sound like Bill Clinton arguing over what the definition of "is" is. Under your definition next year Lebron won't be a max player because the cap will have gone up and his contract will no longer be at 30% of BRI. Utah DID have a choice with Gordon, just like Houston had a choice with Parsons. They could have said "see ya later" and turned to a FA whose contribution would have been better value on the dollar.

But as Ty would have said, it's only one game. We can see if Gordon "overpaid but not at heyhey's definition of a max deal" Hayward comes close to producing stats that in any way justify his $16M salary. I won't hold my breath.
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NEWSFLASH

Houston has Howard and Harden. Papi wouldn't be that wide open if he was playing in Utah. Houston is a big market with no state income tax. The same goes for Dallas which was Parsons destination. We were not going to get a guy to come to a rebuilding Utah team on a good deal.

dumb comparison
 
The more I think about it the more I feel like Quin screwed up by taking Exum out of the game. Especially when you have in mind that the Rockets were shooting 3s like crazy and Dante is one of the few players we have who have the length and quickness to bother people on the perimeter.
 
With Burke and Hayward being our main facilitators, it will help tremendously if they can hit open shots. They combined for 9/27 tonight.
 
stitches said:
The more I think about it the more I feel like Quin screwed up by taking Exum out of the game. Especially when you have in mind that the Rockets were shooting 3s like crazy and Dante is one of the few players we have who have the length and quickness to bother people on the perimeter.
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I don't think so. I think he took him out while he was still at a high point. 19 year old kids first NBA game against a playoff team. Let him get some burn and build his confidence but don't throw him to the wolves. The thing I like most about Snyder is that he seems to be trying to build the skills of his players as much as win. I think he understands that all of these guys need some srs polishing. I think that's why Gobert gets the ball so often at the top of the arc when he is in. He doesn't run the offense like that for the other bigs. I assume he is doing it so that Rudy can develop good passing skills.
 
heyhey said:
I don't think so. I think he took him out while he was still at a high point. 19 year old kids first NBA game against a playoff team. Let him get some burn and build his confidence but don't throw him to the wolves. The thing I like most about Snyder is that he seems to be trying to build the skills of his players as much as win. I think he understands that all of these guys need some srs polishing. I think that's why Gobert gets the ball so often at the top of the arc when he is in. He doesn't run the offense like that for the other bigs. I assume he is doing it so that Rudy can develop good passing skills.
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I think we shot over 50% with zgobert off the court and 33% with him on. Don't really remember but Locke posted it.
 
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