The Non-Jazz NBA Thread in the Jazz Section

[Deleted member 365]

Butler is a better basketball player but not what the Jazz needs the most if they want to challenge for title. I mean we can't even find minutes for Butler right now. Might as well draft Herb Jones if Quins just gonna play Trent Forrest as the third string point guard.
And yes, we had the #30 initially when Jones was still available so it's entirely possible. But according to local news we were targeting Butler the entire time so Jones was never a possibility.

Yet another mistake. Should’ve taken Bane last year. And we should’ve taken Jones this year. That’s the difference between winning the championship and being a perennial 2nd round exit.

 

[jom2003]

He sucks. But I’m genuinely interested to know what others think had McDaniels, Bane, or Jones been picked? Seems like Snyder has been infected with Sloan disease and doesn’t play the young guys. It’s just ridiculous given the leash he consistently gives Clarkson.

I'd argue the opposite. Quin started off as a player development coach and worked exclusively with young players as a HC in college and the G league. He's all about playing the young guys just wasn't given the right project. He was the one who dug Rudy out of the horrendous situation from his rookie year and made him the 3* DPOY. Then there's DM and Royce, both massively underrated young prospects and were given the chance by Quin. I mean burke, Lyles, DedEx, Bradley, Oni, Brantley, morgan, those guys were also given a chance just couldn't produce. Imagine if it's Bane, McDaniels or Jones given the Oni minutes and what those guys could do in the 10-15 min.
Coaches aren't magician. They can only go as far as their players take them.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Ricky torn ACL… out for the year… sucks so bad.

 

[Jingled]

Ricky torn ACL… out for the year… sucks so bad.

I figured that was the case after seeing the video but was hoping it was just a sprain or something. Such a good dude and he's been playing really well this year. Just really sucks.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Ricky torn ACL… out for the year… sucks so bad.

Hasn’t he torn his ACL before? I want to say in either his first or second year? Is this in the same knee or different?

 

[infection]

Hasn’t he torn his ACL before? I want to say in either his first or second year? Is this in the same knee or different?

I was thinking this too but I may be confusing him with Raul Lopez.

 

[Gameface]

Grizz are the team to watch out for. We have no answer for Ja. And if he gets some perimeter shooting help, we could be in trouble.

 

[Hekate]

Hasn’t he torn his ACL before? I want to say in either his first or second year? Is this in the same knee or different?

It's the same knee.

 

[Deleted member 365]

It's the same knee.

That really sucks. You don’t want to see anyone get hurt. Especially a good guy.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Yikes.

Right now Ja has 30 pts to lead all scorers against the Lakers and the 4th just started.

 

[jom2003]

watching some LAL vs Grizz. Grizz's got themselves a very good team. Will be a much tougher matchup for us than last season if we meet again

 

[Deleted member 365]

watching some LAL vs Grizz. Grizz's got themselves a very good team. Will be a much tougher matchup for us than last season if we meet again

I don’t think they’re all healthy either. Brooks, arguably their 2nd best scorer, is out. They potentially could go small with Ja, Brooks, Bane, Jackson, and Adams. Or super small with Anderson/Jackson instead of Adams. That would be the “clippers strategy” and we’d have to force the ball inside to Gobert/Whiteside to take advantage. Either Way, they’d be a nightmare to defend. True, we could score on them. But they’d absolutely have no problem scoring on us. Ja, Brooks, Bane, and Jackson would have a layup drill.