Playoff Rotations

[Jingled]

This doesn't sound too encouraging.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Also, who on Houston is going to guard DM? Tucker is a good defender but not nearly as good as Ariza laterally... I think he'd foul out...

Gordon? He will get lit up
Harden? I don't see that going well
CP? Let's put more stress on those old hammies

Ariza was a big deal for them last year... I wonder if they bring in Shumpert or Rivers to guard DM

 

[str8line]

This doesn't sound too encouraging.

Korver is older and knows that rest is better than rehab at this point. He's in great shape and won't lose too much. I bet he barely practices until game time.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I hope Kyle is available... I'm not sure I'm ready for playoff Grayson... but who knows.

I suspect even without Kyle it would be Neto, Ricky, Royce, Jae chewing up those rotation minutes.

 

[jazzETX]

it would take kyle going down + more injuries, a blowout, or completely incompetent play from rick/raul for grayson to sniff any minutes.

 

[fishonjazz]

There is a simple solution we can use there...

If the solution is to involve royce in the offense more and the screen game specifically then I agree.
But that would be uncharted territory for him.

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[fishonjazz]

Also, who on Houston is going to guard DM? Tucker is a good defender but not nearly as good as Ariza laterally... I think he'd foul out...

Gordon? He will get lit up
Harden? I don't see that going well
CP? Let's put more stress on those old hammies

Ariza was a big deal for them last year... I wonder if they bring in Shumpert or Rivers to guard DM

Gordon has decent strength and quickness.
I'm not gonna pretend like I know if he is a good defender or not though.

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[Handlogten's Heros]

Gordon has decent strength and quickness.
I'm not gonna pretend like I know if he is a good defender or not though.

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I'd say he's average... but Ariza was great for them. He ain't Kanter, but I think DM would give it to him pretty good.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

If the solution is to involve royce in the offense more and the screen game specifically then I agree.
But that would be uncharted territory for him.

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He doesn't have the value as a roller, but most of those switch screens they set aren't that hard. He'd be fine.

 

[NAOS]

Like maybe we put Favs on Capela and help on the PnR... have Rudy guard Tucker, but really play zone... have someone help the helper and make PJ Tucker beat us.

****ing this! Would be a great wrinkle. Go back and watch that Bucks-Rockets video I posted earlier, and think about Favors as the rim protector and Rudy as Giannis, basically covering two zones on the weak-corner while being ready to dash in and be the first helper on the strong-side. Could work really well.

I've got a pretty big LOVE for Favors right now. I wanna see him in the center of some schemes on both sides of the ball.

 

[NAOS]

This doesn't sound too encouraging.

****ing hell.

 

[carolinajazz]

If we can hit a decent percentage of our open shots, we will win this opening game! Because no matter what defense they play or who is guarding who, the Jazz are going to get some great open shot looks and if converted, we will shoot a higher percentage than the Rockets! We revert back to hip hop ball and iso slop then they will blow us out and that's a fact! I have no qualms losing if we get beat by running our offense and missing wide open shots. I do have a serious problem if we are forcing shots and igniting their fast break with stupid one on one play calling, and abandoning our offensive schemes that have produced so well for us the past month or two! And Mitchell does NOT have to take control of this game and try to do too much, when an extra pass will do just fine!