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Its that time again. Every year I do a thread for grading the Jazz. Season is about over and i have a bit of time so here goes. (Not gonna grade guys like bradley, naz, cavanaugh, etc) Expectations do come into play.
Rudy "Stifle Tower" Gobert: A+. Best year of his career. Should have been an all star. Possibly top 10 player in the league. Dunks in a season record. Leads the league in field goal percentage. Passed Karl Malone for double double in a season. Likely DPOY again. Possible all nba. Improved his scoring arsenal. Consistency. MVP of the team. Zero missed games iirc.
Donovan "Spida" Mitchell: A-. Only gets the minus cause of expectations and a slow start. Carries the team offensively with little help. Stepped in at pg after all the injuries and did a great job. Efficiency has been great after january (im blaming early struggles on lingering health issues). Leadership. Personality. SHOES on the way soon. Jazz will go as far as he takes us.
Joe "Jingles" Ingles: A-. Ultimate glue guy. Has had some up and downs but mostly ups. Possibly the best point guard on the team. Great defender. Best trash talker in the league. Leads the entire nba in making the opponent get jingled. Iconic. Mr steal yo girl despite looking your drunk uncle at thanksgiving dinner.
Derrick "Trans DF Express" Favors: A-. We would be ****ed without this dude. Ultimate team player. No one sacrifices more. Total pro despite constant trade rumours. Best season of his career by advanced stats. Stayed healthy all year. (I refuse to believe he is injured. Just resting)
Ricky "jekyll or hyde" Rubio: C. Only grade that makes sense. He is either sensless or sensational with little in between. Finishing the season strong like last year. We will need a strong effort from him in the playoffs if we want to make any noise. Im rooting for him.
Jae "lobster tail" Crowder: C-. Tough one to grade. I gave him a lower grade cause i was expecting around 40% from three and he hasn't delivered. Gives the team great boost of toughness and attitude. Has expanded his drive game. Ok defender.
Royce "buckets" Oneal: C-. Another tough one. Great defender. Shooting a good percentage from 3. I just wish he provided more consistent offense. My expectations for him this year were probably way too high. I though he would be playing a lot more minutes and scoring more points. Korver probably stole some of his thunder (and minutes)
Kyle "Ashton with plastic surgery gone wrong" Korver: C+. He is what we needed when we acquired him (shooting) but his 38% from 3 is quite a bit lower than i expected. His defense and hustle are better than I expected and his floor spreading still helps even when he is off. I just wish he were off less often. Seems like he is either on fire or cold.
Thabo "i got no nickname for him" Sefalosha: C. Provides some decent defense and his shooting has been better than i expected but i mostly think "meh" when it comes to him (maybe meh should be his nickname lol) but thats ok. He is old and cheap. Cant expect to much. He is what he is.
Raul "pretty boy neato nato" Neto: B-. I love the guy so im biased. If he never got hurt I would give him a B+ or A-. I think he always exceeds everyones expectations. Best 3rd string point guard in the nba. Tough, pesky, high motor, great teammate and steady as can be.
Ekpe "bookworm" Udoh: D. He has had a rough year. Nice to see him play like I expect him to last night. Im probably being to hard on a guy that plays 5 minutes per game but I expected better defense than he has provided.
Dante "unded" Exum: D. I typically give him an incomplete in this thread but im sick of handing him that grade over and over. Signed a new contract. played like **** a bunch and then had flashes of some good games and then predictably got hurt again.
Grayson "Kobra Kai" Allen: D-. Couldn't crack the rotation much and when he did he stunk up the joint (excluding last night). At least he didn't trip and injure anyone.
Georges "Gorgeous" Niang: C+. I enjoy watching him play and always feel like he is on the cusp of being a true rotational nba player but he just cant seem to really get over the hump. Probably deserves a worse grade than im giving him.
Quin "bond villian hooker murdering coke sniffin psycho" Quin: A. (im sure he is a nice guy and feel bad about the nickname but i mean thats what everyone sees and talks about right?) Should be up for coach of the year. Players have always bought what he is selling and thats the most important part of coaching imo. I bitch about his rotations all the time but I would do that no matter who was coaching. Its a tough gig.
Dennis "kevin mchale" Lindsey: D. He got Korver for Burks and 2 2nd rounders. thats all he did this year really. (Drafted allen and picked up guys like cavanaugh and niang) Feel that more should have been done to improve the team. But..... the team he has built over his term at GM has been pretty damn well done so the D grade is just for this season but not a reflection of the job he has done.
Jazzfanz: C- I feel like the forum has been pretty dead and there has been too much complaining about this team. We are gonna win 50 games in the tough *** west! Lets enjoy it! Celebrate these guys!
