Best rebounding PG the Jazz have had in ages
Walt Clayton is a Dog
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Eh, I noticed that in the first half he went a couple of time right under our basket and took the rebound away from our bigs, in the vintage Westbrook style. I did not like that.
Tremendous Upside
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This kid is a hooper. We missed out on Edgecombe (which is still extremely painful) but WCJ brings the same type of "I don't get rattled" mentality.
His size doesn't do him any favors on defense, but he already knows where the ball is going next and is tough.
His size doesn't do him any favors on defense, but he already knows where the ball is going next and is tough.
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Tremendous Upside
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He'll hear about that. I wouldn't worry about it.
Stupid stupid stupid complaint
Give me players who fight for boards even if it's sometimes friendly fire over players who don't
No he wont
Basketball Novice
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Guards getting boards is a good thing as they can push pace and catch the other team sleeping or just get into the offense faster. I don't see much downside to it.
There are some obvious guard stealing boards from bigs situations, but for the most part you don't have the luxury as a player to stop and think of you need to hustle for the board. Just be on that time 100% of the time.
Yeah, the one where he came in and bumped Sabonis in the air and nabbed it, but he was off balance and did a stumble turnover directly after. Just love the way he throws his body to get rebounds. Definitely something the Jazz have been missing. Rubio was good at that kind of rebounding too. Those rebounds that are right below the FT area where a smart/active guard can get rebounds over bigs who are planted too deep.
I need Walt/Harkless minutes.
Add Harkless to the Dawg Pound.
Just watch Clayton's defensive rebound at 11.24 left in the 2nd quarter. There was nobody to fight: he just darted under the basket and, surrounded by our 3 bigs, snatched that juicy rebound. There were no Kings players anywhere in sight. It looked pretty bad, TBH.
Good. Like I said, and pretty much any coach would say, I'd rather my players fight for rebounds than not. If Walt just did that for the easy boards, thats one thing, but he has shown he gives that energy on a lot of rebound opportunities.
Except Clayton did not push pace after that rebound at 11.24 in the 2nd: he rarely does it (unlike Keyonte). He snatched the rebound away from our bigs and then slowly walked towards the midcourt line: Walter was the very last player to cross it. That's why I was so miffed by that whole sequence: his single goal was to record an extra rebound by taking it away from the bigs. Just watch the tape. And, judging by the appearance of this topic, it did work for some people.
I really hope it was just a brain fart and that he will have a conversation about it. Players like Westbrook are some of my least favorite ones.
You must be smoking that good weed because that Clayton rebound came right after he almost had a steal then he got in there for a rebound. Is he supposed to sit back watch? Not like he snatched it out of his teammates hand, he simply got a very good rebound. Watch that **** again cause you're talking some serious **** for real.
Yes? He indeed almost got a steal but then the Kings swung it to the corner and shot a three. At that moment Clayton was standing at top of the key, out of the play and ball watching, while around the basket were FOUR Jazz players and no Sacramento players. There was not a chance that the Kings would get that rebound. And at the moment of the shot Clayton did not try to leak forward to start a fast break. He did not wait for the ball at the top of the key. Instead, he ran like a madmen in the thicket of the Jazz players under the basket and snatched a rebound while being surrounded by the rest of the Jazz. After securing that rebound he slowly walked up the court.
It was the uncontested rebound with several bigs ready to grab it. There was zero need for the point guard to ran back under the basket to get it unless the guard is Russel Westbrook. Again, it could be just Clayton being carried away in the excitement of the game, so we will see how he rebounds in the upcoming games.
WCJ was very active on the offensive glass and trying to step in the passing lanes and get steals, and he should be definitely praised for that. But in college he was a solid but unremarkable rebounder so it would be very strange to expect for him to excel at rebounding in the NBA were the players are much bigger and stronger.