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Jazz vs. Charlotte Whorenets Saturday 12/21 3:00 PM game time

SCS said:
Same takeaways as the last few weeks.

- Our top 6 players are great. When we have any combination of Conley/Mitchell/Oneale/Bogdanovic/Ingles/Gobert on the floor we are as good as we expected we would be.

- Bradley needs to play over Davis. He's a better system fit. Better screener, better finisher around the rim, better hands. Quin finally played him over Davis in the second half and here's to hoping the obvious finally worked it's way into Quin's head.

- Niang does not belong on the floor. 12 minutes, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 0 deflections, 1 turnover, -10. It's the same thing every game. The guy is a great shooter but he can't do anything else. Next to Green the lack of versatility kills us because Green isn't all that versatile either.
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Niang was 3 for 3 from three and had two offensive boards. He also shot over .400 from three last season, only Bogey did better. He reminds me of Ingles, not fast but he definitely knows how to play. Looked good in the last game as well. I know you're going on +- but look who he's out there with. With our bench, Niang definitely does belong on the floor.
 
Release the Kraken said:
Niang was 3 for 3 from three and had two offensive boards. He also shot over .400 from three last season, only Bogey did better. He reminds me of Ingles, not fast but he definitely knows how to play. Looked good in the last game as well. I know you're going on +- but look who he's out there with. With our bench, Niang definitely does belong on the floor.
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A dude who despite shooting 3/3 for 3pt FG is still an overall complete liability does not belong on the floor. He’s garbage
 
The Thriller said:
All 5 starters played 35+ mins... joe played 39...

I just don’t see how this is going to end well...
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as trash as our bench has been, starters are earning us Ws in a way more effective than last season. Monday against heat will tell us just how far the starters will be able to take us
 
SCS said:
This is why the idea of a bench frontcourt of Bradley/Davis/Green is something I've brought up in the past. I know that it goes away from the "modern NBA game". I know it goes against the spacing Quin is looking for. But I feel like with Bradley at center and Davis at power forward you're going to get the most out of Davis. He'd be more free to provide help D. He'd have an easier time crashing the boards because he isn't the only rebounder in the frontcourt like he is when he's next to Green/Niang. He'd be more of a secondary/offball screener.

And if you think about it yeah we lose spacing with that bench unit. But that bench unit would also murder opposing benches on the offensive and defensive glass, should get easy buckets at the rim, and should be very very solid defensively especially at the rim.

As opposed to the current bench unit that doesn't have any strengths.
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our offense would suck though with Ed at 4. we need more offensive weapons on the floor in order to hide Ed on offense.
 
Release the Kraken said:
Niang was 3 for 3 from three and had two offensive boards. He also shot over .400 from three last season, only Bogey did better. He reminds me of Ingles, not fast but he definitely knows how to play. Looked good in the last game as well. I know you're going on +- but look who he's out there with. With our bench, Niang definitely does belong on the floor.
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It's not just +/-. Niang is a poor rebounder, a poor defender, doesn't impact the game with steals/blocks/deflections. He's smart and he's a sniper. He's a specialist. But our bench around him isn't good enough for us to afford having a specialist on the floor.

Green doesn't rebound well. He doesn't get steals/blocks/deflections. His defense comes and goes.

When you have Niang next to Green it's disaster. But we have to have Green on the floor because Green is one of our few bench pieces who can get hot and go for 15-20 points on a given night and that's a huge boost for us when it happens
 
jom2003 said:
our offense would suck though with Ed at 4. we need more offensive weapons on the floor in order to hide Ed on offense.
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Idk, I don't think it would be any worse than it is now. We'd get more easy buckets at the rim. More second chance opportunities as well.
 
SCS said:
It's not just +/-. Niang is a poor rebounder, a poor defender, doesn't impact the game with steals/blocks/deflections. He's smart and he's a sniper. He's a specialist. But our bench around him isn't good enough for us to afford having a specialist on the floor.

Green doesn't rebound well. He doesn't get steals/blocks/deflections. His defense comes and goes.

When you have Niang next to Green it's disaster. But we have to have Green on the floor because Green is one of our few bench pieces who can get hot and go for 15-20 points on a given night and that's a huge boost for us when it happens
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Niang and Green together could be covered if we had a strong rim protector coming off the bench with them, like say Favors or and i have my fingers crossed Bogut come the end of the NBL season. His passing, movement, rebounding and defense could transform our 2nd unit. I think Joe should start being nicer to him on Twitter...
 
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