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Should We Move Gobert?

Should We Move Gobert? This is a Poll

  • Yes, small ball rules the NBA

    Votes: 6 12.5%

  • Yes, we need a center who is not one-dimensional

    Votes: 9 18.8%

  • No, Gobert is DPOY

    Votes: 13 27.1%

  • No, we need to add a small ball center

    Votes: 13 27.1%

  • No, we won't get equal value

    Votes: 16 33.3%
  • Total voters
    48
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Gobert did his job in the Clippers series. Mike Conley, Joe Ingles, Jordan Clarkson, Georges Niang and other guys who couldn't keep up defensively were the problem.
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Why should I continue this if you're not even going to read my posts?

I literally cannot make my point any clearer. I'm not going to keep trying to reword it to help you out if you're hellbent on not understanding it.

Bash this point into your skull until it sticks: I am not blaming Gobert.
 
MT Steve said:
Of course it was. Problem is the league isn't getting any farther away from smallball. Realistically, we won't have a playoff path that doesn't involve at least one or two very good teams that can go small.

I don't have a solution - just pointing out the difficulty.
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Something like memphis (or Portland) in the first round, suns in the second round, lakers in the third round, 76ers or bucks in the finals. Rudy could be regular season rudy vs all those teams.
I agree that there are some teams that will go small though too. Jazz should figure out a gameplan for when that happens rather than continuing with the same gameplan that they use against traditional offenses imo.

Still a lot of teams that don't want to play small ball. Jazz need to figure out what to do against those teams that do go small. And they should probably figure that out in the regular season before the playoffs arrive.
 
fishonjazz said:
Something like memphis (or Portland) in the first round, suns in the second round, lakers in the third round, 76ers or bucks in the finals. Rudy could be regular season rudy vs all those teams.
I agree that there are some teams that will go small though too. Jazz should figure out a gameplan for when that happens rather than continuing with the same gameplan that they use against traditional offenses imo.

Still a lot of teams that don't want to play small ball. Jazz need to figure out what to do against those teams that do go small. And they should probably figure that out in the regular season before the playoffs arrive.
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Very good post. Very true about certain teams being good matchups. I will say that every finals winning team since Duncan has gone small for a big portion of their success, but most of the time getting to the Finals involves playing mainly teams that play big some of the time.

We have to find a small ball center. Simply have to. Mind boggling that we are paying over $45 million for Rudy and Favors next year. What are we, in 1988?
 
Big Take on Rudy.... I just don't think the rest of the league likes Rudy or even respects him. They probably just see him as a cheat code for just standing under the bucket to swat the easy shots. Since they don't respect him, they go right at him. In the playoffs, they relish the chance to put him on an island and punish him. It's an extra challenge in addition to beating the team. It's not like Draymond where you hate the guy, but you respect him. I don't think other NBA players like Rudy or even respect him. His tantrums, complaining to the refs, and flopping only exacerbates the situation. So in turn, most of the league doesn't like or respect Utah since he is so much of our identity.

I think if the franchise was run with DWade very visible and built around Don, we would get more respect. It's not that we need league street cred, but it would help to sign those minimum contract vets that seem to eat us alive each postseason. I bet Don is constantly defending his teammate when hanging out with other NBA players. And I bet he's tired of doing it because he knows that Rudy is a bit of a diva, does too much flopping, is so limited offensively, etc.
 
This is JT Thor from Auburn. We might be able to draft him. Move Royce to the 2-guard and play a guy like this at the 4 next to Rudy. Size, toughness and defense would be solved.

 
He is one dimensional, he only has the range of a dunk, we need to trade him for assets and that stupid *** contract.
 
Rudy has the third highest guaranteed contract behind lillard and Giannis no way he is 3rd best player in nba we got stooged on his contract
 
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