My unhealthy love for Brice Sensibaugh…

[KqWIN]

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.

 

[jom2003]

Could make the argument that Brice has been the 5th best player on the team this year.

Not even an argument. Walker/Sexton/Collins/Lauri then him.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

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.

 

[sip]

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.