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Game Thread Oct 20, 2021 07:00PM MT: Jazz vs. Thunder

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Nice way to start the season. Rudy and JC were both amazing tonight. Donovan showed he can still turn it on in a blink of an eye. Conley, Joe, Bogey and O'neal looked great, and I was pleased with Paschall.

I'm a bit worried about Whiteside's defense. It seems like every other year, when Rudy leaves, the interior defense turns into gargabe. I'll give him time before I judge too harshly though. Butler definetely looked like a kid playing his first game, but I'm still optimistic he will be the steal of the draft.
 
JazzMan4Life said:
Nice way to start the season. Rudy and JC were both amazing tonight. Donovan showed he can still turn it on in a blink of an eye. Conley, Joe, Bogey and O'neal looked great, and I was pleased with Paschall.

I'm a bit worried about Whiteside's defense. It seems like every other year, when Rudy leaves, the interior defense turns into gargabe. I'll give him time before I judge too harshly though. Butler definetely looked like a kid playing his first game, but I'm still optimistic he will be the steal of the draft.
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He has a better profile for doing what we need, the rest is just learning how to do that.
 
Not much to say about the returning guys. We played against a team who isn’t trying to win. We dominated and that’s how it should be.


Whiteside - Hit and miss. A very Whiteside game. He is who he is for better or worse.

Paschall - He’s playing the right way to fit in and has some skills/physical ability, but in order to fit in he has to excel at things he’s been terrible at in his career: defense and 3 point shooting. His defense has been fine, but OKC is playing a lot of non NBA talent. No indicators that his shooting has improved unfortunately.


Butler - First game jitters….it’s also going to be very hard for him to be the 3rd or 4th ball handlers in lineups. He seems like a rhythm player and hard to get into a good flow playing short stints without getting the ball much. Nice to see him get some minutes though.
 
mongoose01 said:
I was thinking the same thing… easily could have had a line change with like 6 minutes left. I was wondering where Doke was. The “enforcer” wasn’t looking all that great.


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10 boards
2 blocks
Had some nice buckets around the rim.

I think it's the fans bias, or the fact that we are spoiled with Gobert that we expect our backup big to come in and play like a 3x DPOY. Whiteside kept the ship afloat, thats what matters.
 
JazzMan4Life said:
Nice way to start the season. Rudy and JC were both amazing tonight. Donovan showed he can still turn it on in a blink of an eye. Conley, Joe, Bogey and O'neal looked great, and I was pleased with Paschall.

I'm a bit worried about Whiteside's defense. It seems like every other year, when Rudy leaves, the interior defense turns into gargabe. I'll give him time before I judge too harshly though. Butler definetely looked like a kid playing his first game, but I'm still optimistic he will be the steal of the draft.
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We could still have Favors who can't throw a rock into the ocean.
 
Bogey looking good out there which is a great sign.
Rudy dominating at times.
JC and ingles solid.

Royce my god. He gets such a pass from the media and fans. He's so overused. He should be a back up energy guy on a championship contending team.

But at least we upgraded Niang.

Favors is done. I hope he finds some type of roll on a rebuilding OKC team. Seems like his career is fading out.
 
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