Game Thread Mar 16, 2024 07:30PM MT: Jazz vs. Wolves

[homeytennis]

I think we have Bad Willy's too much jackpotting around now.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Three successful challenges in a half, refs are down to quickly admit they were wrong at least

Only because the visual evidence is so strong they had no choice but to admit they were wrong. Lol

 

[Jaanipoeg]

Only because the visual evidence is so strong they had no choice but to admit they were wrong. Lol

Yeah, but other times it feels pretty explicit and yet they still dick around for 5 minutes

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Just remember that Naz was an undrafted free agent on DLs watch.

This is a big pet peeve of mine. There were 28 other teams that also didn’t sign him. You can’t fault any one GM for not signing an undrafted free agent. It’s an even bigger crapshoot than the draft and the prospect in question gets to pick where he goes.

View: https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba/status/1769212112419627318

Key wasn’t the only one guilty of this but he most certainly was the ring leader. Dude was doing his best JC impersonation. Was getting blocked like crazy. He lost himself last night. He missed a few easy assist opportunities for sure.

If you read Larsen's triple team he shows examples of others. It's completely a team thing imo.

Key was definitely the ring leader though. He completely lost sight of the team concept

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Yeah, but other times it feels pretty explicit and yet they still dick around for 5 minutes

Because they didn’t wanna look foolish

 

[Tanktastic]

If you read Larsen's triple team he shows examples of others. It's completely a team thing imo.

But the comments weren't Andy's, they were Hardy's. And he was quite compimentary about Sexton right after that monologue. And they certainly weren't about Kessler, Yurtseven, Preston, Juzang, Potter or Dunn.

I think the fan base should embrace those comments, not try to explain them away. Unless of course you want the wonderboy to develop into a zero-pass chucker who doesn't play any D.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

But the comments weren't Andy's, they were Hardy's. And he was quite compimentary about Sexton right after that monologue. And they certainly weren't about Kessler, Yurtseven, Preston, Juzang, Potter or Dunn.

I think the fan base should embrace those comments, not try to explain them away. Unless of course you want the wonderboy to develop into a zero-pass chucker who doesn't play any D.

I don’t think it’s exclusively Key. Dunn can over dribble. Taylor has absolute tunnel vision. But when you talk about stats and insta it’s the younger guys catching that heat.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

But the comments weren't Andy's, they were Hardy's. And he was quite compimentary about Sexton right after that monologue. And they certainly weren't about Kessler, Yurtseven, Preston, Juzang, Potter or Dunn.

I think the fan base should embrace those comments, not try to explain them away. Unless of course you want the wonderboy to develop into a zero-pass chucker who doesn't play any D.

It was a team thing. Keyonte is part of that team. Kt trying to explain anything away.

 

[Tanktastic]

It was a team thing. Keyonte is part of that team. Kt trying to explain anything away.

You really think Hardy talking about how many points you score and Insta posts is directed at the whole team...

The whole team hasn't played any sort of team offense since the deadline (as was the FO directive for individual development), but this time the only one the finger was pointing at was the guy with the ball in his hands.

 

[homeytennis]

If Hardy is serious, the offenders get to ride pine the next game. Lauri and Clarkson should be back so there should be eough manpower. There is also the mysterious Kira Lewis who is turning into ashes on the bench. I doubt Hardy will sit wonder boy down.

 

[underdog]

I’m glad Hardy is tough on this and doesn’t let his players get away with forced iso when a pass to an open 3 shooter is available. It appears he meant his criticism towards all his players, but it stemmed from Sexton’s and Key’s dumb iso plays when a pass to a 3-point shot was available. Although the gap has narrowed a bit, a 3-point shot attempt still gives more team points on average than a 2-point shot attempt (except a rim shot / uncontested layup or dunk of course). Just watch the best teams and you will see how they all use this simple math as much as they can. Boston is the best example of this. They play intelligent basketball where the main idea is to move the ball (or drive and kick) until a wide open 3-point shot (or a rim shot) becomes available. Last night Sexton and Keyonte looked like they never heard of this. And not only that, together they had more turnovers than the whole Timberwolves team had in this game.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

You really think Hardy talking about how many points you score and Insta posts is directed at the whole team...

The whole team hasn't played any sort of team offense since the deadline (as was the FO directive for individual development), but this time the only one the finger was pointing at was the guy with the ball in his hands.

Keyonte barely post on IG at all, so if you think that comment was actually pointed, then it's not about Keyonte.

I doubt Hardy knows anything about anyone's IG activity. It was probably just something that came to his mind.