Jazz - Nuggets: Round 1

[LoPo]

He’s a good defender but nearly a 0 on freakin offense. I don’t wanna hear his 3 point percentage on limited attempts. This is a scoring league now. We can’t have him and the offensively limited Gobert out there so much with a bench of offensive duds outside of Clarkson.

A team must have waves of guys like Royce. And you also have to have some guys like Clarkson. For as much as we need Clarksons for offense, we need O'Neales for defense. It's too bad Jeff Green didn't work out, Niang can't defend and Oni isn't trusted yet. Ingles and O'Neale were flat out exhausted and why Murray went off. We need more "less than $10 million all around defensive role players".

You're talking finances. $9 for Royce is fine. $30+ for Conley is not. Right now, we should have Korver, Crowder and Grayson for half of what Conley is making. Depth is so incredibly important and we completely lack it.

 

[NAOS]

I don't think Brantley would be great there... he might be able to be a disruptive help guy though. Oni could take a few minutes but not in crunch time. I think Ingles was just straight gassed.

I think you just have to switch it sometimes. Like you have to adjust what you do sometimes. Couple times down the stretch I just wanted us to give the ball to DM and get the **** out of the way but it looked like we were trying to run offense and it ends up with JC or Ingles shooting something.

Quin is very smart but sometimes I see things we do and just go WTF did you think would happen. Like Mudiay today... was on the court with JC and Ingles... that is fine in the regular season but in the playoffs we don't need his ball handling if we have those guys on the court. We need defense and shooting something serious doe... and Miye is over there...Brantley is over there... WYD Quin? Even the 8 second call... like he could be watching and call a timeout if the player is not gonna make it up the court. He sits on challenges like they are a golden egg... just fuggin use one.

Gimme a few reps of Brantley in that scenario. All day. It isn’t a complicated call, and we need to use a few possessions with dudes who will err on the side of physicality.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I surely agree that we should wear down that 2 man combo, but if Royce gets out of his position on the paint of boxing out Nuggets wings and grab the boards, leaving it for Mitchell and Clarkson (and Ingles, and Bojan, and Conley, as its been a defensive problem all season, just changes the approach other teams attacks us because different roster and coaches, but the exploited weakness keep the same), id say that Nuggets goes not just for "nice but streaky role players shooters", but for alley oops and/or the open backdoor cuts that we are okay letting O'neal go for it on the attacking end.

The personnel to execute this defense matters too.

Prolly so... Locke said that Quin has some things up his sleeve for the handoff stuff that he didn't reveal in the game... so there might be some changes coming.

Man just looking at the box score and so many Denver role players punched way above their weight. That's the best shooting game they will have this series and we had em dead to rights. If JC or Royce or Niang give us just a little better shooting we win.

The flip side is true too... we won't get 57 out of him every night. I do think a light flicked on though. He can get the three whenever he wants... he can attack like that and really put the pressure on the defense.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Gimme a few reps of Brantley in that scenario. All day. It isn’t a complicated call, and we need to use a few possessions with dudes who will err on the side of physicality.

I'm with you... just maybe do it before the playoffs Quin... but now is better than never.

 

[whatthe]

Jazz are the underdogs. Mitchell made the game winnable with a lights out performance but .... ugh

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

He’s a good defender but nearly a 0 on freakin offense. I don’t wanna hear his 3 point percentage on limited attempts. This is a scoring league now. We can’t have him and the offensively limited Gobert out there so much with a bench of offensive duds outside of Clarkson.

He's exactly the type of player championship teams need. He stays within himself. He's generally played up in the playoffs and not down. He got a really tough whistle tonight and just missed his shots. Next game he will make them. He does all the dirty work.

Please don't put slander on Royce's name... ain't his fault Bogey ain't here and Mike is with his fam.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

on some of the empty possessions down the stretch we really needed to force Jokic to guard DM on the perimeter. Felt like we kept setting screens and end up with Grant or Morris on DM or JC.... we can do better than that.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Imagine if we'd have given the draft assets we did for Conley, but instead did it for Morris. Couple firsts for a cheap guy then have more money to improve elsewhere. Love the way that guys plays... just so solid.

 

[Goodluckchuck]

Holy ****! I just looked at the box score, and noticed DM only had 2 points in the first quarter? WTF? Is that right? If so that makes the 57 even more remarkable.

 

[NAOS]

Imagine if we'd have given the draft assets we did for Conley, but instead did it for Morris. Couple firsts for a cheap guy then have more money to improve elsewhere. Love the way that guys plays... just so solid.

Reminds me of a modern-day Eisley. Exactly the kind of stability you want coming off your bench.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Holy ****! I just looked at the box score, and noticed DM only had 2 points in the first quarter? WTF? Is that right? If so that makes the 57 even more remarkable.

He started very slow... and then got going... then absolutely dominated the 4th. He was sooooooo so good.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Reminds me of a modern-day Eisley. Exactly the kind of stability you want coming off your bench.

I think he is much better than Howard. He is a poor man's George Hill (with better durability).