Jazz Starters: Harris, Hayward, Bell, Favors, Jefferson

[DutchJazzer]

Matt Harpring: watch out NBA. Millsap has another chip on his soldier. Look for him to dominate second teams power forwards.

when did sap win a championship? thats what chip means these days right?

 

[mtnbayou]

I see Sap putting up big numbers tonight, and playing the best of any Jazz player. i`m very worried about our guard positions, we could easily have the worst guards in the NBA.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

So with the starting line set whats the rotation look like?

Pg: Harris, Watson,
Sg: Bell, Miles, Hayward, Burks
Sf: Hayward, Miles, Millsap Howard, Evans
Pf: Favors, Millsap, Evans
C: Jefferson, Favors, Kanter

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

So with the starting line set whats the rotation look like?

Pg: Harris, Watson,
Sg: Bell, Miles, Hayward, Burks
Sf: Hayward, Miles, Millsap Howard, Evans
Pf: Favors, Millsap, Evans
C: Jefferson, Favors, Kanter

That's probably about right, but Howard will likely get more SF minutes ahead of Miles.
BTW, we have a pretty strong bench with Watson, Miles, Howard, Millsap and Kanter. Those guys could probably compete with the Lakers starting 5 right now.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I see Sap putting up big numbers tonight, and playing the best of any Jazz player. i`m very worried about our guard positions, we could easily have the worst guards in the NBA.

If we get outplayed by Fisher and Steve Blake, you have a strong argument.

 

[d@!!0n0rcutt]

Agree. Because there are only so many touches, a team will often have a token 5th starter for 5-8 mins who won't get any looks at the basket and is just there to play defense. Crawford, Ginobli, Metta and many others are better than the guys who start(ed) in front of them.

This was the lineup I foresaw at the beginning of camp. The only question, IMO was whether Millsap would get the nod at SF and push Hayward to SG. Now that Okur is gone, I think Millsap will see limited mins at SF. We have the same 3-man rotation as the trio that ended last year (Derrick, Al, Paul) with Enes initially getting the mins that Elson/Fes received. Hopefully Paul sees he can be more effective as a 6th-man. He should play just as many minutes and will take less pounding. At some point (probably not until next year), I'd like to see Favors and Millsap start with Enes off the bench, and a good, young player as the 4th big. But if Paul has to go instead of Jefferson, so be it.

Jeremy Evans as that 4th big, with another season under his belt he will be ready for a bigger role next season, thoughts?

 

[m3at]

I love Milsap but things like this bother me. We are paying you millions of dollars so shut up and play on whatever position/unit we tell you to. Do not take this crap public. If you have a problem fine, raise it appropriately but once the decision is made then toe the line.

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all of this +1

*EDIT*

David Locke Twitter
"Paul Millsap "Its frustrating. I'm not going to complain if coaches says its best for the team its best for the team"

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Jeremy Evans as that 4th big, with another season under his belt he will be ready for a bigger role next season, thoughts?

Great idea if you want to be a lottery team next year also.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

The more Bell plays, the greater chance he has at tearing his ACL.

Truth.

 

[Revolution 9]

Sap is not the starting PF on a championship team unless he's playing with superstars. He simply can't defend the position well enough.
He's a great player off the bench, good starter. I'll take him where he is.

 

[//r00t 4 Jazz]

Also his nagging injury could be adding to his frustration and he should also realize that with the shortened preseason which he didn't play in due to his injury means it's probably best to ease him into the game and game shape as to not worsen the injury.