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The numbers that our bench is putting up in November aren't a true reflection of how good/bad our bench is. Joe is in a slump that he will eventually come out of. Mudiay missed several games. Davis was out. Exum was out. Of course the bench numbers were bad. I think our bench is fine.

We could use one more bench piece in an ideal world. A PF who was consistent offensive weapon would be delightful.

Pass on Ryan Anderson tho. He ain't it.
 
SCS said:
The numbers that our bench is putting up in November aren't a true reflection of how good/bad our bench is. Joe is in a slump that he will eventually come out of. Mudiay missed several games. Davis was out. Exum was out. Of course the bench numbers were bad. I think our bench is fine.

We could use one more bench piece in an ideal world. A PF who was consistent offensive weapon would be delightful.

Pass on Ryan Anderson tho. He ain't it.
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Joe slumping has really sucked the life out of that unit... Locke had a good point though... he's rolling with no passers. Mudiay - No, Green - Nah, Bradley - Nope... so it might not be the best fit for him. The other issue might be the big screen setters. Davis can't catch and finish, Bradley doesn't set great picks and is not the smartest basketball player... so I'm not sure he's in a great situation to succeed.

I agree on Anderson... I think the long-term issue that we need to solve is backup center. Locke talked about running Green there so Dante could take up Jeff's wing minutes. So our third year center... break-glass in case of emergency guy... might not be good enough to play 12 minutes a night... good thing we picked up that option.

If the locker room stuff is not an issue I'd say go get Joakim Noah. I'm not sure he's an issue I just think he's a different dude... he produced well in Memphis... can defend well, elite big for passing, has lots of energy... we ain't got time for Bradley to become an okay backup right now.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Joe slumping has really sucked the life out of that unit... Locke had a good point though... he's rolling with no passers. Mudiay - No, Green - Nah, Bradley - Nope... so it might not be the best fit for him. The other issue might be the big screen setters. Davis can't catch and finish, Bradley doesn't set great picks and is not the smartest basketball player... so I'm not sure he's in a great situation to succeed.
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I know Mudiay is playing well right now but I can't help but wonder if he's actually helping the team or just putting up stats. His usage rate is crazy high right now and he always just seems to want to go one on one. He's not really running Quins offense and we have very little ball movement with him dominating the ball. He's giving us scoring but I don't feel he's looking to pass enough or making his teammates better. I'm really missing Neto.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Joe slumping has really sucked the life out of that unit... Locke had a good point though... he's rolling with no passers. Mudiay - No, Green - Nah, Bradley - Nope... so it might not be the best fit for him. The other issue might be the big screen setters. Davis can't catch and finish, Bradley doesn't set great picks and is not the smartest basketball player... so I'm not sure he's in a great situation to succeed.

I agree on Anderson... I think the long-term issue that we need to solve is backup center. Locke talked about running Green there so Dante could take up Jeff's wing minutes. So our third year center... break-glass in case of emergency guy... might not be good enough to play 12 minutes a night... good thing we picked up that option.

If the locker room stuff is not an issue I'd say go get Joakim Noah. I'm not sure he's an issue I just think he's a different dude... he produced well in Memphis... can defend well, elite big for passing, has lots of energy... we ain't got time for Bradley to become an okay backup right now.
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Down for Noah but he apparently got injured kinda badly over the offseason although I have found no details beyond that. I’m pretty sure that’s why he hasn’t been signed (yet).
 
NUMBERICA said:
Down for Noah but he apparently got injured kinda badly over the offseason although I have found no details beyond that. I’m pretty sure that’s why he hasn’t been signed (yet).
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Windhorst said he got hurt at the Lakers tryout, but said he's healthy now... it was a correction so I'm sure he heard from Noah's agent... which would lead me to believe he's ready and wants to be signed... somewhere.
 
Jingled said:
I know Mudiay is playing well right now but I can't help but wonder if he's actually helping the team or just putting up stats. His usage rate is crazy high right now and he always just seems to want to go one on one. He's not really running Quins offense right now and we have very little ball movement with him dominating the ball. He's giving us scoring but I don't feel he's looking to pass enough or making his teammates better.
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Mudiay and Joe is oil and water. People keep mentioning how big of a loss Favors is in the context of Joe, but the bigger issue is Joe’s always had a top-shelf PnRoller which utilizes all of his best attributes.

The simple reality here is the bench isn’t good enough and **** needs to change. I don’t know what it is, because Royce off the bench kind of wastes his skill-set (although it is probably less of a waste than what Joe has been losing).
 
Jingled said:
I know Mudiay is playing well right now but I can't help but wonder if he's actually helping the team or just putting up stats. His usage rate is crazy high right now and he always just seems to want to go one on one. He's not really running Quins offense and we have very little ball movement with him dominating the ball. He's giving us scoring but I don't feel he's looking to pass enough or making his teammates better.
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It's tough to argue he's the problem because he has produced and... he has had a positive +/- in every game he's played, except the Memphis game. I think it's more on the other non-passers who aren't producing.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Mudiay and Joe is oil and water. People keep mentioning how big of a loss Favors is in the context of Joe, but the bigger issue is Joe’s always had a top-shelf PnRoller which utilizes all of his best attributes.

The simple reality here is the bench isn’t good enough and **** needs to change. I don’t know what it is, because Royce off the bench kind of wastes his skill-set (although it is probably less of a waste than what Joe has been losing).
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I think it corrects itself a little. There isn't any easy answer... I wouldn't touch the starting lineup and agree on Royce.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Windhorst said he got hurt at the Lakers tryout, but said he's healthy now... it was a correction so I'm sure he heard from Noah's agent... which would lead me to believe he's ready and wants to be signed... somewhere.
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I think the Jazz need to cut Niang and use the remainder of the period that Davis is injured to see if they can find a player that can set a pick then be a threat because that’s obviously important for Joe if he’s going to keep coming off the bench (which I’m still generally supportive of, at least if this can be addressed). If that’s Anderson, cool. If that’s Noah, cool. Right now the Jazz have dick in that regard and it’s screwing everything up.
 
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