Game Thread Jan 05, 2023 06:00PM MT: Jazz at Rockets

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Anyone else have anxiety now anytime Lauri shoots FT's?

I just dont want the streak to stop.

38 more and he passes Steph Curry for 5th most consecutive FTs in a row. 55 more to pass MJ for most all time.

 

[HermanG]

Ya im curious who those people were. I mean Markennen has been playing like an all star pretty much all season long.
If we didn't get markennen in the trade or if we would have traded with the knicks instead of cleveland then we would probably be right at the bottom of the standings. He has carried this team.

I cant believe you dont remember about me ranting about JC and posting those touch and FGA numbers (esp. 4th quarter).

I swear there was a 10 game stretch where I did it like 8 times. I started it right around Conley injury.

 

[Eddie Zero]

Exactly. beeing a fan does not mean not beeing realistic. We are not good enough and better accept the fact. It does not mean that i enjoy seeing the loss. Actually i skip to look the last 4 or 5 games ( as i will do today) and look only the play by play and box score from office. I'm okay with a win but the best interest for the team now is to loose and get a decent chance for high pick.

See this is the problem the Jazz front office has , with a rookie head coach, a ton of very hungry young players, a group of win now vets, and a ton of draft assets in the form of other teams. Minnesota playing good this season would definitely have justified selling off the vets. Minnesota stinking badly, in fact completely killed this front offices interest in tanking this season.
That is unlikely to change even if the Jazz this season continue to ride the tracks right between playoffs and late lottery. I expect the Wolves pick at this point a top 10 lock and the Jazz pick absolutely won't be in the top 10 unless they shoot up from the late lottery into the top 4 spots via the drawing after losing a play in game and missing the post season

 

[Eddie Zero]

Anyone else have anxiety now anytime Lauri shoots FT's?

I just dont want the streak to stop.

38 more and he passes Steph Curry for 5th most consecutive FTs in a row. 55 more to pass MJ for most all time.

sure to break a finger or something on his next dunk now smh

 

[fishonjazz]

I cant believe you dont remember about me ranting about JC and posting those touch and FGA numbers (esp. 4th quarter).

I swear there was a 10 game stretch where I did it like 8 times. I started it right around Conley injury.

Sounds like you were ranting about JC from your post. The conversation I was involved in was discussing people being critical of coach hardy for not utilizing/developing Markennen. I dont remember people saying hardy is holding markennen back or is the reason markennen isn't a better player. Do you?

 

[Tremendous Upside]

By the way, I hope all the tankers take a long, hard look at this Houston team and their "crowd". Just pure apathy. Nobody gives a **** about this season. Just boneheaded young players going 1-on-1.

Awful.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

Anyone else have anxiety now anytime Lauri shoots FT's?

I just dont want the streak to stop.

38 more and he passes Steph Curry for 5th most consecutive FTs in a row. 55 more to pass MJ for most all time.

I don’t think there is anything more stress inducing than going to the line in the closing seconds of a game to shoot three with a three point deficit. Records are nice I guess but after successfully completing that play in consecutive games, I’m already convinced that he’s as fundamentally sound and clutch as they come.

 

[Tom349]

Anyone else have anxiety now anytime Lauri shoots FT's?

I just dont want the streak to stop.

38 more and he passes Steph Curry for 5th most consecutive FTs in a row. 55 more to pass MJ for most all time.

Well he is no chance now that you have mentioned it.

 

[Eddie Zero]

By the way, I hope all the tankers take a long, hard look at this Houston team and their "crowd". Just pure apathy. Nobody gives a **** about this season. Just boneheaded young players going 1-on-1.

Awful.

right, this is why it won't happen here. The ownership cannot afford it. Most teams that are in smaller markets that tank have owners that are willing to spend for the future even with major losses at the boxoffice. I doubt this ownership can or would if they could. Got to put a semi decent roster on the court to keep irrationally hopeful fans spending bucks, even if the correct move would be to have an empty arena for a couple seasons. The rockets are still real early intheir rebuild though and I doubt that front office has much more rope if they dont land a top 2 player to fill the seats again

 

[HermanG]

Sounds like you were ranting about JC from your post. The conversation I was involved in was discussing people being critical of coach hardy for not utilizing/developing Markennen. I dont remember people saying hardy is holding markennen back or is the reason markennen isn't a better player. Do you?

No. I might have said on few posts that Hardy needs to put JC in his place and tell the guys to funnel the ball to Lauri.. but I never thought Hardy was mismanaging Lauri in any ways. It was more about the ballhandlers not being aware of our best player, where he was and what he was doing.

I think right from the start Hardy knew what he had. He moved Lauri around 3/4/5 and tested various types of called plays featuring him. Also gave him a free role off-ball pretty early on... allowing him to move all over the field.

Also I never hated or disliked JC. Just the fact that he acted like our #1 option which I thought he wasnt.