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Utah Jazz (5-7) vs Brooklyn Nets (5-7) Tonight 7pm

So is a team with Favors at the 5 and no Gobert a workable option? thought the defense was pretty darn good and the offense was far more fluid. With Gobert at the 5 the defense is top 5, but the offense is awful. It would help if either Rudy or Favs would accept coming off the bench.

Really nice to see Favors have a nice game. Amazing how well he plays when allowed to play to his strengths.
 
Jazz Traveler said:
So is a team with Favors at the 5 and no Gobert a workable option? thought the defense was pretty darn good and the offense was far more fluid. With Gobert at the 5 the defense is top 5, but the offense is awful. It would help if either Rudy or Favs would accept coming off the bench.

Really nice to see Favors have a nice game. Amazing how well he plays when allowed to play to his strengths.
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3 years ago I would scream yes. However, it doesn't work now for the following reasons:

#1 - contract. If Favors became our franchise center, we all know what we are risking this summer - either lose him in free agency or overpay to keep him.

#2 - injury history. By transitioning to Favors, we would have to be hopeful his many ailments are behind him. As a player with 8 years playing experience with an injury history, all indications would be that the injuries will return if not get worse.

#3 - why now? We have had the guy for something like 7 years. If we havent gone to this before, why would we now?

We need to rest Gobert for most of the next month, let Favors build up some trade value, and trade him while we can. I wish we would have moved him full time to center years ago, but our chance has passed.

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LoPo said:
3 years ago I would scream yes. However, it doesn't work now for the following reasons:

#1 - contract. If Favors became our franchise center, we all know what we are risking this summer - either lose him in free agency or overpay to keep him.

#2 - injury history. By transitioning to Favors, we would have to be hopeful his many ailments are behind him. As a player with 8 years playing experience with an injury history, all indications would be that the injuries will return if not get worse.

#3 - why now? We have had the guy for something like 7 years. If we havent gone to this before, why would we now?

We need to rest Gobert for most of the next month, let Favors build up some trade value, and trade him while we can. I wish we would have moved him full time to center years ago, but our chance has passed.

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Well reasoned
 
The enigma that is Rubio - 8 assists and 1 turnover.

Thabo is like Ingles last season - makes a big impact without posting big numbers.

And Favors... hopefully this game showed him he can play well again.
 
Et tu Brute said:
Favors as a 5 is a real thing.

He is so much more versatile than Gobert on offense and tonight showed that Gobert grabs a few rebounds that Favors could gobble if he was on the floor by himself.

Would love to see what Favors looked like with a lot of games at center - playing with starters.
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We saw plenty of Favors at center before Gobert took over. Wasn't anything to write home about. Against true centers like Gasol, Lopez, he was overmatched.
 
Jazz Traveler said:
So is a team with Favors at the 5 and no Gobert a workable option? thought the defense was pretty darn good
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-The Jazz gave up 106 points to the Brooklyn Nets.
-Favors is an unrestricted free agent this offseason. Even if the Jazz wanted to keep him, it's not really up to them. He's also signaled that he's the **** out of this place several times either through his agent or his MYSTERIOUS twitter posts.
 
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NUMBERICA said:
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-The Jazz gave up 106 points to the Brooklyn Nets.
-Favors is an unrestricted free agent this offseason. Even if the Jazz wanted to keep him, it's not really up to them. He's also signaled that he's the **** out of this place several times either through his agent or his MYSTERIOUS twitter posts.
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I love Favors as a person, but he’s had a number of injuries that left him a shell of his former self. I’ve hoped for a return to the Wasatch Front days that were so tantalizing after the Kanter trade.

At this point, outside of a firm commitment to extend his current deal the Jazz have to look at trading him before the deadline. Given his low contract, youth and future potential. . . I think he should be the team’s best trade chip.

The Jazz need to start looking at building a team that can win in the playoffs. As built right now (deep, but without a true #1 option), they should be successful in the regular season, but will struggle in the postseason. They can already go small if they need to. . . plus they have solid defenders across the roster. But they really need another offensive threat at either PF or SF that can shoulder some of that load. Hopefully a trade of Favors (and other assets) would address that need.
 
Jazz Traveler said:
So is a team with Favors at the 5 and no Gobert a workable option? thought the defense was pretty darn good and the offense was far more fluid. With Gobert at the 5 the defense is top 5, but the offense is awful. It would help if either Rudy or Favs would accept coming off the bench.

Really nice to see Favors have a nice game. Amazing how well he plays when allowed to play to his strengths.
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Favors is a solid starting 5 in the league and it looked like he had better chemistry with Rubio than Gobert has had. However, the keyword was 'Solid', Gobert is elite. If Gobert isn't jiving with Rubio, you don't change the team to fit who works best with Rubio. You change the team to what fits with Gobert. Otherwise your just building an average/above average team when you should be focusing on what needs to be done to build an elite team.
 
hawkeye said:
Favors is a solid starting 5 in the league and it looked like he had better chemistry with Rubio than Gobert has had. However, the keyword was 'Solid', Gobert is elite. If Gobert isn't jiving with Rubio, you don't change the team to fit who works best with Rubio. You change the team to what fits with Gobert. Otherwise your just building an average/above average team when you should be focusing on what needs to be done to build an elite team.
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Whos had the best chemisty with Gobert to date??
 
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