Game Thread Oct 08, 2025 06:00PM MT: Utah Jazz @ Houston Rockets (Preseason)

[FalseFlagg K]

On the other hand it seems pretty obvious that Key is a few inches taller simply by watching the two players play basketball. Its obvious to me anyways. The length difference appears rather obvious to me as well. As for the weight, WCJ looks much stockier/thicker to me. That would account for WCJ being heavier.

WCJ just seems to play small atm at this level too. I'm sure he'll adapt but man getting your shot blocked so often aint a good start

 

[fishonjazz]

WCJ just seems to play small atm at this level too. I'm sure he'll adapt but man getting your shot blocked so often aint a good start

Ya when I see them on the court it appears to me that keyonte is slightly taller than average pg and WCJ is slightly shorter.
My eyes could be deceiving me though I guess.

 

[jazznik]

Because we are going to have to make decisions on some of our young guys in the near future.

Yes, lets cut our best wing defender on the worst defensive team in history. Lets clear up some space for Keyonte, Flip and Brice to ensure that the Jazz are forever doomed on defense.

 

[jumpin bean]

Try Cody at point he played it in high school and g league because him standing in the corner falling asleep he will never be anything

 

[KqWIN]

I think the Jazz will keep him. Their hope would be to turn him into a Jaden McDaniels or Herb Jones in a year or two. His problem is that his offensive skills aren’t translating and he’s just not going to touch the ball when there are guys like Ace, Brice, Key and Lauri out there. The league as a whole just keeps getting better.

Defensively, he actually looked good last night.

Offensive skills aren’t the reason he’s not Jaden or Herb. He has 1/10th the motor. Those guys play a million times harder.

 

[HermanG]

A lot of nuclear-bad turnovers. And bad rebounding.

But!

(1) Gotta love the debut from Ace
(2) Brice can flat-out ****ing score
(3) Hendricks being that comfortable on the perimeter is huge
(4) 9 assists and 0 turnovers from Key is amazing

WCJ doesn't look like he's pushing Collier out of his role very soon. As I've said from the time WCJ was selected, I think you need to envision that they have two different paths onto the floor. If WCJ ends up with more and more minutes, and some of that expansion is at the expense of Collier's minutes, then the whole rotation will have accommodated that; they're impacts are just so different.

This is pretty much what my key takeaways would have been.

I also wanna add that Key's (one) kryptonite has been dribbling against ball pressure, and while Houston didnt go super hard on him, he seemed less casual with his handle. I cant remember any attempts by Rockets defender to steal the rock from him which also indicates he kept it tighter. I'm really interested to see how he fairs against teams like Blazers who are pretty relentless in their ball pressure.

 

[JazzFever]

This is pretty much what my key takeaways would have been.

I also wanna add that Key's (one) kryptonite has been dribbling against ball pressure, and while Houston didnt go super hard on him, he seemed less casual with his handle. I cant remember any attempts by Rockets defender to steal the rock from him which also indicates he kept it tighter. I'm really interested to see how he fairs against teams like Blazers who are pretty relentless in their ball pressure.

He took a foul early in the second half when they knocked the ball away, so a close call, but last season it would have been a turnover.

 

[HermanG]

He took a foul early in the second half when they knocked the ball away, so a close call, but last season it would have been a turnover.

I forgot about that play. Didnt see the replays but if it was a legit foul then I count that as a win.

Besides it was a reach from behind which is less about looseness of your handle and more about using your hips/body to shield off the defender.