jazzfan1971
Well-Known Member
I was listening to his podcast today and Locke was gushing over the Jazz. Talking about how good the offense and defense looked vs. Atlanta.
Now, don't get me wrong, I liked winning as much as anyone, but, my impression of the Jazz play couldn't be more different than Locke, and I wanted to talk with some folks out there and see where they stand.
What I saw
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I don't like the half court offense a bit. It looks exactly like the motion offense that Sloan dusted off years back. And like then it looks totally worthless to me. You swing the ball to the left, get trapped and toss the ball out front, about 35 feet from the rim and swing the ball to the right. Rinse and repeat until someone is forced to put up a desparation shot. At no time does the motion offense seem to put any pressure on a defense, at no time does it seem to move the ball into the middle and cause the defense to collapse. It's just pass, pass, pass, pass, desparation shot.
And on defense, I thought we were giving up a ton of rebounds that we should have secured. And by my eye it was due to lack of effort a lot of time.
Despite the win I was disappointed in the Jazz. And more in Snyder. I expect a better offensive plan than just passing the ball back and forth around the 3pt line til the shot clock expires.
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So, what did you guys see? Agree with me or Locke or somewhere inbetween?
Now, don't get me wrong, I liked winning as much as anyone, but, my impression of the Jazz play couldn't be more different than Locke, and I wanted to talk with some folks out there and see where they stand.
What I saw
----------------
I don't like the half court offense a bit. It looks exactly like the motion offense that Sloan dusted off years back. And like then it looks totally worthless to me. You swing the ball to the left, get trapped and toss the ball out front, about 35 feet from the rim and swing the ball to the right. Rinse and repeat until someone is forced to put up a desparation shot. At no time does the motion offense seem to put any pressure on a defense, at no time does it seem to move the ball into the middle and cause the defense to collapse. It's just pass, pass, pass, pass, desparation shot.
And on defense, I thought we were giving up a ton of rebounds that we should have secured. And by my eye it was due to lack of effort a lot of time.
Despite the win I was disappointed in the Jazz. And more in Snyder. I expect a better offensive plan than just passing the ball back and forth around the 3pt line til the shot clock expires.
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So, what did you guys see? Agree with me or Locke or somewhere inbetween?