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Game Thread Nov 07, 2024 06:00PM MT: Utah Jazz @ Milwaukee Bucks

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Cody only shot 41 threes at Colorado which is as stable as a fart in the wind. He very much needs to prove himself as a shooter. I think he will get there with time, but more of a lower volume guy. His release is slow, but it just needs to be good enough to open up his closeout game.
 
Never forget Rudy Gay. He also earned it.

Hardy has respect for vets that also translates to being more forgiving to them the older they are.

I maintain that playing Rudy Gay over Ochai was stupid. It didn't do much of anything to help develop him, that's for sure.
And look Ochai was/is a pretty basic 3 and D guy and wasn't some high potential guy BUT the other thing about getting these minutes is just finding out. We are in dire need of figuring out if these guys are keepers, if they suck, or if its worth continuing the adventure of development since we have 6 first and second year guys and 3 more coming in next year if we don't consolidate and trade up or move off of picks. The decision making with this many guys coming in needs to be pretty quick... maybe not final decisions but prioritizing. There isn't a ton of practice time during the season and some of these guys end up in the G League at least for a little while if they aren't in the rotation. So you get a look there... but Jason Preston almost averaged a triple double down there and he just flat out isn't an nba player.

While practice and scrimmage etc is all fine and dandy... you need playing time to help decide what to do with these kids. Its a critical data point and bypassing it for culture or some other old timey nonsense is just not smart. I am not for the front office dictating the coaching but I would be having a meeting to discuss getting Flip or Collier in the rotation or I would just be looking to ship out Patty or Eubanks. Its tough to make the decisions they have to as GMs... its impossible with giant holes in the information.
 
Cody is the best defender on the team from the perimeter.
We’ve seen how one sided players with no offense don’t survive the nba or just barely hold on. You have to have to offer something on offense to make it in the league. Hell if you have offense no defense you fair better.
 
In spite of Cody Williams 3 point-ability (thanks Boler) or lack there of... Williams makes really good reads while penetrative the rim. His passing and the timing of his passes is smooth like butter.
 
We’ve seen how one sided players with no offense don’t survive the nba or just barely hold on. You have to have to offer something on offense to make it in the league. Hell if you have offense no defense you fair better.
Sure, but he's still the best defender so he is earning his minutes. He's also not doing anything wrong on offense, he's just bad offensviely.
 
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