Remember the Alamo Dome - Jazz @ Spurs 3/23/2018 6:30 pm MST

[fishonjazz]

Dante 2-2 FG, 4 AST, 2 REB in 10 min.

But he had 2 TO's.

He looked like a deer in the headlights at times though.

His first stint in the first half was flawless iirc. He looked great on both ends.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Yup.
His shot selection is often poor. but thats a good thing. AD, Lebron, derozan, curry, durant, westbrook, harden, etc often have poor shot selection. Donovan being like those guys is a good thing.

I'm not sure his shot selection is poor... it is just the 3 isn't consistent enough yet. There are times he needs to drop off to the big on his drives or kick to the corner a bit more. I don't think it is a judgement thing at this point... I just don't see him as a chucker. Most of the threes he shoots are clean looks... just needs to make more of them.

Until we have another guy who can create consistently and eat up some of that volume I don't have an issue with it. I'd rather have our alpha be assertive... unlike what's his name that would sometimes shoot 8-9 shots and be too passive when he misses a few. I just can't ding donovan right now... he's been consistently great and is such a fast learner.

 

[str8line]

Yup.
His shot selection is often poor. but thats a good thing. AD, Lebron, derozan, curry, durant, westbrook, harden, etc often have poor shot selection. Donovan being like those guys is a good thing.

Crazy how he's totally in that echelon of players already. Not too many guys in the history of the NBA could take over a game like he can. Even with his shot not falling.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

His first stint in the first half was flawless iirc. He looked great on both ends.

He's looked good enough to me to give him some of Royce's minutes. Royce is clearly in his own head right now. I'm encouraged by how Dante has looked thus far.

 

[str8line]

His first stint in the first half was flawless iirc. He looked great on both ends.

Good to hear. I missed his early stint.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

My only worry on Donovan is that him and Rudy might have some push/pull going on. I've seen frustration on Rudy's face a couple times when Donovan didn't get him the ball underneath. They seem to have a good dialogue and are both competitors.

 

[str8line]

My only worry on Donovan is that him and Rudy might have some push/pull going on. I've seen frustration on Rudy's face a couple times when Donovan didn't get him the ball underneath. They seem to have a good dialogue and are both competitors.

Was it Rudy and Don who were talking to each other after a play? Maybe Rudy was telling him.

 

[str8line]

Man that was such a great game with the spacing, passing, shooting. Incredible performances from Donovan and LaMarcus. Rudy Gay crushing. Mills on fire. Great stuff from Favors. Just awesome basketball from pretty much everyone on the court.

 

[oneye]

My only worry on Donovan is that him and Rudy might have some push/pull going on. I've seen frustration on Rudy's face a couple times when Donovan didn't get him the ball underneath. They seem to have a good dialogue and are both competitors.

I think Rudy knows how important Donovan is going to be to the success of him and this team, just as much as fans do. Yes he’s talking to Donovan a lot, but it doesn’t look like much ever to me, just like normal talk by two guys who are the alphas of the team.

I mean as much as I don’t mind any of the shots Donovan takes, 36 is a **** ton for a rookie, and his teammates, especially Rudy, should be commended for letting him grow. Donovan’s success plays in to where he’s at because there’s not many teams he could go to he’s getting to shoot 28 and 36 times in games and his teammates being just fine with it. I want him to keep shooting for sure, but if he’s gonna take 30 shots a night a few more of them are gonna have to go in or some guys may stop being so open to him doing it.

 

[fishonjazz]

I'm not sure his shot selection is poor... it is just the 3 isn't consistent enough yet. There are times he needs to drop off to the big on his drives or kick to the corner a bit more. I don't think it is a judgement thing at this point... I just don't see him as a chucker. Most of the threes he shoots are clean looks... just needs to make more of them.

Until we have another guy who can create consistently and eat up some of that volume I don't have an issue with it. I'd rather have our alpha be assertive... unlike what's his name that would sometimes shoot 8-9 shots and be too passive when he misses a few. I just can't ding donovan right now... he's been consistently great and is such a fast learner.

Eh, he takes some threes that he isn't set and is fading back on or off balance.... But again, thats a good thing. Harden, curry, westbrook, etc do the same thing a lot.

 

[fishonjazz]

He's looked good enough to me to give him some of Royce's minutes. Royce is clearly in his own head right now. I'm encouraged by how Dante has looked thus far.

Well royce sucks bad enough right now that im fine with anyone taking his minutes. I still dont believe in dante yet though. I think our bench is in trouble right now. Crowder is hit and miss too often too. We are starting to see the effects of not having hood or JJ on our bench for buckets now its seems to me.

Neto was hitting some shots at a good % and royce was playing great on offense pre all star break during the streak. We are lacking right now. Hopefully dante is the answer but im not very optimistic that he is. Thank god all of our starters are quite good.

 

[Et tu Brute]

Dante 2-2 FG, 4 AST, 2 REB in 10 min.

But he had 2 TO's.

He looked like a deer in the headlights at times though.

I thought for once he didn't really look like a headless chook. Game almost slowed down for him a little bit at times. His TO's were a bit lame/careless that's for sure. You seem to think he's great when I think he is below par, and vice versa