Tempted to agree. He's had way too many lapses in judgment. Or maybe he's trying to play loose to facilitate his PG skills. Crazy to think as good as he is at times that he could add a lot to his game still.
Game Thread Jan 03, 2021 5:00PM MT: Jazz at Spurs
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Tempted to agree. He's had way too many lapses in judgment. Or maybe he's trying to play loose to facilitate his PG skills. Crazy to think as good as he is at times that he could add a lot to his game still.
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Can not be overstated. Jazz are at best 2-4 without Gobert.
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He's a do **** guy... he definitely doesn't go unnoticed on the court. Block was fun... got a deflection... don't expect him to run many pick and rolls for us but showed the midrange drive game there.
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He's been so good and active this year. Was good last year too, but seems to be over whatever dark cloud hounded him last year.
Yeah, and I think if you have someone for 10-15 minutes, you really need them to be a do **** guy, especially as our top 8 doesn't have enough do **** guys as it is. I'd liken our current #9 man to the Jarron Collins plug-in decision. Collins was always justified for his roster spot because he "was a guy who could come in and not make mistakes." But the was opportunity cost there. I'm not sure how valuable "not making mistakes" really was with Collins. Seriously. If you go look up his per 36 numbers and then pretended he was putting those up in 24 minutes, they'd still leave a lot to be desired.
He's kind of like the defensive version of JC. You maybe don't make JC your go-to guy, but he's your guy that you throw in and immediately makes an impact. I think we need more of that and we have to get him some minutes. We can start with Niang's. I think he could take a few of Royce's minutes as I think he should be closer to the 28 than the 32.
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Its easier to come in and hustle and get deflections than it is to come in and shoot off the bench. I just think either Shaq or Oni have an opportunity to impact a game in 10 minutes that Niang won't. If Georges was hitting his threes then a couple threes here and there would also impact a game... but he is clearly struggling with that and its understandable.... its hard to do. He struggled with his shot in the bubble too.
In any one individual game it doesn't matter much who gets the leftover minutes... at the end of the season throwing Oni or Shaq into the fire because of injury or because you need something specific that Georges doesn't bring is a problem. Get them the reps they need now so Quin can trust them later.
That dude jumped into him yet still bounced off. Not a hint of celebration, just getting back on defense. Dok is special.
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Quin needs to find minutes for Shaq and Udoka even if it is 10 to 15 minutes. Royce can have some of his minutes cut and perhaps you bring Udoka in as the backup center and move Favors to PF. Now this would only be done if the match ups warranted it. Oni and Hughes could be used in spot chances when needed Oni for his defense and Hughes for his offense. The road trip is a perfect chance to extend the bench a little with all the travel and games.
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I believe our first round pick outplayed Trey Lyles tonight.