[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/17/walker-kessler-will-make-talen-horton-tucker-the-odd-man-out-for-the-utah-jazz/[/url]
Should be The Bum
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[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/17/walker-kessler-will-make-talen-horton-tucker-the-odd-man-out-for-the-utah-jazz/[/url]
Should be The Bum
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/17/simone-fontecchio-should-keep-getting-reps-for-the-utah-jazz/[/url]
not if they are healthy
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/17/there-is-a-push-to-keep-keyonte-george-in-the-utah-jazzs-starting-lineup/[/url]
I'd be surprised if he's benched. Dunn should start but won't
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/17/not-everyone-is-on-board-with-zach-lavine-coming-to-the-utah-jazz/[/url]
why would anybody be on board other than the Bulls?
[url]https://www.deseret.com/2023/11/18/23959437/the-jazz-lost-but-it-doesnt-matter-because-keyonte-george-is-so-good[/url]
[QUOTE][h=1]The Jazz lost, but it doesn’t matter, because Keyonte George is so good[/h][/QUOTE]
:facepalm
[QUOTE]I could very easily parse the mistakes the Jazz made (though there weren’t very many in the 131-128 game) and analyze the little things.[/QUOTE]
yeah what could be wrong when you give up 130 points! :roll:
[QUOTE]The Jazz were seriously considering and in conversations about Jrue Holiday before the season started, and honestly, it’s a good thing that those negotiations came to an end because I don’t think George would have gotten the playing time he’s being afforded right now and I really don’t think he’d be starting.
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learning from one of the best isn't a bad thing
[QUOTE]I just think that we should really appreciate what we’re seeing because this is the future for the Utah Jazz. George is going to be a huge piece of what this team builds. He is officially one of the building blocks, and it took just four NBA starts for me to say that.
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been pretty obvious since summer league
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/18/unpacking-john-collins-role-impact-utah-jazz-rebuild/[/url]
I'd say if Hardy has a clue which I don't think he does Collins has to go to the bench once Kessler comes back. Than you have 2 of your top 3 players with him and Olynyk on the bench. At least one of them probably has to go and eventually both with Hendricks and Sensabaugh in the wings not to mention Agbaji who should be at the 2 but again Hardy and his Bum. Collins has had a resurgence as was hoped and him and Olynyk should both be very tradable
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/18/if-history-is-any-indication-jordan-clarkson-cant-keep-this-pace-up-for-the-utah-jazz/[/url]
nice to know at least one other person gets it :cheers:
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/18/stopping-elite-scorers-issue-utah-jazz/[/url]
too bad that Gobert guy sucked so bad that you had to trade him. Who has the best D in the league?
[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/salt-city-seven-the-big-impending-choice-hardy-sees-progress-more/[/url]
[QUOTE]The continued growth of Keyonte George and the [URL="https://x.com/esotericwalden/status/1726671264595812623?s=20"]encouraging news about Walker Kessler[/URL] mean the Jazz could be days away from having a difficult decision to make.
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they suck! How difficult can it be? Obviously Collins has to be benched even though along with Olynyk they are your 2nd and 3rd best players this year. The Bum should be gone. I'd definitely bring him off the bench and keep Agbaji in but we know that won't happen. Keep starting George or start Dunn which also won't happen. No other options there
[QUOTE]One option: break up the bigs. The Kessler-Markkanen-Collins trio has a -20.9 net rating in 211 possessions so far this season, which Will Hardy and his staff could take as an early sign that the combination doesn’t work. On the other hand, though: 174 of those 211 possessions came alongside THT. It’s entirely possible that the configuration could work with a complement of guards that doesn’t further complicate the spacing. (The collective maligning of THT has gone a bit overboard, but it is true that opponents are not that concerned about him off ball, even thought he’s currently shooting a higher percentage than Clarkson, George and Collin Sexton.)
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again for those that have somehow missed it, The Bum sucks!
[QUOTE]Agbaji feels too important defensively, as he has routinely been assigned opposing teams’ best wing or guard. Clarkson feels too important offensively, as essentially the only Jazzman who can consistently manufacture his own shot. It sure as heck won’t be the team’s lone All-Star, and we’ve already covered the reasons they likely won’t ask George to keep his warm-ups on longer.
