Game Thread Jun 14, 2021 08:00PM MT: Jazz at Clippers - Game 4

[Elizah Huge]

I think Donovan may be feeling some of the frustrations we have with Rudy. Could be totally off here. If we lose this series it could get ugly in the off-season.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Read these two things and tell me they aren’t related... I was on to the Don Rudy drama last year before it was a thing... you don’t say things like this in the media whether you are blaming your teammates or not... asked about defense and he says the bad shots are the problem... this is the stuff that wears on people Rudy.

Watch Don and Rudy interact... it’s been a little icy this year still... they went to couples counseling but the marriage is still not going well. DM ain’t blameless obviously but those are things you can’t say...

Ehh, Rudy is totally inbounds. It's not just Mitchell. Clarkson was taking fadeaway mid-range pull-ups. If Donovan is taking that quote too personally that's on him.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think Donovan may be feeling some of the frustrations we have with Rudy. Could be totally off here. If we lose this series it could get ugly in the off-season.

Oh, he totally is. Donovan is the kind of player who thinks he has to do it all himself, and wants to do it all himself, but fully knows that he can always have scapegoats if he plays well enough individually.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Oh, he totally is. Donovan is the kind of player who thinks he has to do it all himself, and wants to do it all himself, but fully knows that he can always have scapegoats if he plays well enough individually.

Yeah, for sure. He’s averaging 37.5 PPG this series and can easily say well I did my part I need help, etc.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Ehh, Rudy is totally inbounds. It's not just Mitchell. Clarkson was taking fadeaway mid-range pull-ups. If Donovan is taking that quote too personally that's on him.

Clarkson’s shot selection has been atrocious lately. A fadeaway mid-range shot for him might be the lowest percentage shot he takes.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Ehh, Rudy is totally inbounds. It's not just Mitchell. Clarkson was taking fadeaway mid-range pull-ups. If Donovan is taking that quote too personally that's on him.

It might be true... it might be fair... but it’s throwing a couple teammates under the bus. He didn’t get the ball but they tried a couple times and he wasn’t able to fight off the defenders underneath to get it. You just don’t do it. DM is really up against it here... they are putting Kawhi and PG at the top and attacking him... he’s answering the call while hobbled. Just give a ******** quote about making some adjustments instead of throwing criticisms out there.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Clarkson’s shot selection has been atrocious lately. A fadeaway mid-range shot for him might be the lowest percentage shot he takes.

That’s his shot selection... it’s what he does... the issue is having to rely on it so much right now.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Yeah, for sure. He’s averaging 37.5 PPG this series and can easily say well I did my part I need help, etc.

Oh yeah, the first two games and the 3rd he was incredible

Like I said earlier, I only watched the 1st quarter of Game 4 out of disgust, but the entire team looked like it wasn't trying and Mitchell just seemed like he was going out there and throwing up whatever he could at the rim instead of trying to make plays for other and letting the game come to him. Mitchell knows he's going to be getting a ton of attention. He has to learn to use that attention to get other guys clean looks. He still needs to figure out how to use that gravity to get Gobert clean looks. If Conley can do it, then Mitchell is capable of it to.

It probably isnt true, but sometimes I feel like Mitchell throws Gobert passes he knows Gobert can't handle just to make him look bad.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

It might be true... it might be fair... but it’s throwing a couple teammates under the bus. He didn’t get the ball but they tried a couple times and he wasn’t able to fight off the defenders underneath to get it. You just don’t do it. DM is really up against it here... they are putting Kawhi and PG at the top and attacking him... he’s answering the call while hobbled. Just give a ******** quote about making some adjustments instead of throwing criticisms out there.

Ok, Mitchell still has to be better as a playmaker and tempo controller. I know he's playing great doing what he does (score) but the Jazz need more of a complete game from him with no Conley. This isnt the time to get in the feelings over stuff like this.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Ok, Mitchell still has to be better as a playmaker and tempo controller. I know he's playing great doing what he does (score) but the Jazz need more of a complete game from him with no Conley. This isnt the time to get in the feelings over stuff like this.

This isn’t the time to talk about offense when the dude talking has brought nothing on the offensive end this series. Rudy can’t even catch the ball half the time. How frustrating would it be for Rudy if Clarkson was out there saying the defense sucks?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

This isn’t the time to talk about offense when the dude talking has brought nothing on the offensive end this series. Rudy can’t even catch the ball half the time. How frustrating would it be for Rudy if Clarkson was out there saying the defense sucks?

Yeah, that isnt close to being comparable. Rudy may suck individually on offense, but he's still the main catalyst to what make the offense viable for everyone else.

 

[Sean]

Yes clearly multiple “random” IG stories after a tough loss is nothing to worry about...

Agreed.