James Harden can play defense. Does he choose not to play defense or conserve his energy while playing defense? Yes, but he can defend if he wants to and he is obviously capable of guarding players in his size range.
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James Harden can play defense. Does he choose not to play defense or conserve his energy while playing defense? Yes, but he can defend if he wants to and he is obviously capable of guarding players in his size range.
They should make a position for him named after the one in football -- "offensive guard."
Locked On Jazz 09/30/16 notes:
- Builds up (a little) Rockets, Nuggets, Wolves...then talks about the Vegas line for Utah. Tempering expectations somewhat
- Jazz margin of error is bigger than some of the other teams clustered around Utah (Memphis, Portland, Houston...)
- Talks about watching some plays/players and seeing some things that they still do that brings you back to earth a little
- Locke thinks there is still a little bit of a leadership void, no big personalities, great chemistry but not to many large team activities in down time
- Hayward's workouts over the summer were incredible. He is around 235 lbs.
- Favors is focused and dialed in to do what he needs to do
- Says Favors needs to improve defensively as the primary big
- No data due to prior team personnel on whether Favors will really benefit from a stretch 4. Floor spacing and how it affects Favors will be worth watching
- Snyder sound bytes about him knowing and understanding Favors better. That hopefully it will lead to a better relationship and better coaching
- DL said lot's of players where at Jazz facilities this off season
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- Builds up (a little) Rockets, Nuggets, Wolves...then talks about the Vegas line for Utah. Tempering expectations somewhat
- Jazz margin of error is bigger than some of the other teams clustered around Utah (Memphis, Portland, Houston...)
- Talks about watching some plays/players and seeing some things that they still do that brings you back to earth a little
- Locke thinks there is still a little bit of a leadership void, no big personalities, great chemistry but not to many large team activities in down time
- Hayward's workouts over the summer were incredible. He is around 235 lbs.
- Favors is focused and dialed in to do what he needs to do
- Says Favors needs to improve defensively as the primary big
- No data due to prior team personnel on whether Favors will really benefit from a stretch 4. Floor spacing and how it affects Favors will be worth watching
- Snyder sound bytes about him knowing and understanding Favors better. That hopefully it will lead to a better relationship and better coaching
- DL said lot's of players where at Jazz facilities this off season
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He can guard when he chooses to put forth high effort. And when he is not putting in high effort, he usually still outscore you.
Honestly, I don't think I've ever been overwhelmed by a media day event. I mean, it's just listening to a bunch of jock athletes talk about an up coming professional season. Nothing more, nothing less.
akirac73
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Did you make up this rule all by yourself?...Dennis Rodman could guard all positions very effectively. I've never ever heard anyone call Rodman a point guard.
No, because like you just said, he could guard all positions effectively. He was a player that broke the norm and was completely position-less on defense (early in his career), but was extremely limited on offense. Exceptions to rules exist.
And I've heard this position stated by analyst before, it's not something I made up, just something I agree with.
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I like this thought. Utah is built to handle adversity better than most this season. (Memphis is still pretty deep though iirc)
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Stifle Tower
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So, GS, SA, Jazz and the rest is up for grabs.
They say 1-3 will be GSW, SAS and LAC
4-8 is a mix of UTA, HOU, MEM, POR, DAL, OKC and maybe even MIN. They believe UTA is the lead horse in that race and will likely get 4th though. I believe the described it as having the biggest margin for error.
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I know LAC were 3rd. Just trying to be funny