Jazz - Nuggets: Round 1

[Bawse Dawg]

Discuss.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Best Jazz draft picks of the decade are Mitchell and Gobert and Denver drafted both of them. Just two more in a ****ing bounty of successful picks for them. I’m so jealous.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

We beating that *** though.

 

[prodigy]

This is the one I wanted. Win or lose I just wanted to see a series of Rudy vs Jokic. Should be entertaining.

 

[cowhide]

Should be entertaining. I am glad we play Denver instead of Houston or OKC but Denver should be the favorite.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The Jazz are better coached and have more continuity at the moment, due to Denver's injuries. Jazz share the ball and now shoot 3s at a volume comparable to Dallas, but they make a higher percentage. They also they do a better job of scoring at the rim than Dallas. Mitchell and Clarkson are dangerous (if slightly streaky) scorers who will attack Jamal Murray and Monte Morris. Conley's been good for 20p/7a in the bubble. Ingles has been very comfortable as a primary initiator and he'll be guarded by MPJ, who isn't a disruptive defender at this stage. Jazz will need to get some quality rotation minutes from Tony Bradley, Miye Oni and Jarrell Brantley, but this is doable.

Jazz need to contain Jokic by turning him into a disproportionately mid-range and deep-range shooter, and by making him give up the ball early in the shotclock. They need to make life difficult for Murray and force him to shoot contested mid-range shots. They also need to hold their own on the defensive boards.

If Will Barton and Gary Harris don't return, Denver will be missing two of its best perimeter defenders.

Jazz in 6.

 

[LogGrad98]

I'm being a realist in this one and accepting that we will likely lose this in 6

 

[David Stern]

Putting this here for good luck:

 

[NAOS]

I want to believe. Struggling to.

 

[Avery]

Candidly, I think DEN wanted us as well. A lot of teams would rather see our short handed bunch vs. play DAL.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

We got this, see ya in the second round Clippers!

 

[Goodluckchuck]

My fear is our bench. I hope we they can keep up in a series like this. But I foresee the Jazz in 6