Game Thread Oct 23, 2024 07:00PM MT: Memphis Grizzlies @ Utah Jazz

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I don't see much chance for a win. Memphis offense will absolutely annihilate Jazz defense. They hired one of the worlds best offensive minds to be their assistant coach and the leader of offensive schemes. Their ball movement and assisting already in the pre-season was great, and actually they had most assists. We'll see tons of actions on Wednesday where Jazz help defense will be late af, and as the projected backcourt pairing aren't really excelling in man to man defense, it's gonna be ugly. I'd advice to pick sizeable win (+10) for Memphis,if you're on betting at all. Generally, bet on Memphis, they're gonna be better than market predictions.

Jazz homecourt. It will be a close game. If it's a blowout, it's probably a Jazz win

 

[Step-Back Lauri]

Jazz homecourt. It will be a close game. If it's a blowout, it's probably a Jazz win

Oh, true, homecourt advantage. I'll retract with the blowout for Memphis and say normal win. I don't think Jazz backcourt is ready for their offense at all so if it goes to crunch time, they'll take it.

 

[fishonjazz]

man you were on the money with that

A. I don't consider jjj a star
B. If injured players don't play against the jazz I don't find anything out of the ordinary. Injured players also don't play against Boston.

Just checked his stats and was shocked to see his career high (6 seasons) in rebounds per game is 6.8.

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[Saint Cy of JFC]

A. I don't consider jjj a star
B. If injured players don't play against the jazz I don't find anything out of the ordinary. Injured players also don't play against Boston.

Just checked his stats and was shocked to see his career high (6 seasons) in rebounds per game is 6.8.

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Guys who are injured play all the time. Being injured isnt black/white. The point is, if your star is slightly injured, they are more likely to sit in Utah vs any other NBA team, which makes losing a lot of games harder for Utah than any other "bad" team.

And JJJ is a star. He's made an all-star game, two 1st team all D and won a DPOY.

 

[Step-Back Lauri]

It also has to be noted individual rebounds don't matter too much alone. Some players have deflated rebound numbers. The best example from past decade is Robin Lopez, whose boxing out was such great it allowed his team mates pick up the cherries while he boxes out the biggest and meanest opponents. He was much better rebounder than his career 6.0. average per game

 

[fishonjazz]

Guys who are injured play all the time. Being injured isnt black/white. The point is, if your star is slightly injured, they are more likely to sit in Utah vs any other NBA team, which makes losing a lot of games harder for Utah than any other "bad" team.

And JJJ is a star. He's made an all-star game, two 1st team all D and won a DPOY.

A. Your definition of star and mine are different. He is close, but isn't there yet for me. I'm looking at top 30 or so guys to make my star criteria.
B. I wasn't disagreeing with your overall point of teams resting guys against the jazz. I just disagree that is what Memphis is doing in this instance. I did a little research and it seems that jjj is injured and I dont think he would be playing tomorrow night if Memphis was playing the Celtics.

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[Coach Ellis]

Would be kind of fun to win the home opener of the season...

This is basically what happened in 2022 and it set the tank back two full years.

If the 6 guys with most minutes are Lauri, Keyonte, Kessler, Sexton, Hendricks and Williams. . . then it won’t be terrible for them to win a few games.

If Clarkson, Collins, Svi and Eubanks are all getting big minutes, it’s a different story.

 

[KqWIN]

Jazz/Nuggets have the best homecourt advantage in the NBA, it's well documented. Altitude and time zone are obviously the biggest factors and shared commonality. Altitude and time zone also likely cause guys to sit out more. This has been the case since forever though, so I don't know why we suddenly make a big deal about it.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

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This is basically what happened in 2022 and it set the tank back two full years.

If the 6 guys with most minutes are Lauri, Keyonte, Kessler, Sexton, Hendricks and Williams. . . then it won’t be terrible for them to win a few games.

If Clarkson, Collins, Svi and Eubanks are all getting big minutes, it’s a different story.

Yeah I remember Sexton winning that game late vs Jokic.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

what's the status of the T-Henny bus ?

The Tay Henny bus is firing on all cylinders and has added 82 stops this year. We removed some seats and added stripper poles. There will be standing room only by stop 35. No whiners or dumbasses tho so if you complain you gone.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Jazz/Nuggets have the best homecourt advantage in the NBA, it's well documented. Altitude and time zone are obviously the biggest factors and shared commonality. Altitude and time zone also likely cause guys to sit out more. This has been the case since forever though, so I don't know why we suddenly make a big deal about it.

Because the whole concept of tanking involves losing games and it's kind of important to have teams play you full strength or you will pick up extra wins. You can say it's been a known thing, but I guarantee not that many are aware of it. You really dont have to do this schtick for everything

 

[KqWIN]

Because the whole concept of tanking involves losing games and it's kind of important to have teams play you full strength or you will pick up extra wins. You can say it's been a known thing, but I guarantee not that many are aware of it. You really dont have to do this schtick for everything

Really? People didn't know that the Jazz have one of the best home court advantages in the league? It's always been this way, it doesn't matter if we're tanking, contending, or something in between.