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[QUOTE]the Jazz had 22 fewer shots than the Pelicans, so despite holding the Pelicans to a lower shooting percentage than their own, they got beaten pretty easily in the end. The Jazz allowed the Pelicans to get 18 offensive rebounds, 8 more than the average NBA team. Then, Utah turned the ball over 18 times. The Pelicans were able to take advantage with 21 points off of those turnovers, including 17 fast-break points.
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[QUOTE]the Idaho Stampede won their first game, and are now 1-2 with 47 games to go before the playoffs. They defeated the Los Angeles Lakers affiliate team, the Los Angeles Defenders. It was a sell-out crowd of 148 people (obviously not a sell out),[/QUOTE]
148 people is a sell out? :eek:
[QUOTE]and a one point finish . . . and there's just so much to talk about. LA was up by 24 in the second half, but Idaho did not quit. They had a good reason to quit as starting point guard Nick Covington went down with an ankle injury, but true rookie, 22 year old Tre Bussey, stepped up. But let's be real, this game isn't an Idaho win without the efforts of Toure' Murry and Kevin Murphy.[/QUOTE]
Murray is the only one we should really care about though I guess if they'll have a good idea of how other guys could fit into their system by watching them down there.
[QUOTE]I get that for some, that's all you want to read. So here are the stats of the players you care about:
Toure' Murry played 27 minutes and finished with 15 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds, 5 steals, didn't make a three, but was instrumental down the stretch with his defense and offensive ability. He shot 7/15, but did have four turn overs.[/QUOTE]
Nice game! If he can keep that up they'll probably keep him around and who knows he might be able to help the big club at sometime. Hood needs to go there and prove his worth too. The fact that he'l be coming off an injury makes even more sense to do so.
[QUOTE]Kevin Murphy can't be contained for three straight games. The NBA-DL scoring leader erupted for 32 points (10/18 FG, 2/4 from deep, and 10/11 from the line), and added 7 assists, 6 rebounds, and 1 steal[/QUOTE]
He'll get another shot somewhere if he can do that consistently. I think he's got a chance as a bench scorer in the league eventually.
[QUOTE]Jack Cooley is still hurt
Nick Covington, who played with the Jazz in Vegas, got injured early, and only played 8 minutes -- he still managed 3 points, 4 assists, and 1 steal in that time
Tre Bussey had 18 points off the bench, and 4 steals, he shot 6/11, 3/3, 3/3 in the energizer role
Joel Wright had another solid game with 23 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, and 1 assist.
Jerrelle Benimon also came off the bench and had 21 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, and 1 steal[/QUOTE]
some big games!
[QUOTE]Anyway, Idaho didn't quit and were down by double digits still in the fourth quarter. The Stamps made a run right when they had to and went from being down 14 with 8 minutes to play to being up by one off of two made free throws by Kevin Murphy with 6 and change to play.
It was a dogfight from then on (which means lots of misses, it's the NBA-DL), and Idaho had to take a time out with 1:01 left, and LA being up 126-124. Out of the time out Shane Gibson got fouled on a three with 58.3 seconds to go. So yeah, the play was "inbound to a guy, and have that guy take a pump fake with 3 seconds of total clock time." They're not really running an offense here. Dude made all of his throws, LA then bricked a quick shot -- and then Kevin Murphy got called for an offensive foul. Yikes. A flagrant foul. A flagrant offensive foul . . . from a guard? Gotta love NBA-DL refs. After the review it was downgraded to a regular foul though.
LA ball, down by one with 30 seconds left. They missed a layup, got the rebound, missed another layup, and then Idaho got the ball, and threw it down court to a cherrypicking Joel Wright for an open dunk. Idaho up by 3. LA ball with 8 seconds left. Coach Cooper said in the time out for "no one to help." Guess what happened?
Jamario Moon got all backboard on a three point shot from way too deep, Idaho got the ball back. Got fouled. And Wright bricked the first FT, made the second. And that was the game. The four point lead was the largest lead for the Stamps in the ENTIRE GAME. With 1.5 seconds left LA drew up a play that got Manny Harris an open three, and he drained it at the buzzer for the final margin of 130-129.
These two teams play again tonight in LA, and it will be fun to see if Kevin and Toure' can break out again. Also, A.C.Green is a worse commentator than Matt Harpring.
I did not see a lot of the Utah Jazz offense in this game, but I wasn't paying attention to every minute of the 2 hour long D-League game in front of less than 150 fans.[/QUOTE]
Another nice game last night or Murray.
MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A +/- OREB DREB REB AST PF STL TO BS BA PTS
T. Murry
38 10-21 0-2 2-3 13 2 8 10 5 4 2 3 1 3 22
Turnovers are bit high but looks pretty nice otherwise.
[QUOTE]“I’ve always been active in the community, maybe not as much as I am now, because obviously I’m more financially stable,” said Booker, a valuable backup for the Jazz who’s making $5 million this season. “I feel like I can do more with me being stable. I’m comfortable doing a lot more than I used to.”[/QUOTE]
You weren't stable on your multi million dollar rookie deal? :confusedshrug:
[QUOTE]This past summer, the hard-working fifth-year player participated in a “Booker’s Breakfast Assist” to help round up cereal and milk donations for the Crossroads Urban Center.
“It’s definitely a great community,” Booker said of Utah. “I’m just glad to be able to give back.”
DRIVING MR. DANTE: Jazz forward Joe Ingles has come a long way over the years. Way back when, the Australian standout forward was Dante Exum’s favorite player and hoops hero.
Now the 27-year-old Ingles is apparently his younger Jazz teammate’s chauffeur.
Surrounded by multiple members of the Australian media for Friday’s game against the Warriors — also featuring Aussie Andrew Bogut — Ingles was asked about his relationship with Exum, the Jazz rookie from Melbourne.
“I saved him from his mom driving him to practice,” Ingles said. “I think he feels better coming with me than his mom. He’s 15 or whatever he is, so I’ll take care of him until he grows old enough.”
Here’s guessing Exum will return the favor if Ingles needs a driver down the road someday.[/QUOTE]
He hasn't learned to drive? What is the age to drive there Kabong?
[QUOTE]HELPFUL ADVICE: Ingles was a Beijing Olympics teammate of Bogut’s, but Exum doesn’t personally know the former Ute all that well. The Golden State center, however, took time to speak with Cecil Exum, Dante’s father, to give him advice on the NBA during the draft process this past year. Bogut also met with the younger Exum while the teen phenom worked out in Los Angeles leading up to the June draft.
That was much appreciated by Exum, who believes Bogut’s success on the U.S. basketball scene has been “good for Australian basketball” over the past decade.
“It was big at the time when he went No. 1 back in Australia,” Exum said of Bogut, who was taken first by Milwaukee in the 2005 draft. “He was kind of talking about the differences (of) what he’s done and what he could have done differently to help me.”
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He meet Lucy Longley yet? I watched his college career since they were in the same league as Utah and BYU.
[QUOTE]Anthony Davis, the 6-foot-10, former No. 1 draft pick from Kentucky, has become one of the NBA’s best in his third season in the NBA. [/QUOTE]
He was one of the best last year. He might be the best at the moment though.
[QUOTE]He showed the Jazz an eyeful Saturday, scoring a career-high 43 points on 16-of-23 shooting with a team-high 14 rebounds. For good measure, he added a pair of steals and a blocked shot and played good defense against Utah’s big men, who collectively didn’t have one of their better nights.
“Obviously Davis is a great player and he had a great game tonight,’’ said Utah coach Quin Snyder. “It’s a real challenge. You can’t give him easy baskets and he got some of those tonight.’’
The Jazz couldn’t find an answer for the talented 6-foot-10 Davis all night. Several Jazz players took a turn guarding the big man with Enes Kanter, Derrick Favors, Gordon Hayward and Trevor Booker all having no luck stopping Davis.
“There was really never a chance to double him, he goes so quickly when he gets the ball,’’ said Snyder.
“It’s tough — he’s long, he’s athletic, he can shoot over you, he can drive it — he has a lot of assets to his game,’’ said Booker. “I should have tried to guard him a little more. I’m not sure I could have made a difference … he’s a good player.’’[/QUOTE]
Harping did mention Booker defending him better.
[QUOTE]With their second straight loss, the Jazz dropped to 5-9 on the season with a home game against Chicago coming up on Monday night, while the Pelicans improved to 7-5.[/QUOTE]
The losses keep coming. Tank! :rolleyes:
[QUOTE]For the third straight game the Jazz got off to a slow start and found themselves down by 17 points at halftime. They clawed back within five points after three quarters, but couldn’t get closer as the Pelicans increased their lead down the stretch.
