Rudy Post-season DRTG - sup wit dat?

[LogGrad98]

His lack of boxing out on rebounds is so frustrating. This is a basic thing. I have volunteer coached at both the Jr High and High School level helping with development and we run basic drills for this at age 12 and up for hell's sake. Butt in the players gut, arms out up and back a little to frame the opponent in, move back against the opposing player as the ball comes off the rim. That one is the most frustrating thing for me about Rudy. Hell we know he can be a rebounding monster, he has had multiple 20 rebound games, he has had stretches averaging 12+ in the past. We need this Rudy to come play on Tuesday.

 

[LogGrad98]

I think he might be hurting, but he's not alone. I think frustrated is probably more the case, which makes his apathy harder to take. Utah is sucking it up on most pnr's regardless of who from the Rockets is involved, and any split second indecision results in Rudy being stuck in no mans land where he isn't effectively guarding anyone or in position to rebound. It has been painful to watch. I've always liked Capela but he's really turned the corner into more than just an average player. Rockets just have too many weapons for Utah to compete with until they have more seasoning. Mitchell was terrible in all aspects in game three, but everyone on Utah is underperforming except Exum. I think the coaching could be better. Too many different schemes for read and react, depending on different variables has everyone looking lost which kills confidence/speeds up the game and has the crowd scratching their eyes out because the final product is an eyesore. I thought Utah would win 2 games, I think I was wrong.

Agree with this assessment. And in my eyes this all starts with Rudy. If he is anchoring the defense as we know he can it frees up our guys to roam a bit more. Capella is definitely a tough match-up for him, but sonofabitch Rudy, rise to the occasion! IF he is hurt I get it, but if he is then sit his ***. Rubio has an injury he could play through, but he is sitting to fully heal. This makes me think Gobert isn't really injured.

We also need to change up our defense on the P&R. What we are doing is a little better than what wet toilet paper could do. They need to start trapping at half-court. Throw a quick double or triple on them then bounce back. Keep them off-balance, make them work the shot clock down and take a last second shot every time. Muscle Capella away from the rim a bit. And our weak-side help D has been all but non-existent. If anyone from Houston gets past the 3-pt line it is almost always a clear path or open 10-footer

Also we need to figure out this quasiozone they have been throwing at us on offense. The zone defense is our achilles heal because our 3 pt shooters are bad at quick catch and shoot on the move. They need time to get set up, almost all of them. Just watch Crowder, Rubio, even Ingles. They need that extra half-second to gather themselves, or they need to be sitting and waiting. But the way you break a zone is with quick catch and shoot 3's that force the defenders to scramble so it opens up lanes for cutters.

I think Snyder is getting out-coached in this one, along with us not playing well to begin with. Does not bode well for game 5. But at least it wasn't a sweep.

 

[SoUjazzfan]

We're playing top tier competition and they are letting far more physical play go on under the basket, especially when we are on defense. Rudy is getting shoved on every play and he has such a high center of gravity he gets moved out of position. He needs to box out stronger but not sure he'll ever be strong enough to withstand the physicality the refs let the opposition play with in the post season.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

His lack of boxing out on rebounds is so frustrating. This is a basic thing. I have volunteer coached at both the Jr High and High School level helping with development and we run basic drills for this at age 12 and up for hell's sake. Butt in the players gut, arms out up and back a little to frame the opponent in, move back against the opposing player as the ball comes off the rim. That one is the most frustrating thing for me about Rudy. Hell we know he can be a rebounding monster, he has had multiple 20 rebound games, he has had stretches averaging 12+ in the past. We need this Rudy to come play on Tuesday.

He gets pushed off his spot.

He’s also had two tough matchups... Adams and Houston with Capela is a tough draw.

The defense hasn’t been perfect but it’s been good enough. I’m not sure he’s hurt... I think the multiple knee injuries has kind of added up a bit... he might just be a little slower than he used to be.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

We're playing top tier competition and they are letting far more physical play go on under the basket, especially when we are on defense. Rudy is getting shoved on every play and he has such a high center of gravity he gets moved out of position. He needs to box out stronger but not sure he'll ever be strong enough to withstand the physicality the refs let the opposition play with in the post season.

Unless he totally flops he will never get the call. It’s easy to get hands on him where it has an affect and where it can’t be seen.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

His lack of boxing out on rebounds is so frustrating. This is a basic thing. I have volunteer coached at both the Jr High and High School level helping with development and we run basic drills for this at age 12 and up for hell's sake. Butt in the players gut, arms out up and back a little to frame the opponent in, move back against the opposing player as the ball comes off the rim. That one is the most frustrating thing for me about Rudy. Hell we know he can be a rebounding monster, he has had multiple 20 rebound games, he has had stretches averaging 12+ in the past. We need this Rudy to come play on Tuesday.

Bruh, he is boxing out fine. The rebounds he is missing are because of long misses that miss long, where the guards have to dig down. Houston is so well spaced rebounding them is difficult.

 

[LoPo]

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Throughout the regular season the top defensive rebounding percentage was 80.7% and the worst was 75.6%

Here are the Jazz's defensive rebounding percentage numbers in the Houston series

Game 1: 79.5%
Game 2: 79.6%
Game 3: 92.7%
Game 4: 80.4%

So yeah, Rudy's rebounding is really a non-issue in this series. Houston's regular season offensive rebound rate was 21.3%, so Utah has held Houston below it's average in every single game thus far. Also consider we have no Rubio in this series, who is a top 10 rebounding PG in the NBA and someone who secures a lot of long misses of the team and averaged 7.3 per game in the OKC series despite only playing 7 minutes due to injury in the last game.

 

[LoPo]

Throughout the regular season the top defensive rebounding percentage was 80.7% and the worst was 75.6%

Here are the Jazz's defensive rebounding percentage numbers in the Houston series

Game 1: 79.5%
Game 2: 79.6%
Game 3: 92.7%
Game 4: 80.4%

So yeah, Rudy's rebounding is really a non-issue in this series. Houston's regular season offensive rebound rate was 21.3%, so Utah has held Houston below it's average in every single game thus far. Also consider we have no Rubio in this series, who is a top 10 rebounding PG in the NBA and someone who secures a lot of long misses of the team and averaged 7.3 per game in the OKC series despite only playing 7 minutes due to injury in the last game.

 

[fairweather]

Rudy is getting shoved on every play and he has such a high center of gravity he gets moved out of position.

This. I've noticed Rudy is being held down low on most shot attempts. It would help if he put on 20+ lbs.

Ten more pounds and he'd be the same weight as Olajuwon. He's an inch taller.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

This. I've noticed Rudy is being held down low on most shot attempts. It would help if he put on 20+ lbs.

Guys that big have to watch their weight. He can get stronger but I wouldn’t add much if any weight.

 

[fairweather]

Guys that big have to watch their weight. He can get stronger but I wouldn’t add much if any weight.

Stronger requires muscle. Muscle adds more weight than fat.

Ten more pounds and he'd be the same weight as Olajuwon.