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I need some time to reflect on this, but I keep coming back to one impression: the Jazz are soft.

Mike Conley is not physically imposing. You can say that Chris Paul is undersized, like Mike is, but Chris is a tough, bulldog-type defender. Mike isn't much of a factor on defense. I don't think you can put him in a closing rotation for that reason alone. Mike isn't as quick as he used to be. He isn't long or very strong. Certain matchups just leave him overmatched defensively.

And I'm not sure how he had six (6) turnovers tonight. Surely, he didn't come back to give the ball away like that.
 
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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I need some time to reflect on this, but I keep coming back to one impression: the Jazz are soft.

Mike Conley is not physically imposing. You can say that Chris Paul is undersized, like Mike is, but Chris is a tough, bulldog-type defender. Mike isn't much of a factor on defense. I don't think you can put him in a closing rotation for that reason alone. Mike isn't as quick as he used to be. He isn't long or very strong. Certain matchups just leave him overmatched defensively.
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I think we play intellectual basketball... we allow mid range shots, commit euro fouls the second a fast break could happen, and we love the smell of our own farts. I think some of these things make for lazy habits. We prefer moar shooting to toughness and physicality. Physicality means guys get free throws and our spreadsheet says that is bad.

I said last offseason we need more “do ****” players... guys like Bruce brown that just get steals blocks deflections loose balls and play defense. We prefer guys like JC and Bogey who are just scorers and nothing else. It’s a roster problem but also a coaching problem... Brantley or Oni might have been that type of guy... Shaq could have as well... we prefer Niangs. Look at what Nash did with Brown... guy was a pg/wing and he uses him as a big... we took Shaq and said he’s a pg. never tried him as a stopper on the perimeter. Would we have done the same with Brown? Coach or DL... IDK but there needs to be a change. DL had the more obvious mistakes imo.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think we play intellectual basketball... we allow mid range shots, commit euro fouls the second a fast break could happen, and we love the smell of our own farts. I think some of these things make for lazy habits. We prefer moar shooting to toughness and physicality. Physicality means guys get free throws and our spreadsheet says that is bad.

I said last offseason we need more “do ****” players... guys like Bruce brown that just get steals blocks deflections loose balls and play defense. We prefer guys like JC and Bogey who are just scorers and nothing else. It’s a roster problem but also a coaching problem... Brantley or Oni might have been that type of guy... Shaq could have as well... we prefer Niangs. Look at what Nash did with Brown... guy was a pg/wing and he uses him as a big... we took Shaq and said he’s a pg. never tried him as a stopper on the perimeter. Would we have done the same with Brown? Coach or DL... IDK but there needs to be a change. DL had the more obvious mistakes imo.
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I honestly thought Brantley could have had an impact on this series. Against a team that switches, he can lower his shoulder and get deep in the paint. What happens next is anyone's guess, but he can score 1-on-1.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I honestly thought Brantley could have had an impact on this series. Against a team that switches, he can lower his shoulder and get deep in the paint. What happens next is anyone's guess, but he can score 1-on-1.
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I thought late in the 3rd quarter put Brantley, Forrest and Morgan in. It would have changed the look for awhile and perhaps forced that out of control freight train to slow down.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
How long does it take for him to realize he needs to take out Gobert and play small ball?
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WTF is wrong with you. Don’t post stupid crap unless you have anything insightful to say other than stupid statements we don’t need jammed down our throats, like some captain obvious!!
 
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