Jazz play

[franklin]

https://www.nba.com/games/20101019/UTALAL/gameinfo.html?ls=gt2hp0011000095

The highlight play at 53 seconds stood out to me. Jazz are playing against Gasol + a bunch of scrubs (Johnson, Ebanks, Blake, and Naymick), so take it for what it is.

Man D by LA. D-Will demands attention on a high pick by Fes, who rolls and collects a pass very high out after Gasol traps D-Will. Help D comes to Fes, who probably could have scored or gotten to the line without it. Look at how spread the Jazz have the floor at this point (all because of LA respect for D-Will). Defense has to suck in on Fes--On FES? What? He has two easy options at this point: a) the easy pass which he made to CJ for a wide open, high % three. b) If the defense came from a different angle, or cut the CJ lane then a quick turn shows a wide open Hayward on the opposite wing. Evans is under the basket posting up. This is key to this play. He's in great rebounding position, as is Hayward and Fes can fight for good position in the middle. This is key as 3 pt. misses often go long and jump start a fast break. Jazz have it covered. Even better, if Hayward got the pass and is closed out on then Evans is wide open on the touch pass for an easy two.

I'm watching to see how this setup works in the season and against starters.

 

[NAOS]

pause the clip at 1:04. Deron makes his first move on Fish, and by the end of the first step all five Laker players have their eyes on Deron and start collapsing on him. The spacing that a superstar provides cannot be underestimated.

 

[vslice02]

Last year in Utah's high screen-roll we would often see Boozer slip the screen and get the pass then kickout to Matthews on the wing. Another noticeable improvement by Fesenko to find CJ.

 

[unluckyseventeen]

I'm going to also say that Fes running the floor later in those highlights (3 on 4 break) was refreshing, because if you get him the ball in open space, it doesn't matter how many people are there.. it's gonna be a hammer or somebody getting plowed over.

Fes' quickness has been unusually high ever since we drafted him. Conditioning on a guy like him will open his game up in ways we didn't think were within reach, at least based upon where he was last year.

I've been one of the people on this forum that have been professing that Fes get more playing time only because of what he could become. It looks like that's finally coming to fruition, and it's great to see.

 

[franklin]

I'm going to also say that Fes running the floor later in those highlights (3 on 4 break) was refreshing, because if you get him the ball in open space, it doesn't matter how many people are there.. it's gonna be a hammer or somebody getting plowed over.

Fes' quickness has been unusually high ever since we drafted him. Conditioning on a guy like him will open his game up in ways we didn't think were within reach, at least based upon where he was last year.

I've been one of the people on this forum that have been professing that Fes get more playing time only because of what he could become. It looks like that's finally coming to fruition, and it's great to see.

Well said. Fes always seemed gasping in timeout huddles after only a few minutes of play. Being that tired really bogs players down to the point of looking amateur and stupid--something Fes has always looked to me. Working through the pain is much different when you're in shape (quick recovery, low decline) and out of shape (no recovery and continually declining ability over time). Maybe he really was in that bad of shape.