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Game Thread Jul 18, 2024 08:00pm: Clippers Vs Jazz (Summer League)

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Release the Kraken said:
I think with a halfway decent coach, we could have done some damage. Literally every team we faced had offensive and defensive schemes in play - we had iso and man to man.
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I'm not 100% if the fault should go to Sheldon. Could be that we wanted to experiment at the cost of playing well.. could be that our guys werent as hungry as lots of them already had a spot secured.... but whatever it was we definitely didnt look like we tried to win as much as most of the other teams.
 
I thought the W-L results of SL were very disappointing. It seems like the games the Jazz won were edgy. I was disappointed in the play of Kenny, Bazely and Preston. The rooks and second year guys had their moments. It'll be interesting to see how Hardy scripts things like WWE to get us the pole position in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes.
 
HermanG said:
I'm not 100% if the fault should go to Sheldon. Could be that we wanted to experiment at the cost of playing well.. could be that our guys werent as hungry as lots of them already had a spot secured.... but whatever it was we definitely didnt look like we tried to win as much as most of the other teams.
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I can’t say that I think much of Sean Sheldon as a coach honestly, regardless whatever metric.
 
stormkoopacv03 said:
Lofton Jr was absolutely bad. Tried to bully ball like Kobe Brown did but he was too short for it. Harkless was completely hounding Collier and Abmas.
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Lofton tried to cut his weight to fit in the pace of NBA. But I think in doing so he's lost what made him special in the first place. He's not Zion in terms of athleticism and will likely struggle with fitness/condition if he keeps his fat (just like Zion) but at least he can make a long and productive career away in Europe/China as a mini Shaq/Barkley type. But as jazzfans we just have to accept he’s not the profile of player that can succeed in today's NBA.
 
underdog said:
I don't think any conclusions should be drawn from a few summer league games. Give Lofton good minutes on the big league and see how he plays.
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Yeah but when you are a end of bench guy you can't really throw away opportunities by playing like ***. It's one thing if you're just missing shots, but his process has been just as bad as his results.

At the end of the day you have to face reality that Kenny probably just doesn't have it. He's not tall enough to play the way he does and if he combines that with ball-stopping and turnovers, yeah it's not going to work out. Plus the 3pt shot has looked awful. Everyone he takes looks like he's undecided in his mind if he should shoot or dribble

I'm not against cutting him at this point. Id rather keep Bazley and Id probably rather sign someone like Dereon Seabron.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yeah but when you are a end of bench guy you can't really throw away opportunities by playing like ***. It's one thing if you're just missing shots, but his process has been just as bad as his results.

At the end of the day you have to face reality that Kenny probably just doesn't have it. He's not tall enough to play the way he does and if he combines that with ball-stopping and turnovers, yeah it's not going to work out. Plus the 3pt shot has looked awful. Everyone he takes looks like he's undecided in his mind if he should shoot or dribble

I'm not against cutting him at this point. Id rather keep Bazley and Id probably rather sign someone like Dereon Seabron.
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I see a lot of potential in Lofton and would definitely keep him on our roster.
 
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