Game Thread Jan 07, 2023 06:00PM MT: Jazz at Bulls

[FrenchJazzFa]

You want to watch 40 more games of miserable losing? Followed by drafting some dude who'll never be half as good as Lauri? Or even Sexton? And who'll take 3 to 4 years to develop, meaning more losing years?

Hey, have fun. At that point I'm out. And if people think Markkanen will sign a multiyear deal with a team that sabotaged his career best season and can offer only more losing in the future - when he's in his absolute prime - they're wrong.

No i don't. But i'm realistic about our real level. And i'm same you, i follow only games on week-end and just look at box score when i'm in office. I have no fun tanking but i do think this is where we are. Too many weakness in this team KO is not a starter and is Vando, Mike is getting old, JC have good nights and bad nights... .only Lauri is good enough. And we have some young promising guys on the bench ( Kessler, Ochai, Sexton, NAW).
And i would trade Beasley if we can get decent return. He is only one side player for me.

 

[sip]

We are so close to being firmly in the tank. There are 5 teams below us in the standings that want to win games and I might even throw the thunder in there as well. If we just play this right we could be sitting in the bottom 7 by the end of the month.

 

[fishonjazz]

Lauri has multiple poster dunks already this season and that one might have been his best. Lauri dunks anything within range.

It was definitely his best. Holy ****.
I think he had one on gobert that was close though


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[seattlejazzfan]

We could've used NAWs defense tbh

uh no. we couldn't. it was the perfect outcome.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

No i don't. But i'm realistic about our real level. And i'm same you, i follow only games on week-end and just look at box score when i'm in office. I have no fun tanking but i do think this is where we are. Too many weakness in this team

This game was absolutely winnable if the coach makes normal, logical basketball decisions. The Bulls have a lot of guys who suck too. They're not tanking for some reason.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

We gave up 43 points in the 4th.

Kessler played 0 4th quarter minutes.

Hardy sucks.

hardy finally understands his job

 

[Conestoga Finn]

We are so close to being firmly in the tank. There are 5 teams below us in the standings that want to win games and I might even throw the thunder in there as well. If we just play this right we could be sitting in the bottom 7 by the end of the month.

IF?

To me it looks like that already.

Only thing to complain is the utilization of future dudes already on the bench, to tank you know. For successful tank it is always important to develop the crew who is already in that tank.

Otherwise there are no point. To tank.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

We are so close to being firmly in the tank. There are 5 teams below us in the standings that want to win games and I might even throw the thunder in there as well. If we just play this right we could be sitting in the bottom 7 by the end of the month.

So how do we "play this right"?

More Rudy Gay? More Conley with his double digit minus on/off stats?

 

[sip]

This game was absolutely winnable if the coach makes normal, logical basketball decisions. The Bulls have a lot of guys who suck too. They're not tanking for some reason.

The bulls have no incentive to tank. They owe their draft pick to the magic top 4 protected.

 

[Tom349]

Kessler just gets less and less minutes each game lately.
13 minutes tonight. 2-3 from the field and 7 rebounds. He did have 5 fouls. Let him foul out though. What would be so bad if that happened.


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Drop big coverage against a team with the second best mid range shooter in the league and one of the best above the break three point shooters in the league who is red hot at the moment. Kessler minutes mirrored Drummonds.

Similar thing with Lauri, he come out for a quick rest with 2:45 left to play in the third quarter then was back on the court to start the fourth when he normally would rest for an extra couple of minutes. He made up for missing the additional rest by.subbing him out with around 7 minutes left to play, nothing wrong with that. The mistake Hardy made was putting KO back into the game and then finishing with him.

Do you guys pay any attention to the game.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

So what’s the good reason we’ve wasted half a season of Ochai development?

Just embrace the tank at this point, IMO. I don’t have a desire to see anyone over the age of 30 play anymore.

there is no good reason. no excuse for it.

 

[fishonjazz]

I can't watch the game so I'm watching the box score. Someone keeps saying vando suck blah blah blah. The box score says Beasley, Conley and kO suck. Not vando. For those watching the game is Vanda sucking on defense?

Tremendous Upside REALLY hates vando so you have to kind of ignore any of his posts about vando. Most of his other posts are quite good though. Its like vando ****ed his mom or something.


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