Xiao at it again :oldlol:
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Xiao at it again :oldlol:
[QUOTE=HoopsNY;14282994]Your arguments are descending from bad to worse. How do you draw comparisons with Seattle's top shooters like Hawkins, Schrempf, or McMillan, with guys like Rubio or Favors?
Favors isn't a three point shooter and barely has any volume, shooting 21% with Utah from the distance career-wise. Rubio with Utah in his career shot 32%.
You're gonna compare those guys to someone like Hersey Hawkins who shot the three at an almost 40% mark for his career? Heck, in 1998 when Seattle led the league in three point shooting, GP shot 34%.
You don't see the flaws in your arguments? We've heard so far in this thread, from numerous posters, that:
1) Seattle can't shoot threes (evidence suggested otherwise)
2) Seattle only shot wide open threes (evidence shows that's exactly what Utah does)
3) Gobert is an elite big man (but Kemp wasn't?)
4) Seattle couldn't guard them on the perimeter (despite explaining how GP was a great defender regardless of hand checking)
5) Seattle's shooters compare to Rubio and Favors (evidence clearly showed otherwise)
All are debunked, yet you're still holding onto this weak premise. I don't understand why.[/QUOTE]
The Jazz run shooters off the 3 point line and funnel them to Gobert. If you can't shoot they will gladly let you fire away all day or if you can they'll let you shoot long two's all day. With only 3 shooters Seattle becomes much easier to defend. Rubio and Favors weren't guarded because they couldn't shoot. The Jazz were much easier to guard. The reason the Jazz offense is great the past two years is because everyone but their centers can shoot and they screen and put pressure on the rim if you guard the 3 point line hard.
34% is horrible. Jazz would take that all day. Fire away! 3 guys can shoot. I've said that several times. The 3 guys that can shoot would be guarded tightly and that would be easier to do because only 3 of them could shoot. I said Kemp might be a good matchup with Gobert. Seattle could try to guard them on the perimeter but since they never guarded a team like that good luck! All but 3 of their shooters compare favorably with Rubio and Favors. McMillan, Hawkins and Detlef. Their two best players would be left open to shoot. I hope I don't have to repeat this yet again!
It's pretty difficult not to go with Sonics who are a proven team. The Jazz haven't done anything in the playoffs yet. In about 4 months we should have a better answer to this question. People sometimes also forget that the Sonics were absolutely elite from 1994-1998. It wasn't just one season.
[QUOTE=dankok8;14283218]It's pretty difficult not to go with Sonics who are a proven team. The Jazz haven't done anything in the playoffs yet. In about 4 months we should have a better answer to this question. People sometimes also forget that the Sonics were absolutely elite from 1994-1998. It wasn't just one season.[/QUOTE]
the problem with that thinking is the Jazz are #1 against teams built for today's game. Why would a team built for a different era be able to do what teams today can't?
[QUOTE=Lebron23;14280520]Who wins in a best of 7 series?
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The one that made it to the finals. Jazz will be lucky to get out of the first or second round