Players Off Season Development, Your Take

[Bodhi]

Burks needs to mentally prep himself for the fact that this new version of the team (since his injury) is 1000% diff from the first of the year and the Corbin days. So defense will matter more than anything he will need to improve offensively. The end.

 

[freakazoid]

I said a highly trained individual. A 230 lbs fatass can gain a lot more muscle than Rudy due to being unconditioned. I got my numbers from International Sports Sciences Association's Fitness Guide. Either way, first you argued that I was wrong to say that the maximum for everyone is 6 pounds, then you changed the argument into how I was wrong to use body weight instead of muscle mass. I'm sure you'll come up with something else now, since this is about your refusal to accept that you can make mistakes. In that case, please enjoy having the last word.

Quite honestly, I thought we were having a discussion here, but this subject really doesn't matter that much to me, so I'm sorry for nit picking. 6 pounds it is.

 

[TheStormofWar]

I see Exum making a big leap, personally. The kid just needs a little swagger. He's so talented. If he does, we win 50 games.

Post-Kanter, our win % put us on course for that. Assuming Exum makes some improvement overall next season (no reason not to think so), we're contenders.

 

[fishonjazz]

Aside from the nuance of the exact number is it agreed that we want Gobert to gain some weight/muscle in his legs and core?

Honestly, I don't care if he gains weight or not. He is already a baddass at his current size.

I just want to see him gain more skills tbh

 

[fishonjazz]

Burks needs to mentally prep himself for the fact that this new version of the team (since his injury) is 1000% diff from the first of the year and the Corbin days. So defense will matter more than anything he will need to improve offensively. The end.

This

 

[TheStormofWar]

Burks needs to mentally prep himself for the fact that this new version of the team (since his injury) is 1000% diff from the first of the year and the Corbin days. So defense will matter more than anything he will need to improve offensively. The end.

I'm actually not worried about this. He's been with the team, watching video, travelling with 'em once in a while, and generally hanging around. Aside from adjustment for the first bit of next season, he'll be just fine. I have little doubt Coach Q will make sure of that.

 

[zman1527]

Honestly, I don't care if he gains weight or not. He is already a baddass at his current size.

I just want to see him gain more skills tbh

And he is so young and so driven, it is certain that he will. Further, I keep hearing a lot from all the Jazz about looking forward to the offseason and work and improvements they can make there. Don't remember a team talking about that much before. Can't wait for next season already.

 

[TheStormofWar]

And he is so young and so driven, it is certain that he will. Further, I keep hearing a lot from all the Jazz about looking forward to the offseason and work and improvements they can make there. Don't remember a team talking about that much before. Can't wait for next season already.

It's funny how having a coach who knows his s*** and getting rid of a locker room jackarse will have that much of an effect.

Gods in Heaven, Corbin really was a tool, wasn't he?

 

[fishonjazz]

Can't wait for next season already.

Going to be the longest off season of all time

 

[Stoked]

Honestly, I don't care if he gains weight or not. He is already a baddass at his current size.

I just want to see him gain more skills tbh

Some strategically placed weight to a point will enhance his skill set. When I bring it up I'm thinking his legs and core. Enough to help him not get backed down as easily by players like cousins.

As for skills that hook and a spin move. Also hand strength so he doesn't constantly get stripped diving to the basket.

 

[zman1527]

And as a team, there is nowhere to go but up on this aspect of the game, from Andy Larsen on Grizz game:

"the Jazz’s only points in the final 4:42 of the game: a period where the Jazz came up empty on 7 straight possessions as the game lay in the balance.

This isn’t that surprising: the Jazz have really struggled in the clutch offensively all season long. The Jazz are very last in the NBA on offense when the game is within 5 points or less with under two minutes to go. 1 In those situations, the Jazz shoot just 28.6% from the floor 2, make 8.3%(!) of their 3 point shots3, and turn the ball over at the 7th highest rate in the league4. It’s a tad bit ugly.

Some of this is just luck: the Jazz are going to make more than 8% of their threes in the clutch moving forward. I would also hypothesize that the Jazz’s offensive scheme is not particularly well suited for clutch time, when defensive intensity goes up and the number of actions you can run in any set go down. But I also agree with Quin Snyder’s explanation:

“Honestly, I think some of that is youth, rookies and 2nd year guys. Because those are new situations, there’s pressure involved in those shots… That’s the kind of game I was hopeful we’d be in. Of course we would like to win it, but that’s the experience we want.”

We’ll see if the Jazz’s experience in close games this season helps them next year."

 

[gregbroncs]

Post-Kanter, our win % put us on course for that. Assuming Exum makes some improvement overall next season (no reason not to think so), we're contenders.

Whoa might have hit the kool-aid a little to hard there. I agree we'll push for the playoffs next year and I'll be disappointed in anything less than 45 wins. But they are still a few years away from "contender" status.