Jazz sign Hassan Whiteside

[slc]

So if other team wants to play 5 out against Gobert just put in Whiteside
and tell them ok stop this
They would have to cancel 5 out very quickly

 

[jom2003]

A lot of people were hoping for Kaminski. This is better.

The best part is that it allows us to load manage Gobert against the truly awful teams of the league. You can use discount Rudy against bad and shorthanded teams with Doke as a backup. Or, if the worst happens, we could weather a Rudy injury without playing entirely differently. If Doke comes on, you can offload a min contract Whiteside pretty easily.

I think none of us here have any concerns over regular season management, it's all about playoffs when teams go fast and small on us.

 

[jom2003]

I do believe one of the pros that comes with signing Whiteside is that he's actually a low post threat. If teams put someone like, let's say the 6'6 PJ Tucker or 6'8 Batum on Whiteside, he would crush them. I can't confidently say the same thing about Gobert.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

Whiteside actually plays horrible D. Miami's D was better with him off the court because he was always out of position chasing blocks. Hopefully he will be more disiplined w Utah.

And hopefully he and Rudy can get along.

 

[That1UtahFan]

What about Schröder? I wanna double stick it to the Lakers.

Now that would be some funny ****. I'd love to see him on a 1 year prove it deal a la Reggie Jackson and the Clippers

 

[jom2003]

So if other team wants to play 5 out against Gobert just put in Whiteside
and tell them ok stop this
They would have to cancel 5 out very quickly

My thoughts exactly. Whiteside, in his prime, was much better with the ball than Gobert. At least that was the Whiteside i used to know. Not sure how much gas he has left after spending a disastrous year with the Kings.

 

[framer]

I think none of us here have any concerns over regular season management, it's all about playoffs when teams go fast and small on us.

Yeah, OK, I will worry less if our point has a little more mobility than a traffic cone. Clippers are the only contending team out west that we really need to worry about doing that to us. All the other teams use big men.

 

[framer]

Whiteside actually plays horrible D. Miami's D was better with him off the court because he was always out of position chasing blocks. Hopefully he will be more disiplined w Utah.

And hopefully he and Rudy can get along.

Jazz Defensive scheme doesn't really allow for freelancing. If he gets too crazy Doke gets all the minutes. Easy Peasy.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Whiteside actually plays horrible D. Miami's D was better with him off the court because he was always out of position chasing blocks. Hopefully he will be more disiplined w Utah.

And hopefully he and Rudy can get along.

Some of this is true… but who was replacing Whiteside when he was out? How good is that player at defense?

Hassan has been fine in Portland and Sacramento. He’s fine as a backup. If him and gay are on the court we will get a bunch of offensive rebounds… we have always sucked with Rudy off the court anyway… Whiteside can at least hold down the fort on offense… if he gets 1 or 2 blocks by being a cat chasing a laser pointer then hopefully we collect the loose ball and we get a couple stops.

 

[Hearsky]

It was only six months ago that HW had 26/16/5 against the Nets in 24 minutes.

 

[stitches]

This is setting us up to be the exact same team we were last year. I don't think Quin will even attempt playing different schemes defensively. We will continue relying on the centers to clean up messes and that system will continue being abused in the playoffs by the first team that can competently play 5 out and shoot 3s.

The signing itself is good for the minimum. The signing as a signifier of what's to come is frustrating.

 

[NAOS]

Whiteside is just one year removed from averaging 15.5 PPG, 13.5 RPG and 2.9 BPG. Can’t go wrong with him for the minimum.

Nah, there’s a way this could go wrong. One-dimensionality is death.