After getting 21 of his points in the first half on 8-of-10 shooting, Davis added 11 points in the third quarter and 11 more in the in the final period.
“It was a special night for him,’’ said New Orleans coach Monty Williams. “He didn’t want to come out of the game, but we had to get him a break (Davis played 40 minutes). He never lost his rhythm. We know he’s a special player and he’s just starting to scratch the surface, but tonight was a big-time night for him.’’[/QUOTE]
You could see he was tired late in the fourth when he got a quick breather.
[QUOTE]Davis gave credit to his teammates, saying, “My team helped me a lot. All of our guards were finding me and making sure I got the ball in my sweet spots. So then it was my job to knock them down.’’[/QUOTE]
Every spot looks pretty sweet for him.
[QUOTE]Jrue Holiday was the only other Pelican player in double figures with 19, including 2-of-2 from 3-point range. He also had nine of the team’s 19 assists.
Both teams had played the night before, although the Jazz starters had played less, barely half the game since Golden State had a 22-point halftime lead and coasted home from there.
The Pelicans had lost by 20 in Denver, but had been in the game until the final quarter, and four of their starters played at least 29 minutes, including 31 from Davis.
That’s what amazed Williams about Davis.
“I told him I don’t take that for granted, a guy who can go for 43 and 14 off a back-to-back with that kind of energy,’’ Williams said.
The two bright spots for the Jazz were Hayward and Trey Burke, who scored 31 and 20 points, respectively. Hayward scored 21 in the second half when he almost singlehandedly kept the Jazz within shouting distance.[/QUOTE]
Except for the fact that Holiday was killing Trey at the other end. Why not try Clark, Exum or Burks instead? Eric Gordon got hurt so they didn't have as many options.
[QUOTE]But the pair didn’t get much help outside of 10 points and five rebounds off the bench from Booker. Derrick Favors scored just 13 points on 5-of-12 shooting, while Enes Kanter finished with eight. Alec Burks had a particularly rough night with two points on 1-of-12 shooting with four turnovers.[/QUOTE]
Kanter played well again in limited time. Hope Burks gets it together before he starts getting paid next year. Favors should have been benched late in the game after Davis scored at the other end because Derek was walking up the court pouting because the refs didn't call a foul. That is leadership? I'd love to see Snyder reward guys for their play. Too much entitlement with tanking.
[QUOTE]As for Fredette, he entered the game with 2:50 left in the third quarter to his usual EnergySolutions reception, a loud mix of cheers and boos. He stayed in for the first half of the fourth quarter, but rarely touched the ball, getting off a 12-foot shot in the lane that rolled around and fell out and a 3-pointer from out front that also missed.
“It was great to be back here to see family and friends that I was so close with the four years I was at BYU,’’ Fredette said. “It’s fun to come back and reminisce and see everyone.’’
After Monday’s game against the Bulls, the Jazz head back on the road for a game at Oklahoma City Wednesday night and a home game against the L.A. Clippers Saturday night.[/QUOTE]
Doesn't get easier.
[QUOTE]And a rumble from the trade front: Word is Brooklyn's market for Andrei Kirilenko is expanding beyond merely dispatching AK-47 to Philly. One intriguing option, if Nets wait 'til Dec. 15 when trade market expands, is said to be AK-47 back to Utah for Jeremy Evans/Toure Murry Twitter @ESPNSteinLine [/QUOTE]
I figured they want to keep Murry the way he has played the past couple games. Makes to much sense to trade Evans for AK though. Bring him home! :cheers:
Would be nice to see him back on the team.
[QUOTE]Utah's losing streak hit six games
[QUOTE]the Utah Jazz have gone 109 / 332 from outside, which is .32.8%. When you average it out it's 6.8 threes made a game, and 20.8 hoists from deep. The NBA ranks are 18th in makes, 14th in takes, and 23rd in percentage. That's not an awesome look.
A bad shot is the self made pull-up three. That's what we saw a lot last season. The Jazz shot 262 pull up threes last season (More than three a game). And as you can imagine, they didn't make a lot. Thankfully the Jazz aren't going nuts with this shot this year. The problem is that the spot up jump shooting (the shot we are purposefully manufacturing) isn't jump shot making.
Last season the team shot fewer spot up threes, but made more of them. This year, well, yeah. They're only making 35.7% of them, compared to 36.5% the year before.[/QUOTE]
That's a surprise without Jefferson and Marvin.
