***Jazz vs Sixers tonight @7!*** Lyles to Debut!

[mhindy]

Just saw the Cooley/Lyles PNR in OT. That is the most exciting thing about Lyles. Great play, great pass.

I agree, thinking about that play with Favors or Gobert being the recipient makes me excited. If teams try to hide an immobile big (cough: Kanter) you can jut abuse them with this sort of motion.

 

[Jazz4ever]

I really love it when Cotton pushes the ball. I would certainly love it if the Jazz could keep him. I would trade Burke to do so.

He's not going anywhere, he busts his *** on the court. Jazz DNA, if you will.

 

[mhindy]

Great post.

My feeling with Lyles is by the time we're competing and he's playing a good rotation role we will be thrilled we are paying a guy 2 million when all the other backup bigs are paid 8-10.

 

[RandyForRubio]

Some of you guys are just missing it entirely.

Shots, especially when you show decent form, can be fixed/retooled/improved. That's not an issue imo. He's 19, and will probably improve. You know what you can't develop if you don't have it? Instincts. IQ. Natural feel for the game. Lyles has that, and if he has even the slightest modicum of work ethic, then he'll be just fine.

I don't know if some of you were expecting a finished product, but he's not that. I was excited by what I saw though.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Bottom line he has to really improve that shot though so people actually guard him instead of giving him 2' of space. If he can force people to actually close out then he can really start making plays.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Some of you guys are just missing it entirely.

Shots, especially when you show decent form, can be fixed/retooled/improved. That's not an issue imo. He's 19, and will probably improve. You know what you can't develop if you don't have it? Instincts. IQ. Natural feel for the game. Lyles has that, and if he has even the slightest modicum of work ethic, then he'll be just fine.

I don't know if some of you were expecting a finished product, but he's not that. I was excited by what I saw though.

Cool, thx... But most everyone said only positive things in this whole thread.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Also, SL guards really suck at letting their bigs get set for picks.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

Cunningham is a damn spazz!!

Oh is he. I like him already. Tell me more.

 

[Dr. Jones]

The touch, the feel, the fabric of our lives...

"You have been warned."

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Just saw the Cooley/Lyles PNR in OT. That is the most exciting thing about Lyles. Great play, great pass.

Okafor's pick/roll defense looked as bad as Kanter's to be fair, but that was a nice recognition and reaction by Lyles, especially considering Cooley isn't the first guy you think of finishing on the roll.

 

[cowhide]

I have to admit that I just love it when the Jazz win even in summer league. I loved the effort down the stretch by the guys. I also like Chris Johnson too but there really aren't anymore roster spots left to keep him. I hope we get to see Neto, Pleiss, and more Lyles in Vegas.

 

[Coach Ellis]

I have to admit that I just love it when the Jazz win even in summer league. I loved the effort down the stretch by the guys. I also like Chris Johnson too but there really aren't anymore roster spots left to keep him. I hope we get to see Neto, Pleiss, and more Lyles in Vegas.

It sounds like Neto and Pleiss are skipping Vegas, but I'd have loved to see the Jazz roll out a starting lineup of Pleiss, Lyles, Hood, Exum and Neto just for the hell of it. Just to see how they could function together.