Jazz - Nuggets: Round 1

[NAOS]

I can tell it really hurt because Denver hit a 3 pt after the violation. Man I am totally bummed about losing this game. I feel awful for DM. Kid just tried to will his team to victory. I was not surprised we lost in OT because our guys were gassed. Jazz need more SF/PF who can play defense and shoot some. Oh well I highly doubt Denver is going to make 22 3pts again but I doubt DM is going to score 57 pts again. That has to be some playoff record for the Jazz.

It is a playoff record for the jazz. Previous record was Malone with 50

 

[Miggs]

Nah.

It really is though. No one else is paying Royce 9M per year. No one.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

Was it bogus?

No.

 

[Eminence]

Anywho, it hurts to lose, but I feel pretty good about how we played. Continue to have faith in Morgan, he looked great. Be willing to throw some different stuff at Murray.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Needed somebody else on Murray down the stretch there, I love Joe, but I don't know why we didn't try Royce, and if the 5th guy was just going to stand in the corner on O and play D it should've been Morgan, not Clarkson.

Joe was gassed. He's not built to play 43 mins or whatever it was.

 

[LogGrad98]

And Denver is shooting the 3 out of their minds. They won't do that every game. But we just gave this one away. Man did this suck. The whole OT was "here, have the ball". They didn't beat us, we just gave it away. Handed it to them on a silver platter while gobbling their nobs. **** me. One of the worst OT performances I have seen.

 

[Beer]

I mean missing 2 of our top 4 guys is not ideal either.

That's what I'm getting at. But the Jazz didn't have a rotation full of rotation-level NBA players even before Bojan/Conley weren't here.

Certainly playing Niang and Bradley major minutes and starting Morgan is certainly not ideal for anyone.

 

[rjfan]

You're absolutely wrong. The problem is, we only have 1 Royce. Denver has 3 or 4 with Grant, Craig, Millsap, etc. They have waves of switchable SF/PF type players who can hit the occasional 3.

Royce is golden at less than $10. We just need a few more instead of $30+ on Conley.

Well, that leads me to two questions on the moves going into the offseason

1 - Should we prioritize keep Clarkson instead of looking for another 3nD wing if we're unable (or just unwillingfull due to our fo stubbornness) to move on from Conley and not in a financial condition to go into LT ?

2 - How much redundant Ingles and Bojan are, especially on defense, to worth combined up to Conley level of contract ?

 

[prodigy]

 

[LogGrad98]

We can’t go 15 rounds with this team. They’re just too much bigger, more physical, and deeper than us. We need to deliver our tko earlier.

Yep, like by not giving away a backcourt time violation, among other stupid mistakes. **** me.

 

[Beer]

It really is though. No one else is paying Royce 9M per year. No one.

I think he is EXTREMELY overrated by Jazzfanz but I don't think 9 mill a year is absurd.

 

[Miggs]

is it possible the clock started early? how does it take that long to walk a ball over the mid line?!

That’s the whole problem. He walks the ball over. All the time.