[QUOTE]It's not just the spot ups that are the problem, it's how the players do when they are open. Last season the players on the Jazz were making contested threes (47.4%) better than the ones where they are open by 6+ feet (37.9%). But they were still making nearly 38%. This year? Only 37.1% of the super-duper wide open ones are made. Not much of a difference. But you know what is? The 4-6' open shots, where the Jazz are only making 29.7% of them this year. Last season they made 33.8% of those quite open shots.
But the team's gotta keep taking them. That's the shot that we want. Eventually they'll start falling.[/QUOTE]
Why will they start falling? They have one proven shooter and he sucks at everything else.
[QUOTE]Kevin Murphy had 21 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, and while he went 7/7 from the FT line, I'm more impressed that he has finally started to make three pointers (going 2/6). He also had 7 turn overs, so that's not so hot.[/QUOTE]
2-6 is not making 3's
[QUOTE]Toure' Murry had another all-around game with 14 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 block -- but he shot only 5/12 from the field.
Nick Covington came back, but the starter in his first game from injury game off the bench, and he had 9 points, 3 assists, and 3 rebounds in 22 minutes of action
Jerrelle Benimon had a great game inside with 20 and 17, with 12 assists to boot. Yes, Triple double. And yes, I buried the lede here. He had no answer, but no, he's not Arvydas Sabonis . . . yet . . .
Jack Cooley is still injured
Tre Bussey is coming along well as an actually legit prospect, but played only 15 minutes and had 6 points and 2 assists. His defense is getting better.
There was a lot of scoring in this game for both teams (obviously), with John Stockton 's son Dave putting up 16 and 14 assists, with 3 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 threes for his efforts.[/QUOTE]
Might be someone to take another look at. He's putting up John type numbers.
[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz affiliates up in Idaho are now 3-2 on the season and are leading the West division by 0.5 games. There are now 45 more games left in the season, and our boys have won three straight. Out of the prospects we have only two are on the bubble to be called legit NBA players so far: Kevin Murphy and Toure' Murry. Murphy is slowly getting it, and as the focal point of the offense he doesn't have to shoot it each time down the court. Too often he does regress to his NCAA days where he was the best player on the floor, and didn't have help. Recognizing that you have to help the other guys score is an NBA player trait. Toure' looks good to go, and is eating up the competition right now. But more on them in a future post.
These two teams play again tonight at 3:00 PM MT.[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't say Toure' is eating up the competetion but he's looking liking a decent prospect at least
[QUOTE]the Utah Jazz may have rookie forward Rodney Hood back in the lineup. It couldn't come at a more necessary juncture as the team's bench hasn't been putting up a lot of points lately. Getting healthy will go a long way for Hood, as his talents can really help the team get over those bad lulls.[/QUOTE]
Are we watching the same player? He looks like he needs some time in the D-league especially coming off his injury.
[QUOTE]With 14 players on the roster, and one of those 14 being assigned to the NBA-DL affiliate right now, there is space for one more player. And that player could come from the NBA-DL.
Utah has used the NBA-DL before to bring in guys like Sundiata Gaines, Othyus Jeffers, Malcolm Thomas, Jerel McNeal, Travis Leslie, Lou Amundson, and so many more. Maybe the next Jazz player, one who could spice up the bench rotation right now, could come from the Idaho Stampede?[/QUOTE]
:coleman:
[QUOTE]Let's take a look what these players have been doing so far this season:
Idaho Stampede 2014 2015 - Player Stats GM 5
Nick Covington (long been on the Jazz radar) and Jack Cooley are two starters who have been injured so far this season, and as a result, their time on the court has not been equal to their abilities so far. Quinton Doggett is a strong rebounder who just doesn't play a lot of minutes. Though, it's not like the Jazz would be looking for a bigman to help them right now as they have so many that they can't even all get playing time.
Kevin Murphy and Toure' Murry look to be obvious possibilities. Murphy was drafted in the second round, has played in the NBA before, and is a big-time scorer, even if he hasn't shown it so far this season. And his three point shot has been gone, but his ability to get to the line can really break up a defensive gameplan. Murry is a combo player who has an All-Around game, and he's showing it on the court.
Beyond the starters two big possibilities show up in Joel Wright and Jerrelle Benimon. Both can explode for big games (heck, in their last one Wright went for over 40, and Benimon nearly had a 20/20 game, but ended up settling for just a triple double). Offensively they already do come off the bench and attack, attack, attack! They are under-sized to play inside at the NBA level, but both are threats to score from almost anywhere.
