jom2003
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https://www.si.com/nba/2016/02/02/rodney-hood-utah-jazz-james-harden-quin-snyder-rudy-gobert
What happen to this Hood???
What happen to this Hood???
Jazz (23-15) @ Grizzlies (23-16) on NBATV - 6 PM
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Cappy_Smurf
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People did this earlier in the year with Exum. Utah won a few games with Mack after losing a few with Exum playing more and decided Exum was the reason behind the losses. Now that Exum isn't playing, fans need a new scapegoat.
NAOS
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Time for Rudy to move to the bench and become the super sub, right?
FalseFlagg K
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Favors is slowly finding his old form, will be close to awesome in another month. Statistically Favors/Gobert together on court are fantastic. FACT
The Exum +/- thing is still just mindblowingly shortsighted.
Cappy_Smurf
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Also, since Favors is ruining our offense due to spacing issues with him and Gobert on the floor together, I guess when Favors is playing center with Rudy on the bench, the rest of the team just starts draining their jumpshots like a ****, yes?
This spacing issue myth has gotten wayyyyyyy out of control.
This spacing issue myth has gotten wayyyyyyy out of control.
I don't know?
Our offense has declined since Favors has returned - not all his fault, maybe just coincidence I don't know - but it worries me. That's all I intended to say, no need to take more from it than that.
Cappy_Smurf
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Sorry, don't mean to be a dick. Other people have come to the same conclusion, which is why I get frustrated with it. A lot of fans already had it in their head that Favors and Gobert together is a spacing issue, and have decided after a few games with Favors back that this must be the problem. The whole thing has been greatly exaggerated from the beginning, and I hate to see it continue.
One thing I will say is that it is fairly common for teams to have a significant player come back from injury, and it takes time for the team to adjust if they had good chemistry while he was out. That certainly could be part of it, as well as the fact we've had a harder schedule since Favors has come back, but the spacing issue is way overblown.
And just to hit on it again, the team had a stretch where they shot really poorly as a team, and then started shooting better, which coincided with Exum suddenly getting DNPs. Quite a few posters mistakenly decided Exum was the reason we were losing.
I just think fans are a little too quick to look for someone to blame, whenever the team goes through a tough stretch. Neither Exum nor Favors is to blame for the entire team shooting like they are hungover.
RJF
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Joncolton
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Scheduled loss.
* 5th game in 7 days
* On the road
* Back-to-back
* Against one of the best defensive teams
* After we cleaned their clocks earlier
* You can bet they had this game circled
* Favors not 100%
* Hood not 100%
* Burks out
* Hill not 100%
And the Jazz still rallied and made a game of it to the point that we can gripe about the officiating. Proud of this team.
* 5th game in 7 days
* On the road
* Back-to-back
* Against one of the best defensive teams
* After we cleaned their clocks earlier
* You can bet they had this game circled
* Favors not 100%
* Hood not 100%
* Burks out
* Hill not 100%
And the Jazz still rallied and made a game of it to the point that we can gripe about the officiating. Proud of this team.
This is where I hope the playing time issue gets solved. If Hood is hot he gets the majority of mins. If Hood is off, and Burks on then Alec gets to finish the game.
We need to use our depth to our advantage. Play who is on that night.
Hitman
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Interesting question.
Player: FG% / 3P% / eFG% (eFG% Team Rank)
Mack: 45.2 / 32.3 / 50.3 (10)
Hood: 40.6 / 33.7 / 48.1 (13)
Exum: 40.7 / 29.2 / 47.0 (14)
I know it wasn't asked for, but here's our shooting at PF for comparison:
Diaw: 45.1 / 34.2 / 50.0 (11)
Lyles: 40.9 / 35.2 / 49.2 (12)
Favors: 44.1 / 40.0 / 44.7 (15)