Jabari Parker

[FalseFlagg K]

This is funny.

So, the Dwill Boozer team was only Derrick Fisher staying away from winning the championship? Did you even watch that series? Or that Jazz team? It had huge flaws. The biggest was that it zero post defense. Also was not dominant at all. The length of the Lakers front court is what hurt the Jazz. Not Derrick Fisher. This current Jazz team would wax that team. You really think Gobert and Favors would struggle with guarding Boozer and Memo, or that either one of those guys would stop Gobert and Favors? The same Memo and Boozer with zero lateral quickness and the same duo who struggled mightily against longer players?

Gobert would guard Boozer and eat his lunch. Favors would easily guard Memo and eat his lunch too. We wouldnt be having to play small ball. It would play right into the strength of this team. .

Derek Fisher even

 

[Hotdog]

I'll just address this idea directly - putting more pressure on Rudy to play help D just gives the referees more chances to call fouls on him. It also only works if the opposition don't have a good outside shooting centre.

But it doesn't matter, because it is possible to target a weaker defender in spite of having a great help defender. Opponents targeting Jerebko is why he is no longer with us - he tried, but didn't have the ability. Niang came in for the same treatment this season, so he now gets DNPs. Having one player out of sync is enough to ruin the scheme - Exum losing his head on D and freelancing was why he started collecting DNPs. If trying and failing at D isn't acceptable, will Quin accept not trying? If he does make an exception, how will this impact team culture?

We've also seen this from the other side. Remember the OKC series, where we isolated Melo at every opportunity and scored on him at will? And when he ended up with the Rockets, there was a rare 100% consensus on this board that he would bring the same issue, even though they also have a good defensive C in Capela. And now the Rockets have realised that too, and since sending him home have started winning again.

You really didnt even address my main point which was that if we have a better offense it would improve our defense. Using Jerebko and Exum as examples was to fair, a bad argument. Because they suck bad at offense. So their DNP's arent necessarily tied to bad defense. Its just means they suck all around. Exum cant even hold onto the ball or make layups. Im guessing that has a lot more to do with him not playing.

 

[Jazz4ever]

That literally might be the weirdest argument Ive had on JazzFanz

"Memo and Boozer would have been a nightmare matchup for Gobert and Favors"

What?

Gobert is going to struggle guarding all of 6'7" slow, short armed Boozer?

It would probably be an ugly series. Don't forget Sloan had AK who while was disinterested, could still easily shut down Mitchell, Crowder, or whoever the one player we have a night that might be hot.

 

[Hotdog]

It would probably be an ugly series. Don't forget Sloan had AK who while was disinterested, could still easily shut down Mitchell, Crowder, or whoever the one player we have a night that might be hot.

His main argument really is that Boozer and Memo would be giving Gobert and Favors fits. Which sounds a lot like he thinks they are better. Which they just arent.

If you swapped them out, this current team would be horrendous and that old Jazz team probably would have won the championship. Gobert's defense was exactly what that team was missing.

This Jazz team has been constructed precisely because of what came before it. It was a horrendously bad defensive team. And comparing numbers from this era to that era doesnt work. Its a different era. Teams shoot more 3's and play at a different pace. When I watched that team is was infuriating watching Boozer and Memo play no defense.

Now if you swapped just Gobert and played Boozer it probably have worked too. Or even Memo and Gobert. Just like I am advocating for Jabari. Its not perfect. But I bet it would work.

 

[Jazzta]

Not everything can be captured by statistics. Not every bucket is created equal. Jabari is by far a more dominant player than either Boozer or Big Al. He also has a wider range of skills.

Lol what. Nobody was more dominant than Big Al in the low post, the best pump fake I ever seen.

 

[Getting Traded]

I would love to have Memo on this team. He would be the ultimate stretch-4 in today's game.

 

[Hotdog]

Lol what. Nobody was more dominant than Big Al in the low post, the best pump fake I ever seen.

 

[Jazzta]

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Eww gross, keep your nudes to yourself.

 

[Hitman]

You really didnt even address my main point which was that if we have a better offense it would improve our defense.

That's because it isn't even a point worth addressing, because the two are not related.

 

[idestroyedthetoilet]

Boozer played in China.

And now in B Russ' stupid 3 man league.

 

[Hotdog]

That's because it isn't even a point worth addressing, because the two are not related.

So when an offensive player misses a shot and it starts a fast break for the other team, thats not related to defense at all? There is no difference between the offense taking the ball out underneath the hoop vs starting from 3/4's the way down the court, and the defense on its heels?

 

[Kyoto]

Since I'm still worked up about the sheer audacity of Boozer-Parker comparisons, I will leave this here.



35-14-5 on 23 shots, in a playoff game 7 played on enemy territory. Against two future Hall-of-Famers in their prime. 12 All-NBA appearances combined.

It seems stupid to say that I'd take this Boozer over Parker any day, so I will just say I would take current 37-year old Boozer over Parker.

All I said was that parker is Boozer lite.

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