Utah Jazz @ Dallas Mavericks Friday 1/27 6:30pm (MT)

[Grandpa Jazz]

Kanter aggressive offense seems mostly ignored, even here. Give the kid some big credit, by the time he was put on the floor the game was in in big time jeopardy. So for the first time ever, he became aggressive on offense. And we get a taste of what this young man can become. Did some comparisons with big Al/Kanter on a per/minute basis. Given 32 minutes a game big Al would average 17.7 & 8.9 boards. Young Kanter would come in at 11.8 points and 11.5 boards. Keep in mind that Al is always the first or second offensive option. While Kanter has never been on anyone's radar. Maybe once a game he would receive the ball and try to make a move on his own, last night he asserted himself repeatedly and i really liked what i saw.

Differing opinions are welcomed and expected.

 

[zman1527]

Nice analysis of the game from slcdunk.


https://www.slcdunk.com/2012/1/28/2754069/jazz-101-mavs-117-game-17-review

Interesting, yes, but way way too much of the musical analogies.

I liked this: "Al, Josh, you're great guys and I really appreciate you coming back to play as soon as possible. But we're getting killed by their quick guys tonight. You just aren't 100% and more than anything right now, to win this game we need guys who can move defensively. Don't take this as an insult. Don't worry about your playing time next week. We just need people who have their A-game to try to stop the Mavs tonight."

I also agree with him about Hayward doing a lot more than the stat sheet shows. If he can ever come up with a shot around the key, a floater, runner, pull-up j, he could really be something. Right now not quite enough hops or speed to finish at the rim.

 

[Legatus]

Terrible game. No effort by 80% of the players and the few that played good didn't get enough minutes(kanter, burks). Jefferson should have stayed out, you could see he was not at 100%. Also Miles was horrible to watch and was the main reason of the offensive slump after it got close in the third imo. Kanter deserves more minutes than favors.

Corbin is slumping in the last games. The roster rotation and player management is looking like the first few games again.

Also for me it looks like there is too much help D when the opponent plays slowly(post up for example) and not enough when it gets quicker(pick and rolls). Dallas punished too much help D in both games against us. Every big man we have is able to defend any opposing big man. They should realise that our interior D is our strong point and the perimeter D is worse and by double teaming they force the ball to get to our weak spot.

 

[cowhide]

I loved Kanter's aggressiveness last night. He put up huge numbers considering his minutes. 12 pts. 7 rebounds 1 block, 1 steal in less than 13 minutes. I thought he deserved more minutes. One thing I noticed about Kanter offensively is that he needs to move out just a little more on the block so when he spins he isn't under the backboard. He also needs to develop a little jump hook coming across the lane so he isn't so predictable.

I still don't get why Burks doesn't play more. He hustles on defense and he can create his own shot which is necessary when you play a team like Dallas. If AJ and Howard were not 100 percent then they shouldn't play. There is plenty of depth on the team to compensate for injuries. Overall the performance was pathetic and shockingly the same as in the past. Jazz are not good enough to go through the motions.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Kanter aggressive offense seems mostly ignored, even here. Give the kid some big credit, by the time he was put on the floor the game was in in big time jeopardy. So for the first time ever, he became aggressive on offense. And we get a taste of what this young man can become. Did some comparisons with big Al/Kanter on a per/minute basis. Given 32 minutes a game big Al would average 17.7 & 8.9 boards. Young Kanter would come in at 11.8 points and 11.5 boards. Keep in mind that Al is always the first or second offensive option. While Kanter has never been on anyone's radar. Maybe once a game he would receive the ball and try to make a move on his own, last night he asserted himself repeatedly and i really liked what i saw.

Differing opinions are welcomed and expected.

Also keep in mind production is harder to keep up when playing extended minutes, Al goes against 1st string centers, Kanter was posting up Vince Carter.

I really don't think Kanter would have a snowball's chance in hell scoring on Brendan Haywood at this point.

 

[Dr. Jones]

I loved Kanter's aggressiveness last night. He put up huge numbers considering his minutes. 12 pts. 7 rebounds 1 block, 1 steal in less than 13 minutes. I thought he deserved more minutes. One thing I noticed about Kanter offensively is that he needs to move out just a little more on the block so when he spins he isn't under the backboard. He also needs to develop a little jump hook coming across the lane so he isn't so predictable.

I still don't get why Burks doesn't play more. He hustles on defense and he can create his own shot which is necessary when you play a team like Dallas. If AJ and Howard were not 100 percent then they shouldn't play. There is plenty of depth on the team to compensate for injuries. Overall the performance was pathetic and shockingly the same as in the past. Jazz are not good enough to go through the motions.

This.

 

[northeast]

Yucca man, whoever you are, all good points. I wasn't saying that the Jazz should have been happy with the loss, just that it was encouraging that Harris, Bell, and Hayward looked good on their jump shots.