It’s Booker, too. The fact that they have two of these options, and can toggle between them quickly, is what makes them a huge problem. I don’t know how the jazz can solve it, tbh. I said the same last year, but the gap has widened, I think.
The medical staff that was brought in last year was ranked the best in the NBA (nothing to do with our team ranking.) Again, since then it's had turnover and has nothing to do with our staff from way back when.
I mean sure they were "right" but if Donovan does not play do we get to the Clips series. What if they let him play game 1 and Conley doesn't get hurt. Or what if they hold him out but communicate better so that it isn't a shock to the team and we win game 1 without him. It was likely he was never going to be 100% unless he sat the whole year. He was good enough to function at a high level.
Bro, what part of #1 don’t you understand? They’re in a spread of the America’s Top Doctors that you see in the airplane magazines.
I think Booker's crunch time numbers last year were bad... but point taken for sure. I think that whole team has leveled up because of the playoff run. Booker has gone from complete sieve a couple years ago to okayish last year to solid.
Sure, there were issues there. I have no idea who's fault it is with the communication and last minute changes. My point is that they were right about that part of it. But that was a side note to the main point. Our current staff is very different from last year, and completely different from a few years ago. So saying stuff about how bad the staff is and pointing to 5+ years ago is pretty silly. Not that you are making the argument. But the Jazz did see this as a problem before so they went out and hired an entire group that was regarded as the best in the NBA. I also don't blame the people who quit from the Jazz over this. This is the work I do so I'm always a little more on their side though.
LuDort tonight -53. Ouch.
Ya he finished strong. 2-3 in the 4th quarter and 1-1 from 3. Finished with 16 points on 10 shots with 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 turnover in 43 minutes (!). Plus 3 for the game.
As Jazz fans this is really hard.... but we need to celebrate Russell Westbrook for the hero he is. He literally traded himself to the Lakers instead of them getting a useful player like Buddy Hield and keeping their wing defenders and depth. He also was the final straw that destroyed the James Harden Rockets.
The image of a guy taking down his Lakers gear made me laugh like a bond villain.
They just need to blow that **** up.
So I think they just wanted to get out of his contract with cause. I think Jody is a real piece of work and until she sells the team I think they are in trouble. They had plenty of reasons to make a move but I think he got a contract extension. I think the investigation was in part to get out of paying him... its whey the GMs are forming a union. Haven't seen the report yet.
