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Udunka bout to get some-Today 1:00 PM

One Brow said:
Since your definition of "functional" seems to be "does not have two broken legs, and can be slotted into the center position if the coach so chooses", I will grant you that we have some 15 functional centers on our roster alone, and it is indeed the easiest position to fill.
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Well please go on and tell me what a functional backup center looks like then. I love when people use the “people I’ve it” argument and you do more than prove it and they are like “meh those guis is stoopid”.

Is there a section of JazzFanz for casuals or tweens cuz I think that might be the place for you. I ain’t wasting another brain cell on this argument.
 
Stars lost pretty soundly today and are eliminated from the GLeague playoffs. The good news is that Elijah Hughes fueled a fourth quarter comeback with 15 points in about 9 minutes and got the Stars to within four before he and the Stars ran out of gas, Hughes was dreadful until that point. Romaro Gill (7'2" dude from Seton Hall) had 5 blocks in 11 minutes of PT. No Brantley or Forrest.
 
I'd like to see Udoka and Favors help run the 2nd unit when Udoka gets healthy.

Ingles, Niang/Oni, Clarkson, Favors, Udoka.

Favors can shoot from midrange consistently enough to make this work.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
And the g league is a great tool for a year tops. Spend multiple years down there and it can be counterproductive. It helps get familiar with the system and gets a few reps but you need to get reps with and against real nba talent.
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The crazy thing about the gleague is that it really is only a short term tool. You see a lot of players go to the gleague initially and play real well but then you see a lot of those guys down there a few years later and they have regressed. I view it more as a place to get guys in game shape than actually a place to develop because how guys play down there is not how they will be used in the nba.
 
DasJazz said:
I'd like to see Udoka and Favors help run the 2nd unit when Udoka gets healthy.

Ingles, Niang/Oni, Clarkson, Favors, Udoka.

Favors can shoot from midrange consistently enough to make this work.
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You can't have Udoka and Favors on the court together. That completely changes the way we want to play. As long as Gobert and Favors are healthy there are nothing but garage minutes left for Udoka.
 
sip said:
You can't have Udoka and Favors on the court together. That completely changes the way we want to play. As long as Gobert and Favors are healthy there are nothing but garage minutes left for Udoka.
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Udoka is a defensive anchor, Favors has a midrange game no reason it can't work.
 
sip said:
The crazy thing about the gleague is that it really is only a short term tool. You see a lot of players go to the gleague initially and play real well but then you see a lot of those guys down there a few years later and they have regressed. I view it more as a place to get guys in game shape than actually a place to develop because how guys play down there is not how they will be used in the nba.
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Guys are better off going to Europe and playing at a high level there
 
DasJazz said:
Udoka is a defensive anchor, Favors has a midrange game no reason it can't work.
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Favors doesn't have much of a midrange game and our offense is built around spacing. Put Udoka and Favors out there together and suddenly Clarkson has no room to operate. The reason our bench is so great is because of the spacing and shooting that we have. Also we have no idea if Udoka's defense will even translate to the nba. We have seen a ton of really good defensive bigs in college that just don't work out in the nba. I would put more money on that being the case with Udoka than him being a defensive anchor.
 
The Thriller said:
What about the center we played last night? He scored 30+ on us without breaking a sweat. He looked like Joker after joining Jenny Craig. I’m just grateful the rest of his team sucked. If he had Murray and Barton, we could’ve been in trouble last night in Orlando.

I guess he doesn’t count as he was drafted before #20 at #16
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1, Vuce already averaged 13pts a game in Orlando on his second season.

2, it took Vuce a move away from Philadelphia to get his playing time and chance to develop. Much like Jermaine O'neil getting out of Portland and Jusuf Nurkic getting out of Denver to find their spot in the league.

Udoka could one day become a solid backup or even a starting caliber center in the league one day, but it may take him a move away from Utah to do it. Simply not a good situation for him over here right now. just hope that it won't cost us another draft pick when it happens.
 
DasJazz said:
Udoka is a defensive anchor, Favors has a midrange game no reason it can't work.
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Two non shooting bigs playing together doesn't work very well. Favors isn't a shooting big and no team out there is scared of favors shooting from the mid range even if he is good at it. Opponents would love for favors taking mid range shots to be more of a part of our offense.
 
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