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Collins has been thriving regardless. Replace THT with George and Collins can play just fine with Kessler.
Keyonte George Hype & Appreciation Thread
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This is obvious anywhere in the universe. Except JazzFanz, so it has to be said.
One hell of a highlight reel coming up for the Phoenix game.
The pass to Lauri at 1:17. "Oh what a delivery, George!" With Durant on him. He also served some cooking to Booker on offense and defense last night.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLZ3wqUCWJU
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Oh yeah, he’s got higher heights coming. It’s just not every day that your Q2 play has Zach Lowe screaming, “Keyonte. George.” at halftime.
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Well, we still have never seen the Kessler, collins, lauri lineup with george rather than tht. Maybe collins still thrives and kessler does too. plus it seems like collins was playing well with kessler in the lineup. Seems like collins has played well all season long. (I could be wrong though. maybe collins struggled.)
It's not going to work.
You could have Steph Curry running point and it's still going to be underwhelming.
If I had to guess Walker comes back, the Jazz revert back to starting the big trio lineup, but they do a really quick sub out at like 9 minutes to get Ochai in for either Walker or Collins depending on the matchup.
Like the Walker/Collins lineup not only hurts the offense, it also hurts the defense.
Ochai was clearly our best option for guarding star wing players yesterday. You take him off as a starter and now you have more defensive mismatches. If we start Walker instead of Ochai in the Suns game, Booker would be eating at a buffet.
You can like Walker and like Collins and just admit it's not a good lineup. There's no objective view of the lineup that says it's a smart lineup if the Jazz are trying to win (which admittedly might not be the primary focus).
But who are we helping by starting Collins/Walker together. We are making everyone's lives harder on both ends.
I get it though. How do you bench Collins? He's playing well, he plays hard, and game to game he's been the most consistent player on the team. How do you bench Walker? Clearly he is likely to be the Jazz's best option for starting center for years to come unless a drastic change is made.
(and I now realize this is in the Keyonte appreciated thread, so very OT, but Keyonte is good and I appreciate him)
Ochai was clearly our best option for guarding star wing players yesterday. You take him off as a starter and now you have more defensive mismatches. If we start Walker instead of Ochai in the Suns game, Booker would be eating at a buffet.
You can like Walker and like Collins and just admit it's not a good lineup. There's no objective view of the lineup that says it's a smart lineup if the Jazz are trying to win (which admittedly might not be the primary focus).
But who are we helping by starting Collins/Walker together. We are making everyone's lives harder on both ends.
I get it though. How do you bench Collins? He's playing well, he plays hard, and game to game he's been the most consistent player on the team. How do you bench Walker? Clearly he is likely to be the Jazz's best option for starting center for years to come unless a drastic change is made.
(and I now realize this is in the Keyonte appreciated thread, so very OT, but Keyonte is good and I appreciate him)