Game Thread Mar 25, 2022 05:00PM MT: Jazz at Hornets

[Agent#00]

I am wondering what is the success rate of our PNR these past few games.

 

[Ujfanatic]

people just don't understand Don is our only reliable shot creator on the team. it's almost like Luka's situation before Dinwiddie's arrival. The man drop 40 a game and his team still lose. Didn't Donovan average 30 a game last post-season?

Bogey is clutch and Conley can make some nice play. but when there's a defender standing in front of them, can they beat their defender to get the shot off? So much is on Rudy's screen assist and constant ball movement to get the guys open but when they aren't, Don's the only one we have who can beat the defense to put up a shot.

Playoffs basketball is won by stars who can beat you one on one. Like even when Giannis dominated Phoenix last year, he's still got Jrue and Middleton who could create offense when he rests on the bench. Lebron had AD in 2020 and has always got at least one star right next to him. Kawhi led the Raptors in 2019 but both Lowry and Vanvleet came through in a big way. Who's our second star who could take the matter in his own hand when Donovan struggles?

There is no question that Donovan holds the key to this team’s ultimate success. The problem is that he is not (yet) good enough.

Here’s the real question: Are the mistakes he is making now necessary growing pains on his way to superstardom or is he just learning bad habits?

I think Donovan and Tatum have some interesting parallels as they were both drafted into playoff-level teams and have been tasked with/allowed to “learn on the job”. It has looked good at times and really bad at other times. Time will tell how it turns out in the end for each of them.

 

[Deleted member 365]

I think we’re seeing the results of coming up empty over the last few drafts. We lack energy. Had we drafted Bane and Herb Jones, we wouldn’t be lacking energy. This team has a lot of shooters on it but very few energy guys aside from Pascal and… well… hmmm

 

[Katastrofica]

I think we’re seeing the results of coming up empty over the last few drafts. We lack energy. Had we drafted Bane and Herb Jones, we wouldn’t be lacking energy. This team has a lot of shooters on it but very few energy guys aside from Pascal and… well… hmmm

Alot of shooter's but we barely can score 100 since bojan is out...

 

[Agent#00]

Hornets 16 orb total that's alot. Plumlee got 4 in the 3Q. Rudy didn't boxed him out he was camping underneath touching nobody

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

Dark cloud but a real silver lining as far as I’m concerned. I don’t see how Snyder can overlook Hernangomez on the bench anymore. With what Gay has been contributing recently, that’s a real plus - provided of course that Snyder somehow grows a pair, and is willing to incur the wrath of Gay when he cuts his minutes!

 

[silesian]

I was at the game and the narrative was like “I can’t believe we are only down by x, we’re going to lose”. “I can’t believe we are only down by y, we’re going to lose”.

Generally an optimist but this game had a terrible vibe. Body language, 50-50 balls, hustle, no box outs.

Not good

 

[silesian]

Tonight Isiah Thomas was +14 in the box score. We could have signed him but it wouldn't have mattered because Quin would have played Forrest and all his zeroes and let Isiah rot.

He was guarding Royce.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Alot of shooter's but we barely can score 100 since bojan is out...

Energy players get you a lot of extra pts too.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I think we’re seeing the results of coming up empty over the last few drafts. We lack energy. Had we drafted Bane and Herb Jones, we wouldn’t be lacking energy. This team has a lot of shooters on it but very few energy guys aside from Pascal and… well… hmmm

You forgot all teh loser energy we have.

Kidding aside… once we got Donovan I always felt like we needed one more draft home run… at least needed a double. We could have signed an energy guy (or what I call a “do ****” guy… someone who does **** other than score) or an *******/enforcer. We went for sacrifice flys and bunts with Tony Bradley and Udoka. Allen was whatever… but we flushed a ton of seconds down the drain… rather than looking for more opportunities to draft guys we traded our picks for Conley and cap relief. The draft is a crap shoot… I get it… it’s also the way small markets have to build their talent base.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

He was guarding Royce.

A good coach would have hunted him every possession… we just kept doing our same BS.

 

[fishonjazz]

He got a bunch of offensive boards that shouldn’t have happened. Rudy wasn’t good tonight. Not a lot of guys we’re so whatevs.

Ya i mentioned that i thought it was one of goberts worst games but its not like plumlee went off offensively. Maybe the poster should have said gobert should have boxed out better? Of course gober had 19 rebounds and 17 of them were defensive rebounds so thats not too bad imo.


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