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

[fishonjazz]

Why flaming? You are usually better than that..

FWIW they scored only 8 of those 42 in the restricted area. 18 from 3, 6 from charity stripe and 10 from midrange.

Im just pointing out that not playing kessler didnt exactly work. What is the harm in playing him? Maybe we lose. Maybe we win. Maybe he fouls out. Whatever. Let the young guys play and develop. 13 minutes is BS. If kessler is going to be a part of our future then there will be times when he will need to play while in foul trouble in games that actually matter.
Might as well let him work on these types of things during a season where the games dont really matter. Does that make sense?


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[HermanG]

Im just pointing out that not playing kessler didnt exactly work. What is the harm in playing him? Maybe we lose. Maybe we win. Maybe he fouls out. Whatever. Let the young guys play and develop. 13 minutes is BS. If kessler is going to be a part of our future then there will be times when he will need to play while in foul trouble in games that actually matter.
Might as well let him work on these types of things during a season where the games dont really matter. Does that make sense?


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It does. But Hardy had 2 options and one had 5 fouls. Both are young and have upside. I still think its not a horrible call to bench him.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

Right now KO is useless. He still might be hurting from the ankle and that makes his quickness glacial at best. Could we trade him for a bag of potato chips or the rights to Rayjohn Tucker?

I don’t think there’s much of a market for Olynyk unfortunately and no I’m not remotely interested in Tucker. I’ve cooled a bit on KO but probably not for the same reasons as you. I don’t like the fact that he’s gotten so gun shy on open spot up threes when he makes that shot as well as anybody. I hate when he keeps deferring and then Beasley or Clarkson or even Conley throws up a well covered prayer.

The guy did an excellent job keeping Vuc out of the paint last night. He had more blocks than anybody. Unfortunately, he seems to get more ticky tack fouls called against him than anyone.

 

[sip]

I don’t think there’s much of a market for Olynyk unfortunately and no I’m not remotely interested in Tucker. I’ve cooled a bit on KO but probably not for the same reasons as you. I don’t like the fact that he’s gotten so gun shy on open spot up threes when he makes that shot as well as anybody. I hate when he keeps deferring and then Beasley or Clarkson or even Conley throws up a well covered prayer.

The guy did an excellent job keeping Vuc out of the paint last night. He had more blocks than anybody. Unfortunately, he seems to get more ticky tack fouls called against him than anyone.

The warriors made all the sense in the world a month ago but he has been so bad over the last few weeks that they may have lost interest. I still think Wiseman is worth a cheap look though so I would gladly trade him for Olynyk. The player I really wanted was Patrick Baldwin as part of a Wiseman deal but that dream is dead with Olynyk falling off and Baldwin showing tons of potential.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

The warriors made all the sense in the world a month ago but he has been so bad over the last few weeks that they may have lost interest. I still think Wiseman is worth a cheap look though so I would gladly trade him for Olynyk. The player I really wanted was Patrick Baldwin as part of a Wiseman deal but that dream is dead with Olynyk falling off and Baldwin showing tons of potential.

Yeah I don’t know, I can see a Wiseman deal as a tank move to make us better down the line. Olynyk is not a long term piece, but as a stretch four/five with all his warts he’s still pretty irreplaceable in his price range.

I mean if we really want to make the smartest moves to keep this offense on track and to start thinking towards the future, I think we need to do something to clear this logjam at the one and two positions. What does it say when Agbaji already makes better reads than Clarkson or Beasley? And Conley for DRuss makes sense because even if we don’t resign the guy, we clear cap space AND start preparing Sexton and NAW or THT for next year. (Truthfully, in my eyes, nobody lost that game for us last night like Beasley, Clarkson and Conley did.)