Open Practice Review
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JLT
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My random thoughts and observations:
That Gobert left handed bounce pass off the dribble from 30 feet out on the backdoor cut... I was full mast. Looked like a 7'2" Stockton pass. That rejection on Clark(I think?) was devastating. He is going to demand playing time this year. It was night and day when he was off and on the floor.
Hood really impressed me as well. He has a nice stroke and it looks like he will be able to attack those closeouts with the pump fake and drive. When he put the ball on the floor he looked like he was in control at all times. Great to see from a rookie, he might be the steal of the draft.
Trey looked to be in command of the offense for the most part. He tried forcing some bad passes but I think he was really trying to get people involved.
Exum's shot was pretty bad, but I thought he really got after it on defense. The last play of the first quarter on defense really showed the kind of lateral quickness he has, as he smothered two good moves and drew an airball. I'm sure he was nervous, as he hasn't played in front of a crowd in a year and a half. He missed shots but he never had Hayward slumped shoulders, and kept his head in the game.
In general, I liked the offensive principles they are working on. Spacing was better than anything I've seen in Corbin's tenure. Lots of screening and cuts. I thought it was cool to see Coach Snyder talking about what they are trying to do and what he liked after each quarter. My girlfriend, who is a very casual fan, mentioned that she liked how he tries to interact with the players and fans and never saw Corbin do anything like that. I thought that was pretty telling. He really is the anti-Corbin. Erik Murphy, Malcolm Thomas, and Ian Clark looked pretty decent as well. The crowd turnout was great, but a lot of the people sitting around me were pretty down on Exum, groaning about every shot. I'm glad I went, it was a lot of fun.
That Gobert left handed bounce pass off the dribble from 30 feet out on the backdoor cut... I was full mast. Looked like a 7'2" Stockton pass. That rejection on Clark(I think?) was devastating. He is going to demand playing time this year. It was night and day when he was off and on the floor.
Hood really impressed me as well. He has a nice stroke and it looks like he will be able to attack those closeouts with the pump fake and drive. When he put the ball on the floor he looked like he was in control at all times. Great to see from a rookie, he might be the steal of the draft.
Trey looked to be in command of the offense for the most part. He tried forcing some bad passes but I think he was really trying to get people involved.
Exum's shot was pretty bad, but I thought he really got after it on defense. The last play of the first quarter on defense really showed the kind of lateral quickness he has, as he smothered two good moves and drew an airball. I'm sure he was nervous, as he hasn't played in front of a crowd in a year and a half. He missed shots but he never had Hayward slumped shoulders, and kept his head in the game.
In general, I liked the offensive principles they are working on. Spacing was better than anything I've seen in Corbin's tenure. Lots of screening and cuts. I thought it was cool to see Coach Snyder talking about what they are trying to do and what he liked after each quarter. My girlfriend, who is a very casual fan, mentioned that she liked how he tries to interact with the players and fans and never saw Corbin do anything like that. I thought that was pretty telling. He really is the anti-Corbin. Erik Murphy, Malcolm Thomas, and Ian Clark looked pretty decent as well. The crowd turnout was great, but a lot of the people sitting around me were pretty down on Exum, groaning about every shot. I'm glad I went, it was a lot of fun.
For those who didn't go to the practice go to this link this guy has put up a number of videos of the practice itself...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuNRA3t7VxE&list=PLxpywtV9slxiOim7xDiGGc2ckqSC_eXTn&index=4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuNRA3t7VxE&list=PLxpywtV9slxiOim7xDiGGc2ckqSC_eXTn&index=4
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Those who were expecting an instant superstar are going to be disappointed. I'm sure less knowledgeable fans will be grumbling about not selecting someone like Randle. Personally, I'm thrilled with Exum, Hood and Gobert. All 3 seem to be genuinely happy to be in Utah. I listened to the post-scrimmage interview with Exum; he was truly impressed by the loud cheering of the crowd for him at introductions. I'm glad so many went. At least for the rookies/2nd-year players, I think the disaster of last season has been put behind them. They see 10K fans come out to a PRACTICE for Summer League! Has to make them feel great!
Nasty Style
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I was there and took this away from it:
Exum - Dude looked lost and tired. His athleticism is outstanding and with hard work, he could be awesome. He's 18, in a new country and looked as though he was surprised the attendance was as large as it was. He seemed overwhelmed in every way one could be in his situation. Give him time and don't expect anything for a few years...Kobe wasn't awesome at 18...
Hood - Wow! He looked like the only player there to have any NBA experience. He has hops, even on his jump shots.
Burke - I figure the unfamiliar group he was playing with impacted this, but I really expected a lot more out of him. Even one-on-one situations; unimpressive.
Gobert - Slow.
Favors - Awesome that he worked out with the young guys (which Snyder mentioned) and the only Jazz player to show up to support the youngsters. So glad he got extended.
My hope, that won't happen, is that DL says bye to GH and hello to Hood. Give him time to have huge minutes and get the growing pains over with now. Honestly, if this happened the Jazz might lose 5-10 more games than with Hayward. Spend the $ next year on a FA after everyone foolishly overpays for the LBJ consolation prize this year. We get a top 5 pick and it makes more players expendable assets.
Exum - Dude looked lost and tired. His athleticism is outstanding and with hard work, he could be awesome. He's 18, in a new country and looked as though he was surprised the attendance was as large as it was. He seemed overwhelmed in every way one could be in his situation. Give him time and don't expect anything for a few years...Kobe wasn't awesome at 18...
Hood - Wow! He looked like the only player there to have any NBA experience. He has hops, even on his jump shots.
Burke - I figure the unfamiliar group he was playing with impacted this, but I really expected a lot more out of him. Even one-on-one situations; unimpressive.
Gobert - Slow.
Favors - Awesome that he worked out with the young guys (which Snyder mentioned) and the only Jazz player to show up to support the youngsters. So glad he got extended.
My hope, that won't happen, is that DL says bye to GH and hello to Hood. Give him time to have huge minutes and get the growing pains over with now. Honestly, if this happened the Jazz might lose 5-10 more games than with Hayward. Spend the $ next year on a FA after everyone foolishly overpays for the LBJ consolation prize this year. We get a top 5 pick and it makes more players expendable assets.
That's NAAS-TEEH.
Game6Conley
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Slow running the floor? Slow compared to last year? (did he look like he put on too much weight?)
Yup.
Jazz4ever
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Interesting, and contradicts the others opinions he was all over the court defending everything.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Also contradicts what Quin said in his post-scrimmage workout. He was pretty pleased with the play of Gobert.
addictionary
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You see what I'm talking about hotnick? They have to straighten this **** out. And coach should break Danté's balls and let him know he should earn it first.
addictionary
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Hops on jumpshots? If Rodney can make his defense work at a decent level, he will be one my my favorite players on the team, if not the co-champ with Burks, Kanter, Favors, Burke.
Love Favors. Way for showing who is the elder brother of this team.
First open scrimmage and summer league hasn't even started. They will. Rookie, sophomore, first scrimmages, new coach. It won't be over night but I'm not worried about that.