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Please start Joe Ingles

Then maybe you aren't cut out for this.

And why do you keep referring to me as son? Do you fantasize about me being a young boy?

Seriously though. Why do you try to talk like a wannabe gangster? You are a nerd who wears blue tooth ear pieces.

After how weak you've been lately. Wait... [edited by moderator] Anyway... [edited by moderator] I've decided to play a more fraternal role for you around here.

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Hack, son, you're missing the point. [edited by moderator] Listening is the best option for you right now.
 
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frank, Teague or Schröder? Please answer cuz I'm getting tired of typing that umlaut.
 
Glad to see this devolve into the same Burke sucks play 3 wings discussion. Having 10,000 of them going is fun!
 
does nobody enjoy a good loaded question?

I'm gonna have to get on the other side of this 3-wing wave. Rode out in front for a while. Getting kind of dizzy.
 
I'll play along NAOS. I don't watch much Atlanta so no clue.

Do you think quin will go with Hayward, ingles, hood as the clear choice like you said?

Actually, I see that as a hard lineup to play. Hood is too raw still. Hayward, Ingles, Burks might be the smoother choice for a while.
 
for the board historians:

there was a point in time when hotttnickkk, our new moderator-and-chief, replied to this thread. In that reply he had quoted two of my posts (I got the quote notification). Then, he deleted the post entirely. This could be the silver-lining to his moderating position: a new sense of shame.
 
This would be my lineup.

PG - Hayward
SG - Burks
SF - Hood
PF - Favors
C - Gobert


I think Hayward is the best option out of all the wings to run the point. He is just flat out better than anyone else on both sides of the ball. He doesn't need to be a standard point either. Hood and Burks can share the duties. But I'd have him guard the point guard's though.

Having Hood and Hayward on the court with Burks would be best. He need shooters around him.

Also, have Favors shoot threes.
I don't want Hayward guarding PG's simply because I think that gets him in foul trouble quite often. We need Hayward we don't want him in foul trouble.
 
Perhaps. I'm just personally not a fan of him. Hopefully he can turn me into a fan of him this year but I do think there are better options. And I still believe he is mainly on the team for the benefit of Dante, not for his all around talent level.
FWIW they re-signed him after Dante got hurt for the year. So I doubt that is how the Jazz see him.
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I think Ingles is a rotation player on any team he would be on. His ball movement and grittiness make him a valuable player to have on the court.
 
I don't want Hayward guarding PG's simply because I think that gets him in foul trouble quite often. We need Hayward we don't want him in foul trouble.

Just because Hayward would be a primary ball handler doesn't mean he would have to guard opposing PGs..
 
Just because Hayward would be a primary ball handler doesn't mean he would have to guard opposing PGs..
In the post I quoted he wanted him to guard the opponent PG. FWIW I like the idea of Hood, Burks and Hayward on the court together, at least a little bit. Mostly because I think Trey Burke is horrible with the other starters. I'm sick of watching Burke dribble for 20 sec. then throw up a bad shot while Favors, Hood, and Hayward are not getting the ball.
 
In the post I quoted he wanted him to guard the opponent PG. FWIW I like the idea of Hood, Burks and Hayward on the court together, at least a little bit. Mostly because I think Trey Burke is horrible with the other starters. I'm sick of watching Burke dribble for 20 sec. then throw up a bad shot while Favors, Hood, and Hayward are not getting the ball.

Oops you're right I missed that. Yeah I agree with you, Burke has been a nightmare.
 
some of you will cringe when I say it, but it seems like POINT GOD ALEC BURKS is the best answer right now.

Easy there NAOS you will be making King Cy upset. I was the one who originally said Burks could be a point guard when he was drafted and Cy got all upset about it and neged me.
 
Easy there NAOS you will be making King Cy upset. I was the one who originally said Burks could be a point guard when he was drafted and Cy got all upset about it and neged me.

People who cry about a previous neg amuse me. Just take the neg and accept it.

Burks isn't a PG though at all. Hayward makes for a better PG on the offensive end by far, and is the role he played last year. On offensive would you say Hayward played the PG or Exum? I would say Hayward's style more closely resembled that of a PG. Hayward can handle the responsibility of creating for himself and others in equal opportunities more so than Burks can. I use to think it was because Hayward had better vision (which he still does but the gap isn't as big as it use to be) but now I think it's because Hayward can break a defense down in more ways than Burks.

Defensively neither works, but I guess Burks has more potential on that end vs. PGs.
 
People who cry about a previous neg amuse me. Just take the neg and accept it.

Burks isn't a PG though at all. Hayward makes for a better PG on the offensive end by far, and is the role he played last year. On offensive would you say Hayward played the PG or Exum? I would say Hayward's style more closely resembled that of a PG. Hayward can handle the responsibility of creating for himself and others in equal opportunities more so than Burks can. I use to think it was because Hayward had better vision (which he still does but the gap isn't as big as it use to be) but now I think it's because Hayward can break a defense down in more ways than Burks.

Defensively neither works, but I guess Burks has more potential on that end vs. PGs.

Out of Burks and Hayward, who resembles Westbrook's style more?
 
Out of Burks and Hayward, who resembles Westbrook's style more?

Equally neither, but might give slight edge to Hayward. Westbrooks relies a lot on his ridiculous combination of strength and explosive ability to get to the rim.

Hayward at least has strength in comparison to Westbrook. Both use their superior positional strength to get to the rim without much fancy dribble work or help from their teams.

I don't find Burks terribly explosive in any context, more a smooth athlete with a good first step and body control. He really relies on a lot of misdirection (almost too much so) to get to the rim with the ball needing to be reversed on an uneven court, rejecting a pick, or driving on bad closeouts.
 
Equally neither,

I stopped right there. Point being, if most of the world is fine calling Westbrook a PG, then I don't care whether you call Burks one. Or not. Nor do I care whether you allude to Hayward's point guard abilities. Or not.
 
I stopped right there. Point being, if most of the world is fine calling Westbrook a PG, then I don't care whether you call Burks one. Or not. Nor do I care whether you allude to Hayward's point guard abilities. Or not.

You are really underrating Westbrook's PG abilities.
 
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