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Hardy certainly doesn't think as highly of Agbaji as the rest of us. Loves The Bum more than anyone obviously though. Hardy should be the first one to go!
[QUOTE](It’s also worth reminding ourselves that lineup data has very little [I]predictive[/I] value in general at this point in the season. It’s still interesting and [I]descriptive[/I], but new sample can make stats swing wildly back and forth at this point. Want proof? The best high-minute lineup in Sunday’s thriller against Phoenix was Markkanen with the four primary reserves at +8.9 — the same group that was -6.7 against the same opponent two nights earlier. Be patient with all stats at this point in the season, but especially lineup data.)
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How about just eye test and common sense? The Bum sucks period! No upside either. Can't imagine the 3 bigs are going to work no matter the sample size. Has never made sense. They sucked defensively last year with 3 and Collins isn't McDaniels and Kessler isn't Gobert. It's 2022 not 1990
[QUOTE]There’s no easy answer here. But there does have to be an answer, and we’ll know it soon.
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there is but again it will take a different coach and some roster changes to fix their mess
[QUOTE]One of the worries about Markkanen’s trajectory is that he’d take an efficiency hit playing without a Mike Conley-level table setter. So far, that hasn’t happened. His true shooting is .633, the second best season of his career and mere tenths of a percentage point off of last season. In particular, he seems emboldened (or perhaps encouraged from the sidelines) about shooting early in the shot clock, and when he does, watch out: he’s currently shooting 52% from deep when he fires in the first nine seconds of the shot clock.
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the rest of the roster and coach miss Conley. Obviously the big difference between last year and this one
[QUOTE]Suns superstar Devin Booker shot just 1-for-9 from the field (0-for-3 from three) while guarded by Agbaji in this weekend’s two games. For that matter, even the red hot Kevin Durant managed just 6-for-13 against Agbaji’s defense. He also turned the ball over three times with Agbaji as his primary defender, but did bait the Jazz guard into a 3-shot foul. In all, that’s 17 points on 17 used possessions. Agbaji is becoming Utah’s defensive Swiss Army knife.
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and Hardy still hasn't figured it out. One of their best athletes if not the best and one of their better shooters and one of their young guys that should be part of their future core but who cares you've got the brick master instead!
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/20/the-utah-jazz-need-a-better-number-two-option-than-jordan-clarkson/[/url]
Sexton, Collins and Talen all better
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/20/utah-jazz-get-robbed-officials-loss-phoenix-suns/[/url]
[QUOTE]Talen Horton Tucker had his best game of the year, with 25 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 50% shooting in 29 minutes. Strangely, he did not play in either overtime period.
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strange? You foget who the coach was? Thurl and what's her name were praising Hardy all nite for extending Talen's minutes but didn't mention that Hardy went with his favorite player at the end. Would have never went to ot. Fix it Danny!
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2023/11/20/despite-back-to-back-losses-we-know-the-utah-jazz-can-hold-their-own-finally/[/url]
[QUOTE]The Jazz still need to get some help from the front office to right the ship, as guys like Jordan Clarkson and Horton-Tucker are still holding the team back, and the Jazz need to get Walker Kessler back from injury so that he can help fortify a pretty poor defense.
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I can see Talen having a role. He's young with upside. The Bum sucks and has no upside. Not the same sorry my man!
[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2023/11/20/nba-thankful-underrated-player/15/[/url]
[QUOTE]You’d have to think that at some point soon, the Jazz is going to be able to cash in Clarkson as an asset in the trade market. He’s a professional scorer that a contender could probably use heading into the final stretch of the season. The question is, when will that come and what will be the final return for him?
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been thinking it for years but it's looking more and more like he will retire here with Hardy :cry:
Looks like their big 4 played pretty well in the loss. Sensabaugh at the 2 with Juzang back still putting up big numbers. Langford big off the bench too. Christophe with 11 assists but 5 TO
[QUOTE] Andy Larsen: Will Hardy: “The only 2 things that I care about are: play hard & pass. We’re at a point now where if you’re not willing to do both of those things, you cannot play for the Utah Jazz. We have had pockets where that’s been our identity, & we’ve had pockets where we have wavered.”
– via Twitter andyblarsen[/QUOTE]
I liked the team last year because they played hard and unselfish except for you're favorite player. When he's not playing for the Jazz I might believe you :facepalm