Jazz throttle the Spurs at their place game thread

[Zombie]

Im fairly sure he got hit... our stellar broadcast team gave us the worst replay angle ever so we may never know.

He got hit on the wrist. But honestly Donovan needs to figure out how to go through defenders, not around them. Getting to the line on a regular basis is going to be the next step in his offensive evolution.

 

[jom2003]

A bit yes. We can't get out of his contract, and I don't see any way he opts out, so if we're gonna end up paying Conley 32 Mil. next season we might as well try to get him back to being an all-star level player right?

i'd be careful with the words. since when was conley considered an "all-star level player"? playing at an all-star level usually leads to at least one all-star selection, right? rudy and DM were robbed but at least they are bout to get theirs this year

 

[Eminence]

Will say I'd rather lose games than have either of the Morris brothers on the squad. People bitch about CP3 for competing hard and riding the dirty line, those two are bad people off the court.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

One of the things that I really wish Quin would do is better identify bad matchups before they become a problem.

Putting Bradley in a position to defend a five out offense is a recipe for disaster.

I was cool with it in the first half... but he didn’t get any offensive rebounds... we might be able to punish smallball that way... second half we have to be better. I’m not sure why we don’t try guys either... like let’s give Brantley or Morgan a chance maybe.


In other news I actually think Ed was okay... got dunked on by Trey but other than that he did a couple good energy things.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Joe has had some bad nights recently. Royce is good but has some limitations.

Niang has actually done a much better job staying in front of guys and competing... he still gets his *** kicked but just less.

Pretty sure jingles Struggles when the other team takes out the center. Smaller defenders are able to use their lower body to keep Gobert away from the basket. Without the lob threat, quicker teams are better able to stay on jingles and prevent him easy looks.

 

[Zombie]

no one on the staff foresaw that?

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I think Quin just has a stubbornness when it comes to changing his rotations.

If the Jazz don't make any roster changes at the deadline I really hope they give Brantley and Morgan a chance to get some NBA reps just to see if there's something there that can help us better defend spread offenses.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Pretty sure jingles Struggles when the other team takes out the center. Smaller defenders are able to use their lower body to keep Gobert away from the basket. Without the lob threat, quicker teams are better able to stay on jingles and prevent him easy looks.

I was talking defensively

 

[Deleted member 365]

I was cool with it in the first half... but he didn’t get any offensive rebounds... we might be able to punish smallball that way... second half we have to be better. I’m not sure why we don’t try guys either... like let’s give Brantley or Morgan a chance maybe.


In other news I actually think Ed was okay... got dunked on by Trey but other than that he did a couple good energy things.

I agree. Teams are going small on us. Mavs did this too. Teams are going small on us and exploiting our slower defenders. I’d like to see us match teams. Unleash some of our athletes.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Eric Gordon was hitting difficult shots. So was Brandon Ingram. DeRozan less so. The problem I have is that the Jazz are giving up a metric **** ton of free-throws to these guys. We can't seem to defend them without fouling. Maybe part of it is that the league gives a friendly whistle to stars.

Also, our whole defensive scheme is based on running guys off the 3-pt line and funneling guys to Rudy. If players decide to pull up from mid-range or from 29 feet, we don't really have a solution.

 

[Deleted member 365]

I think Quin just has a stubbornness when it comes to changing his rotations.

If the Jazz don't make any roster changes at the deadline I really hope they give Brantley and Morgan a chance to get some NBA reps just to see if there's something there that can help us better defend spread offenses.

I agree.

 

[jom2003]

Joe has had some bad nights recently. Royce is good but has some limitations.

Niang has actually done a much better job staying in front of guys and competing... he still gets his *** kicked but just less.

we need a better 2nd defender than the 6'4 royce. very similar to the talks that we had on our offense, if we have the 6'4 royce as our second best option on D(and no.1 option on perimeter players) it just won't cut it when we face lebron, kawhi, harden, luka, etc. in playoffs.

 

[latin jazz]

We probably win this game if we have favors. We’d be set if we had favors instead of Conley.

Probably, although I'm not sure Favors could be able to guard Ingram, Derozan (or when teams go small). Last year we had Royce, Crowder and even Thabo. Ingles doesn't look the same on defense. He is probably tired.

Release The Brantley!