Preseason 2014: Suns v Jazz Game Thread

[stitches]

This is a great point. Snyder is going to have to pick his spots with him perhaps early on, and then ideally as he improves, he can be a guy Snyder can actually rely on even in close games.

Yep, we will have to find the balance between short-term goals and long-term objectives this year. Also when we say that Quin has had success with developing young players, lets be fair about it - he has had success developing young players who were good enough to deserve enough playing time to develop. I don't think anybody would argue right now that Exum deserves more than 15 minutes a game playing time purely on his current level of play. The question is, would Quin be willing to sacrifice some wins in order to get Exum some developmental playing time. And if he's not willing to do it in the pre-season, would he do it in the regular season? I am beginning to be a bit skeptical.

 

[hhhhkau]

I trust Snyder to achieve that balance. At the very least we know he and his crew will be putting a hell of a lot of thought into that particular conundrum.

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

Why did Favors not play?

 

[fallenchicken]

Why did Favors not play?

Because he told Snyder that he looks like a villain in an Oliver Stone movie.

 

[cowhide]

Why did Favors not play?

Sore knee.

I didn't see the game but looking at the stats, the Jazz didn't share the ball, didn't shoot well and didn't defend well.

 

[fishonjazz]

He only hit the first 3's of the preseason though...

one interesting thing that absolutely doesn't matter.......... in games when burks takes zero 3 point shots, the jazz are undefeated. In games when he has shot the three ball 3 times or more, the jazz have lost both games.

 

[Revolution 9]

Hayward shut up haters, including myself, in preseason. Lets hope it carries over. I think it will.

 

[green]

Don't worry about Dante. He is a year behind. He is going to suck 80% of the time, and be amazing 20% of the time. He probably only plays 10-15 mins per game this year. Give him a year to get his body and mind adjusted to the NBA.

Look at Gobert, and Exum is starting out miles ahead of where Gobert is at.

Like I've said 100 times before, Exum isn't on the team this year. We have some scrub from the DL who wears #11. He will be ok sometimes and suck a lot. Most DL-eagers do.

Exum will join us next year.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Dragic, Bledsoe and Thomas ain't exactly scrubs. Phoenix invested big money in those three players.

For those hating on Exum, he was playing against studs. All 3 of those guys are great guards. It's ridiculous Thomas couldn't find a starting PG job somewhere. Dante is going to get schooled by some of the better PG's in the league. I'm glad he got some of that in the preseason. Once the regular season begins, I expect he'll only play the backup PG minutes behind Trey, which amounts to 15-18 per. And he'll be matched against opposing backups. Obviously some will be better than others so his performance will be uneven. Not too many teams can bring in a backup like Thomas off the bench.

 

[green]

For those hating on Exum, he was playing against studs. All 3 of those guys are great guards. It's ridiculous Thomas couldn't find a starting PG job somewhere. Dante is going to get schooled by some of the better PG's in the league. I'm glad he got some of that in the preseason. Once the regular season begins, I expect he'll only play the backup PG minutes behind Trey, which amounts to 15-18 per. And he'll be matched against opposing backups. Obviously some will be better than others so his performance will be uneven. Not too many teams can bring in a backup like Thomas off the bench.

Next year, our backup will be better than Thomas.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Next year, our backup will be better than Thomas.

Neto > Thomas?

 

[green]

Neto > Thomas?

Exum > Thomas.