The “I’m a Mike Conley hating bitch” list

[carolinajazz]

I mean, one would think that you risk the chemistry that had been built over a couple of seasons if a $32 million contract is going to mean a significant improvement. Not only I see no significant improvement, I see less grit and effort. Rubio was much more exciting to watch imo.

I concur 100%!

 

[mdalby]

This early season Mike Conley panic is gonna be funny asf to look back on come May/June.

I KNEW patience would pay off. Conley finally had another breakout game. He was mired in a bit of a slump going 2/9, 2/10, 2/8... But good things come to those who wait. Conley was on fire, ON FIRE I SAY, and is no longer "twofer". He went 3/13. Great things are on the horizon!!!

 

[NAOS]

This early season Mike Conley panic is gonna be funny asf to look back on come May/June.

The sample size is speaking for itself at this point. I hope you’re right, but your statement is, with time, sounding more and more like a mantra in need of evidence.

At the 20-game mark, there is NO point in in the flow of the offense, NOR any spot on the floor where Conley is consistently creating for and feeding himself. Not one. He needs to get a toehold somewhere and start building his offensive identity ASAP.

 

[NAOS]

Do you remember Rubio's first season with us? He was really bad the first half of the season, then he turned it around and played very well the second half of the season. Lets be patient. Conley's clearly been a much better player than Rubio throughout his career. If he can turn things around similar to what Rubio did in his first season with us then we are in for some terrific point guard play the rest of the year.

Rubio was probably our best player in December of his first year here. Then he dipped into a protracted struggle. People forget this.

 

[SCS]

The sample size is speaking for itself at this point. I hope you’re right, but your statement is, with time, sounding more and more like a mantra in need of evidence.

At the 20-game mark, there is NO point in in the flow of the offense, NOR any spot on the floor where Conley is consistently creating for and feeding himself. Not one. He needs to get a toehold somewhere and start building his offensive identity ASAP.

Agree with everything. Look if I die on this hill, I die on this hill. We have to hope that not just Conley but the entire offense in general starts cooking. Otherwise the season we all hoped for will never materialize.

It all starts with Quin IMO. We need more off ball movement getting Spida/Bogey/Mike open for easy looks. We can't just keep giving one of them the ball at the top of the key, give them a screen from Gobert, and hope they can create a good shot while the other 3 players stand around the perimeter. It's too basic. It's too easy to defend. It's causing all of our offensive woes... The bad shot selection and turnovers because our guys are forcing too much. The lack of assists because the ball doesn't move, players don't move, it creates stickiness.

I don't know wtf happened with our offense but we used to run more plays and actions than we do now.

 

[NAOS]

Agree with everything. Look if I die on this hill, I die on this hill. We have to hope that not just Conley but the entire offense in general starts cooking. Otherwise the season we all hoped for will never materialize.

It all starts with Quin IMO. We need more off ball movement getting Spida/Bogey/Mike open for easy looks. We can't just keep giving one of them the ball at the top of the key, give them a screen from Gobert, and hope they can create a good shot while the other 3 players stand around the perimeter. It's too basic. It's too easy to defend. It's causing all of our offensive woes... The bad shot selection and turnovers because our guys are forcing too much. The lack of assists because the ball doesn't move, players don't move, it creates stickiness.

I don't know wtf happened with our offense but we used to run more plays and actions than we do now.

Would old-school rep

 

[carolinajazz]

• The trade and signing of Conley may go down as the worse move ever made by the Jazz front office! Had we kept the team we had at the end of last season and just added the hot shot shooter from Indiana.....we might have 1 maybe 2 losses right now and be the talk of the NBA! Our defense was solid as a rock, our offense was humming like a well-oiled sewing machine and we were dunking on everybody's head left and right! Everybody knew there role, where they should be and how they should function! A little more coaching and convincing Donovan of how to play team ball and we would have been that more difficult to beat!

 

[homeytennis]

It seems like the blender is in the appliance repair shop.

 

[Nate505]

Yes I remember it well. As I remember the intangibles that he brought to the table.

I don't remember many of them the first half of his first year.

His game picked up after that game winner in Toronto, which was in January of his first season.

 

[rjfan]

I don't remember many of them the first half of his first year.

His game picked up after that game winner in Toronto, which was in January of his first season.

That's much problably a good one to call as Rubio first big game, or a turning point, but i'd say that somewhere between the half to the end of december of this season that he started to look like he were getting to understand what Quin wanted him to do as his floor general (aswell as what his teammates demanded in terms of the right way to set every one of them to score).

 

[jom2003]

Could have gotten Dragic who is better than Conley at a much lower price

 

[Zombie]

I don't know wtf happened with our offense but we used to run more plays and actions than we do now.

This part is what is the most perplexing to me. At the beginning of the season Mike made a comment about them using like ten percent of the playbook, but I expected it to be opened up a little more by now.