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Preseason Game #6: Jazz visits LA @7:30 PM on ROOT

UK product Enes Kanter
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You must be tweaking PKM's nose. Since Enes never played in a basketball game for UK then UK can not be blamed or credited as a result of Enes' play for the Utah Jazz. UK is just a school that Enes attended for one year. Maybe we can blame/credit the country of Turkey?
 
PKM said:
What did Kanter do well in that time. (as I feel well versed, after reading the thread, on the negative side of things)
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Offensive rebounded well, ran the court well, played good on the offensive end down low, stayed between his man and the hoop.

The thing that people should realize is that boozer is a savy vet that is and always has been a, good scorer. I didn't think kanters defense was all that bad. I felt like boozer played well on offense and was hard to defend tonight
 
Burks has a unique skill set. It's been readily apparent since day 1. While obviously there is something to be said for playing within the system, if a coach doesn't take advantage of that unique skill set by working it into the system then I see that as a failing of the coach and not Burks.
Sincerely,
Alec Burks' agent.
 
candrew said:
Burks has a unique skill set. It's been readily apparent since day 1. While obviously there is something to be said for playing within the system, if a coach doesn't take advantage of that unique skill set by working it into the system then I see that as a failing of the coach and not Burks.
Sincerely,
Alec Burks' agent.
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All this talk of Burks playing within the system or not is much ado about nothing, IMO. It seems obvious, based on PT, that Snyder doesn't have a problem with Burks, seems to want the ball in his hands at certain points in games and with certain lineups, and hasn't expressed even a hint of frustration or disappointment publicly about him.

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seattlejazzfan said:
All this talk of Burks playing within the system or not is much ado about nothing, IMO. It seems obvious, based on PT, that Snyder doesn't have a problem with Burks, seems to want the ball in his hands at certain points in games and with certain lineups, and hasn't expressed even a hint of frustration or disappointment publicly about him.

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Yes he has. Stitches posted this earlier:

"One of those Jekyll & Hyde things... I thought there was a number of guys who played very well the first half when the ball moved, and [in the second half] when people started doing too much on their own you run the risk of that happening".
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He isn't going to call anyone out. He played Kanter 38 minutes last game despite playing horrid defense. This is the preseason, he is going to play our core players big minutes to see what they can do and who can play with each other. Just because Burks and Kanter played a lot of minutes, that doesn't mean Quin was pleased with how they played.
 
Willie said:
Way too small a sample size. Besides, this was Burks' first game back and we were without Burke.

I don't think we've seen the "starters" yet. Kanter doesn't look like the guy. It should probably be Burke/Burks/Hayward/Booker/Favors.
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Yeah. I'm starting to lean that way as well. I hope Kanter gets there, but he should probably start out off the bench. Favors, Booker, Hayward, Burks and Burke to start with Gobert, Kanter, Hood, and Exum getting the lion's share of the backup minutes. Then mix and match as needed.

With that said, I really hope that QS tries all sorts of different lineups this year (both starting and off the bench) to see what works and what doesn't. Try Exum and Burke out there together. Favors and Kanter. Have Gobert and Favors play some together too. Go big with Gobert, Favors, Hood, Hayward and Exum. I want to see Favors at the 4/5, Hayward at the 2/3/4 and Exum at the 1/2. Mix and match to create advantages based on personnel instead of just trotting out the same starting group night in and night out. Play a smarter brand of basketball and see how the players all respond to that.
 
Ellis269 said:
Yeah. I'm starting to lean that way as well. I hope Kanter gets there, but he should probably start out off the bench. Favors, Booker, Hayward, Burks and Burke to start with Gobert, Kanter, Hood, and Exum getting the lion's share of the backup minutes. Then mix and match as needed.

With that said, I really hope that QS tries all sorts of different lineups this year (both starting and off the bench) to see what works and what doesn't. Try Exum and Burke out there together. Favors and Kanter. Have Gobert and Favors play some together too. Go big with Gobert, Favors, Hood, Hayward and Exum. I want to see Favors at the 4/5, Hayward at the 2/3/4 and Exum at the 1/2. Mix and match to create advantages based on personnel instead of just trotting out the same starting group night in and night out. Play a smarter brand of basketball and see how the players all respond to that.
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That's what I really didn't like about Corbin. It seemed like he had a set rotation a lot of the time. "Oh Burks has scored 8 in this last quarter, better put in Jefferson who is 1-6".
 
fallenchicken said:
I'm not saying that the criticism of Burks is unwarranted, but this was a late pre-season game where the coach deliberately emptied the dregs of the bench in lieu of the better players and played rotations that never, ever (hopefully, unless we have a nightmare run of injuries) would exist in a regular season game. Let's not give up on Burks so quick. Burks didn't play well within the offense, but this is a really tough game to seriously evaluate. The Jazz went out of their way to lose tonight. It'll be interesting to see how Burks is gelling a couple months into the season.
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I would expect the offense to break down in the 2nd half. Quin took the Jazz' two best starters out of the game and had a third miss the entire game. So you have Alec, a couple of rookies, the backup center (who is not an offensive threat) and Kanter. This is all part of the learning curve, There are going to be bumps. I think Snyder really wants to see a leader emerge on the 2nd unit. I think ultimately both Kanter and Burks start, but if they re-sign, either might come off the bench to provide scoring.

Tbh, I think the Jazz' best lineup might become: Burke, Hayward, Hood, Favors and Booker. Hood is going to struggle a bit defensively this season as all rookie do, but that stroke...defintely NBA ready! And Booker has better range and defense than Kanter. However, what I hope is that Quin just subs in these guys a few at a time. Is there really a need to have all 5 subs in the game at the same time, or should you have 2-3 starters in there at all times? Seen it done both ways. Any thoughts from the board on this?
 
I didn't see the game but I assume Burks crossovered Kobe then drove pass three other Lakers, drawing contact, putting some English on the ball and getting the bucket with an and 1.

And That's why all the haters are scrambling!!!
 
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