fishonjazz
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He is not playing gobert
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He is not playing gobert
Or clark and Kanter is being shafted. Hard.
Of course not, because if anyone over 25 was averaging 1 mpg, you'd probably complain about it.
Right now, Favors, Kanter, and Gobert all play the same position. I'm very hopeful that one or two them will be able to play PF for good stretches of the game, hopefully by February, but so far this year they are not. Gobert is getting minutes in the D-League, and will probably be our backup next year.
Same for Hayward/Burks/Clark, they all play the same position.
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I just have a strange philosophy of playing your best players the most and choosing players that will be around long term over short term players.
If I thought jeffy was better than burks then I would not have a problem with him getting more minutes.
If marv was under contract next year and was a lot better than kanter then i would have no problem with marv taking so many minutes from kanter.
I'm not against older players..... I'm against crappy short term players silly
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Did you think favors is a rookie?
He actually was in the nba for the last 3 years (you probably didn't know cause he was on the bench) and playing quite well at the power forward spot.
In fact, playing the PF is how he earned a four year contract extension!
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No I have a problem with their usage rates being so high. They should have started on the bench and not been given starting roles right of the bat, let's see what our young guys can do playing together, because I'm pretty sure they haven't seen much court time as a unit.
Williams plays time at the stretch 4. That is time taken from Kanter. How else do you explain it? Evans, Biedrins and Gobert are not getting that time.
Sorry for the exaggeration. However, this year, your two philosophical points are in conflict regarding Williams vs. Kanter; the better player right now is the short-term player.
I also think Jefferson seems to play too much, though.
From what I recall of last season, Favors played well off the bench next to Kanter (as a PF, I'm not so sure about), and played well next to Millsap as a C, but the Favors-Jefferson combination, when Favors would have been a PF, struggled. When has Favors ever had the offensive game of a PF?
I explain it as Kanter not being ready for significant time at the 4, particularly against the leagues starting 4s. How do you explain it? Perversity?
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I definately don't have a big problem with marvin over kanter especially since I could see him with the jazz long term.
I do feel bad for kanter..... the kid can't catch a break in his basketball career
Maybe if we got rid of jefferson then marvin could take take half of jeffersons minutes at the 3 and hayward get the other half..... that would get a few more minutes for burks and especially kanter.
But that is in a perfect world where everything works out so easily on paper and I understand its not realistic.
Corbin is not doing to bad a job.
Most of the youngins are in fact playing lots.
Thank god DL didn't sign anymore decent vets for corbin to play