Jazz are soft.

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Conley is small at the 1.
Royce, Joe and Bojan are all really 3s. Royce and Ingles are a bit small at the 4 some nights.
Ed Davis is wiry and active, but not really a rim defender. At least Bradley is a space eater.
Jeff Green is not a committed defender, despite his size and athleticism.
Mudiay isn't committed to defense either. He has the size to switch defensively, but he's slow on many switches, leaving gaps.
Georges Niang is not athletic by NBA standards.

Without Favors, Crowder and Rubio the Jazz have lost some size, energy and defensive tenacity. They're not able to clamp down and get stops consistently.

 

[Rubashov]

Its mostly effort, we are getting smashed in transition. Todays performance was pathetic.

 

[homeytennis]

How would adding Willie Reed, William Howard to this current group have altered the chemistry?

 

[JazzyFresh]

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Its mostly effort, we are getting smashed in transition. Todays performance was pathetic.

We got smashed in transition because our offense couldn't execute against their long defenders. The Lakers scored bundles off of Jazz turnovers.

 

[Rubashov]

We got smashed in transition because our offense couldn't execute against their long defenders. The Lakers scored bundles off of Jazz turnovers.

Yeah our terrible offence is definitely contributing, I don't think it is a length issue tho, its more about intensity. We matched the Bucks pretty well, I think the team as a whole lacks fight, once we start getting on the wrong end of some runs they just drop their collective bundle.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Let me just say, I though Brantley looked great out there in his 3 minutes. He has a real physical presence defensively, and he moves great for a guy with his length and strength. He gets in a good stance and defends positionally.

 

[NAOS]

I think it’s pretty clear they’re also starting not to like each other very much.

 

[Dali]

I feel like we're an angry losing boxer, who due to his anger, just swings wildly hoping anything would connect, rather than taking a step back, reevaluating and starting combinations off, with a few jabs.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Having expectations is rough.

In hindsight, this is all starting to make some sense and that's not good.

 

[SoUjazzfan]

Time for a players only meeting. Problem is we don't have a true leader who fights for the team and not just himself.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The Jazz need a big, athletic, mean mofo who really rebounds, defends and intimidates people a bit. Like the artist formerly known as Ron Artest. Then you can play Conley, Mitchell, Bojan and Gobert at the other 4 spots.