Jazz Defensive rankings

[Gameface]

Hayward is about as expendable as a finger. With Gobert and Favors being the "thumb" and "index" respectively, I would rank Hayward as the "bird".

Hood has filled in nicely, and looks to be the true 3rd option on the team. So I guess that would make him the "ring", which makes sense because having a 3rd option that plays on the level of Hood can get a team a whole set of rings. But he has gotten more usage early because Hayward hasn't gotten it going yet (shrug).

When has Hayward ever played well in October? Or November, for that matter? He's playing through a back injury to boot. From December to April, Hayward will be invaluable to this team. The offense has already been capable with him playing mediocre. Imagine what it will look like when he gets up to speed.

I want to give the NBA the shocker.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I don't understand why people are trying to dismiss Hayward.

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It's largely the people who didn't want us to match on Hayward. Just people trying to be like "Oh, see I was right a while ago, we should have given more money to the SG who doesn't shoot 3's".

 

[orangello]

It's largely the people who didn't want us to match on Hayward. Just people trying to be like "Oh, see I was right a while ago, we should have given more money to the SG who doesn't shoot 3's".

Yea, I'm much more concerned with Burks and his knee jerk allergic reaction to getting the ball behind the line.

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[Stoked]

Jazz have how many 1st this coming up in this draft? 2? 3?

Who are the best shooters in the draft? No I am not trying to sift thru those terrible draft threads.

 

[b_line]

So excited for this team. I didn't think they would look this decent without Exum. They will be pretty good this year when Hayward is into mid season form, and next year they will be awesome when Exum comes back.

 

[Hotdog]

So excited for this team. I didn't think they would look this decent without Exum. They will be pretty good this year when Hayward is into mid season form, and next year they will be awesome when Exum comes back.

Exum wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire. The Jazz clearly got better when Rudy began starting. I don't know why you wouldn't think they would still be good.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Exum wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire. The Jazz clearly got better when Rudy began starting. I don't know why you wouldn't think they would still be good.

Rudy wasn't the sole factor. Exum was disrupting on the perimeter with his long reach. I also thought there would be some drop-off. Neto has been better than expected defensively.

 

[magic]

These stats are because we played against two of the worst teams in the league. And we lost to Detroit too. While Detroit is 3-0, I don't see them as being one of the best teams but more of a middling team. So can't put too much weight on how good we are yet.

If we can keep this up against teams that are decent, then we can start talking.

 

[spycam1]

I think I saw Cy state in a different thread that Hayward has taken the next step defensively. Can others confirm? I only saw the game against Detroit.

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[b_line]

Exum wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire. The Jazz clearly got better when Rudy began starting. I don't know why you wouldn't think they would still be good.

It was more about him not being a rookie and the fact that he isn't trey Burke. I didn't think they would take a step back, but I was worried they would have about as good a record as last year. I was hoping for like 48-50 wins before the Exum injury, now I think they still might get to 45.

 

[b_line]

I think I saw Cy state in a different thread that Hayward has taken the next step defensively. Can others confirm? I only saw the game against Detroit.

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I haven't seen enough to confirm. It would be pretty amazing if he has. We would be an insane defensive team, especially when Exum comes back.

 

[Stifle Tower]

I think I saw Cy state in a different thread that Hayward has taken the next step defensively. Can others confirm? I only saw the game against Detroit.

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I think Gordon took that step last season. Just watch the last several minutes of the Cleveland game when he stopped LBJ multiple times.