Jazz fans (at the arena): D The jimmer debacle. The bannings. The orlando boo game. We are better than that.
Discuss
Rudy "Stifle Tower" Gobert: A+. Best year of his career. Should have been an all star. Possibly top 10 player in the league. Dunks in a season record. Leads the league in field goal percentage. Passed Karl Malone for double double in a season. Likely DPOY again. Possible all nba. Improved his scoring arsenal. Consistency. MVP of the team. Zero missed games iirc.
Donovan "Spida" Mitchell: A-. Only gets the minus cause of expectations and a slow start. Carries the team offensively with little help. Stepped in at pg after all the injuries and did a great job. Efficiency has been great after january (im blaming early struggles on lingering health issues). Leadership. Personality. SHOES on the way soon. Jazz will go as far as he takes us.
Joe "Jingles" Ingles: A-. Ultimate glue guy. Has had some up and downs but mostly ups. Possibly the best point guard on the team. Great defender. Best trash talker in the league. Leads the entire nba in making the opponent get jingled. Iconic. Mr steal yo girl despite looking your drunk uncle at thanksgiving dinner.
Derrick "Trans DF Express" Favors: A-. We would be ****ed without this dude. Ultimate team player. No one sacrifices more. Total pro despite constant trade rumours. Best season of his career by advanced stats. Stayed healthy all year. (I refuse to believe he is injured. Just resting)
Ricky "jekyll or hyde" Rubio: C. Only grade that makes sense. He is either sensless or sensational with little in between. Finishing the season strong like last year. We will need a strong effort from him in the playoffs if we want to make any noise. Im rooting for him.
Jae "lobster tail" Crowder: C-. Tough one to grade. I gave him a lower grade cause i was expecting around 40% from three and he hasn't delivered. Gives the team great boost of toughness and attitude. Has expanded his drive game. Ok defender.
Royce "buckets" Oneal: C-. Another tough one. Great defender. Shooting a good percentage from 3. I just wish he provided more consistent offense. My expectations for him this year were probably way too high. I though he would be playing a lot more minutes and scoring more points. Korver probably stole some of his thunder (and minutes)
Kyle "Ashton with plastic surgery gone wrong" Korver: C+. He is what we needed when we acquired him (shooting) but his 38% from 3 is quite a bit lower than i expected. His defense and hustle are better than I expected and his floor spreading still helps even when he is off. I just wish he were off less often. Seems like he is either on fire or cold.
Thabo "i got no nickname for him" Sefalosha: C. Provides some decent defense and his shooting has been better than i expected but i mostly think "meh" when it comes to him (maybe meh should be his nickname lol) but thats ok. He is old and cheap. Cant expect to much. He is what he is.
Raul "pretty boy neato nato" Neto: B-. I love the guy so im biased. If he never got hurt I would give him a B+ or A-. I think he always exceeds everyones expectations. Best 3rd string point guard in the nba. Tough, pesky, high motor, great teammate and steady as can be.
Ekpe "bookworm" Udoh: D. He has had a rough year. Nice to see him play like I expect him to last night. Im probably being to hard on a guy that plays 5 minutes per game but I expected better defense than he has provided.
Dante "unded" Exum: D. I typically give him an incomplete in this thread but im sick of handing him that grade over and over. Signed a new contract. played like **** a bunch and then had flashes of some good games and then predictably got hurt again.
Grayson "Kobra Kai" Allen: D-. Couldn't crack the rotation much and when he did he stunk up the joint (excluding last night). At least he didn't trip and injure anyone.
Georges "Gorgeous" Niang: C+. I enjoy watching him play and always feel like he is on the cusp of being a true rotational nba player but he just cant seem to really get over the hump. Probably deserves a worse grade than im giving him.
Quin "bond villian hooker murdering coke sniffin psycho" Quin: A. (im sure he is a nice guy and feel bad about the nickname but i mean thats what everyone sees and talks about right?) Should be up for coach of the year. Players have always bought what he is selling and thats the most important part of coaching imo. I bitch about his rotations all the time but I would do that no matter who was coaching. Its a tough gig.
Dennis "kevin mchale" Lindsey: D. He got Korver for Burks and 2 2nd rounders. thats all he did this year really. (Drafted allen and picked up guys like cavanaugh and niang) Feel that more should have been done to improve the team. But..... the team he has built over his term at GM has been pretty damn well done so the D grade is just for this season but not a reflection of the job he has done.
Jazzfanz: C- I feel like the forum has been pretty dead and there has been too much complaining about this team. We are gonna win 50 games in the tough *** west! Lets enjoy it! Celebrate these guys!
Jazz fans (at the arena): D The jimmer debacle. The bannings. The orlando boo game. We are better than that.
Discuss
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