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My unhealthy love for Brice Sensibaugh…

He was a lotto candidate two years ago and probably would have been in the lotto without injury scares.
He's already beating one of the big red flags with his availability and trimming up his body. Really putting it together right now. Stuff is so intentional/smooth with him versus what it was last year. Keep building on his strengths and play better defense and he's really on to something... hopefully.
 
BTW Brice and the other 1st and 2nd years players are the last guys you'd sit because of a tank. If they are leading you to too many wins then you are fine.
 
He's already beating one of the big red flags with his availability and trimming up his body. Really putting it together right now. Stuff is so intentional/smooth with him versus what it was last year. Keep building on his strengths and play better defense and he's really on to something... hopefully.

I still believed in his shooting after his first year (he was legitimately and amazing shooting prospect out of college)….just took some time for the decision making aspect to catch up and hopefully it will continue to get better. At 21 it’s one of the more understandable flaws.
 
I still believed in his shooting after his first year (he was legitimately and amazing shooting prospect out of college)….just took some time for the decision making aspect to catch up and hopefully it will continue to get better. At 21 it’s one of the more understandable flaws.
One thing that many did and Spence Checketts (who has come unbearable to listen to talk about the Jazz) was they wrote off all these guys like they were busts early in the year. Like the trend of the show was simply to punk the Jazz... "we tanked 2 years and our best young player is Flip?". Brice has been solid all year then breaking out this weekend is a reminder that like sometimes it doesn't happen instantly and we need to be just a little patient lol.
 
One thing that many did and Spence Checketts (who has come unbearable to listen to talk about the Jazz) was they wrote off all these guys like they were busts early in the year. Like the trend of the show was simply to punk the Jazz... "we tanked 2 years and our best young player is Flip?". Brice has been solid all year then breaking out this weekend is a reminder that like sometimes it doesn't happen instantly and we need to be just a little patient lol.

I have mixed thoughts on this. I do think the rookie year matters and you can learn something about young players before they are fully fleshed out. It just depends on what those takeaways are and the understanding that it is indeed early. Some here don’t think you can say anything at all about a young player and I whole heartedly disagree with that.

With Brice, the main thing that was lacking was his shooting. I think we had enough body of work to have some optimism about his shot even if it wasn’t going in….I’d say the same about TH.

I think the better thing to say about our tank is that we’ve tanked for two years and our highest pick is 9th. I don’t think those half tank years accomplished very much and am thrilled that we did not do that again.
 
Brice is shooting 47/40/94 for the season, and it's been a chaotic season at that. I think it's safe to say that he can shoot. Look for him to be a complementary scorer like a Norm Powell, even if he never really develops his iso game.
 
Brice is shooting 47/40/94 for the season, and it's been a chaotic season at that. I think it's safe to say that he can shoot. Look for him to be a complementary scorer like a Norm Powell, even if he never really develops his iso game.
I would be very surprised if his iso game doesn't end up becoming his bread and butter. His ability in college to body players up and create space was special and I think he will eventually get there in the nba as well. If he can finally have a healthy offseason where he can focus on actually getting stronger rather than rehabbing then he could take a big jump next year.
 
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