What's new
By:

Jimmy Butler's Day off - Jazz @ Timberbulls 10/31/2018 6 pm MST

fishonjazz said:
I actually just got back from walmart. Had to run out and get a box of those twix ice cream bars lol.
Click to expand...

Whiskey is much better for you. Well, it is for me at least... in moderation. Not so much when I go well past moderation, but at the time it just seems so fun.
 
Dante's defense on Rose last night would have shut down just about anyone. He was all over Rose. It's just that Rose made impossible shot after impossible shot. I'm factoring that **** in, like it or not.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Also, I think the Gobert hook shot play happened because Gobert didnt trust Exum. Usually in that situation they go into a DHO with the wing who is in the corner but Gobert looked him off and just went into the post. I think any other player is in that corner and Gobert probably does the usual thing. Prior in the corner Exum/Gobert ran the same action and Exum threw a bad alley-oop pass off the backboard.

I could be way off-base on that, but Gobert never does that and the only thing that was different was Exum closing a game which rarely happens.
Click to expand...

Thats a stretch man. DM was out so Rudy decided it was his time on a broken play.

As far as the oop off the backboard, its something that isnt used enough in the NBA.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I can't think of anything positive that Ricky did. The Exum truthers have some ammo with this game. I'm not saying it's Ricky, but that he is a guy that has real limitations that need to be planned around.

Last night was an outlier for the Wolves... not trying to over react. I just think we have accumulated enough data to say a change would help.

The starting lineup this year is -5.3 per 100 possessions... the starting lineup minus Favs and subbing Crowder is +19.5 net rating. You have to give it 8-10 more games imo, but we should outplay most team's bench units... if the starting unit is +19.5 we go from good to great.

I do love Ricky... dude is a truly awesome person... should be celebrated more than guys like Rose. Organizationally he is a guy I want with the team... so I want it to work, but I don't want to just force it if it isn't there. There are other adjustments we should make first, but we should also consider that position an opportunity to improve.
Click to expand...

Agree. Id give Rubio a look with Niang or Crowder starting before thinking of making a change at PG.

My biggest issue is Dante needs 20+ mins a night and needs to be more involved. Hr needs to be encouraged to and not afraid to make mistakes.
 
str8line said:
Dante's defense on Rose last night would have shut down just about anyone. He was all over Rose. It's just that Rose made impossible shot after impossible shot. I'm factoring that **** in, like it or not.
Click to expand...

Agree. There are limitations to what a defender can do in todays NBA which is basically to just stay in front of a guy and get a hand in his face. DRose was just unconcious last night. Maybe we needed a coaching adjustment??? Defend that screen differently or deny Rose?? It was obvious to anyone watching he was draining everything.
 
elan_prodigy said:
Agree. There are limitations to what a defender can do in todays NBA which is basically to just stay in front of a guy and get a hand in his face. DRose was just unconcious last night. Maybe we needed a coaching adjustment??? Defend that screen differently or deny Rose?? It was obvious to anyone watching he was draining everything.
Click to expand...
I was surprised Snyder didn't try to double Rose to get the ball out of his hands considering that the Wolves aren't a great 3pt shooting team. Think he was hesitant considering that KAT isn't a great matchup for Gobert defensively as it pulls him out of the paint.
 
SCS said:
Great analysis. It really puts things into perspective. We didn't play all that well as a whole and we still only lost by 3 on the road to a team who made the playoffs last year and had a player who had a career best performance. Not terrible all things considered. Imagine what happens if we actually played well in that game.

I don't like losing. And I'm not impressed that this team doesn't seem to be clicking yet. I expected a strong start to the season. However I think some fans are overreacting a bit (as fans tend to do it's natural).

I have faith we'll be alright. We've been in worse spots. Just last season in fact. This team will bounce back.
Click to expand...

Ricky Rubio is the GOAT. Had another off night but hopefully 30 games in he finally gets it clickin, right?
 
Looking forward to tomorrow: to see how we look against the Grizzlies and to see how Rose plays against the Warriors....
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page
Back
Top