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Who is going to score?

AKMVP said:
Most of you guys are way to optimistic. It is one thing to score vs benches and vs Bobcats for example and it is other thing to do it as starter on regular basis vs best teams. There is no way Kanter and Favors will score more then 13pts per game ( which is still great for both of them). I expect most youngster to be in foul trouble a lot and Ty will reach for veterans more then you guys imagine. The only one who will be scoring above 15pts a game will be Hayward. And at the end of the day it is not bad thing, let them all struggle through this and gain invaluable experience and with hopefully high pick in 2014 we may be set for good.
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But, but... Derrick Favors workin with the Mailman.

2 years on the road experience ridin the pine with Millslap and BUIG AL.
 
Qman said:
Now that our roster is basically set. Who are scoring options going to be? Are we going to be able to generate easy catch and shoot opportunities?

I see option #1 as:

Burke/Favors or Kanter pick and roll.

With Burke's ability to shoot and our bigs ability to catch on the move this should be our best play.

Option #2

Hayward/Favors or Kanter pick and roll.

Hayward can be effective doing this but we will need weakside shooting-hopefully Rush will be able to deliver.

Option #3

Kanter in the post

Option #4

Hayward iso

Option #5

Favors in the post-- I really hope that the Favors/Malone workout will more Favors up. We could use a good post-up option.

The point is we are going to need to use our D to get fastbreak opportunities. We don't have the threats needed to draw double teams consistently.

IMO our best 5 will be

Burke
Hayward
Rush
Favors
Kanter

Our bench will be Burks, Biedrins, FA point guard. Gobert and Marvin/Jefferson will get spot minutes.

I am excited to see how it goes.
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If Only You Could Be Coach. I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself. I Am Excited To See How It Goes Too If That's Our Main Lineup. I'm Sure All The Pundits Will Pick Us Dead Last So It Will Also Be Cool To See Us Give Everyone The Big **** You Sandwich And String Together Some Quality Wins And Push For The Playoffs. I Think We Will Have The Talent To Do So If They Play Together All Year And Stay Healthy. Coach Sloan Had That Team In 2003 Made Up Of A Bunch Of Throw-Aways Competing Like Rabid Dogs And We Won 42 Games.
 
PKM said:
Btw, with this new youth movement, I expect to see Kanter more comfortable to not step on toes and show what he's got. I'm not saying I want the guy shooting 3's (he can) but having him nail 16 foot baseline jumpers will become the norm.
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It's almost been criminal how little they've let Kanter shoot the ball.
 
AKMVP said:
Most of you guys are way to optimistic. It is one thing to score vs benches and vs Bobcats for example and it is other thing to do it as starter on regular basis vs best teams. There is no way Kanter and Favors will score more then 13pts per game ( which is still great for both of them). I expect most youngster to be in foul trouble a lot and Ty will reach for veterans more then you guys imagine. The only one who will be scoring above 15pts a game will be Hayward. And at the end of the day it is not bad thing, let them all struggle through this and gain invaluable experience and with hopefully high pick in 2014 we may be set for good.
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I wonder what your reaction would be if I took this post, and showed it to AKMVP of 3 years ago, just to see the expression on your face.

A far cry from calling Hayward a dreadful pick @ #9, hehe.
 
candrew said:
Jazz will have no go-to guy in the beginning of the season; which will probably result in a lot of close, frustrating losses early in the season.

Someone will have to step up. Finding out who will be half the fun.
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Enter Trey Burke. Holy fuzz I still can't believe we DARFTed him.
 
AKMVP said:
Most of you guys are way to optimistic. It is one thing to score vs benches and vs Bobcats for example and it is other thing to do it as starter on regular basis vs best teams. There is no way Kanter and Favors will score more then 13pts per game ( which is still great for both of them). I expect most youngster to be in foul trouble a lot and Ty will reach for veterans more then you guys imagine. The only one who will be scoring above 15pts a game will be Hayward. And at the end of the day it is not bad thing, let them all struggle through this and gain invaluable experience and with hopefully high pick in 2014 we may be set for good.
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Just give them a chance. One year and lets talk again by the end of the season.
 
underKANTER said:
Just give them a chance. One year and lets talk again by the end of the season.
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Sure next year we would talk differently. But for you to expect that this season Kanter will jump his scoring from 6 pts to 18 is a bit fantastic don't you think so? Let him double it to 12 and it is already huge.
 
dalamon said:
I wonder what your reaction would be if I took this post, and showed it to AKMVP of 3 years ago, just to see the expression on your face.

A far cry from calling Hayward a dreadful pick @ #9, hehe.
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Well obviously Hayward turned out better then I expected - I admitted that I ate crow already so no need to beat dead horse. But I believe I was calling him dreadful pick not because of what kind of player he is but what kind of player we could have had instead. Like I love Burks a lot but to leave Kawhi on board was a dreadful mistake IMHO as well.
No complains about this year picks for example - Jazz got the best with their draft position and it is not even close.
 
This is make or break for Hayward and Favors. They both need to average close to 20 ppg this year to be considered any good. Certainly the league considers them a part of their future, being invited to the USA camp this summer. I like the addition of Rush and he could give us some serious punch. Burks could be that 3rd guy, he just needs to play within the system. I think he could be somewhere between 15-18 ppg. Burke will be low teens, needs to rack up the assists and run the system.

I sure would like to see Evans get some time. Hope he's working on jumper, give us 10 off the bench and play that off-defender role.

Hayward 20 ppg
Favors 20 ppg
Burks 15 ppg
Rush 13 ppg
Burke 11 ppg
Kanter 10 ppg
Bench 11-15 ppg
 
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