The last guy I'm following closely here is Tre Bussey. We don't need another point guard, right now. But it's always good to have one in your back pocket.
If you look beyond scoring, and you should, you'll see all types of crazy things.
Idaho Stampede 2014 2015 - Player Stats 2 GM 5
But I can hear what you're thinking right now -- why go into a full breakdown of Idaho? Why didn't you spend all this time looking at the Jazz roster this season instead? I know. I'll get onto more Jazz coverage in my next few posts this weekend.
Anyway, Bussey, Wright, and Benimon are legit prospects in my books. Benimon could be the next Boris Diaw, and Wright is playing well inside, but needs to expand his range.
I don't think the Jazz are going to be making any roster additions so far, but after another 10-15 NBA-DL games, who knows?
Or, you know, Rodney Hood could just go nuts again, and fix all of our bench scoring problems by himself?
Either is good.[/QUOTE]
They need some proven vets. Let the kids develop at their own pace in the D-league.
[QUOTE]Ingles just doesn
[QUOTE]Possibly the single most significant issue plaguing this Jazz squad has been their off-ball defense. Despite a simpler and less labor-intensive scheme put in place by Snyder, the team continues to operate at a bottom-five rate leaguewide in large part due to their inability to stay focused when their own man doesn
[QUOTE]As with last year
[QUOTE]Derrick Favors called in sick.
The Utah Jazz
[QUOTE]The Jazz went 0-9 when Favors was injured and 6-37 with any lineup other than the standard five.[/QUOTE]
Not much of a stat considering how bad they were period. This year will be even worse with their lack of depth or veteran presence.
[QUOTE]I
[QUOTE]It
[QUOTE]the turning point of the game really came at the 4:11 mark of the 3rd quarter, when the Jazz had an 18 point deficit. That
[QUOTE]The problem on the night is the Jazz were trying to come back from a 22-point deficit after a disastrous stretch when the starters were on the bench. This team is built for the next generation of Jazz players to take over and become the team
[QUOTE]don
[QUOTE]In his first game back from a right foot injury, rookie forward Rodney Hood played 13:46 on Saturday against the Clippers. He went 0-for-6 from the floor.
Doesn’t sound as though there was any setback with Hood, but how much he could play tonight is still up in the air.
"He’s making his way back," Snyder said. "Whether it’s conditioning or timing, things like that, he didn’t shoot the ball great the other night. But I think he did some other good things. He’s going to work his way back into the rotation, I’m sure."
— Aaron Falk[/QUOTE]
Wasn't playing that well before the injury. Idaho seems obvious.
[QUOTE]"I know our record doesn't reflect it, but I think we're ahead of where a lot of people thought we'd be by this time," Hayward said. "I thought we've had our moments, but we have to find some consistency. It's been a couple of steps forward, and a couple of steps back. We haven't played our best basketball recently, but this doesn't feel the same as it did last year. We're learning a lot more."[/QUOTE]
You are ahead of what people thought? People were saying you were this years Suns based on pre-season! :rolleyes:
[QUOTE]To underscore that notion, 5-13 is right about where most NBA observers thought the Jazz would be.
Going into Wednesday's meeting with the Toronto Raptors at EnergySolutions Arena, the Jazz are finding out just how difficult it is to win in the Western Conference. That pesky consistency Snyder craves has been fleeting at best. And so has the defense.
Utah is 24th overall defensively, allowing 101.5 points per game, Conversely, the Jazz are scoring just 95.6 points per game, 23rd in the league. Under Snyder, Utah is playing its core five together exclusively in the starting lineup, but the Jazz are struggling to put the right combinations on the floor defensively.
This has been a factor in multiple losses. Utah
[QUOTE]Toure' Murry will return to Salt Lake City just before his alma mater, Wichita State, comes to town to take on the Utes in the Huntsman Center.
The Utah Jazz announced that the team is recalling the guard from a stint with the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Developmental League. Murry averaged 14 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists in six games (five starts) for Idaho.
Murry, who signed with the team Aug. 28, has not appeared on the court for the Jazz yet this season. Last season, Murry played in 51 games for the Knicks, averaging 2.7 points per game.
The Jazz host the Toronto Raptors in the EnergySolutions Arena on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Wichita State takes on the Utes at 9 p.m. that same night.[/QUOTE]
send him back down this weekend for games? unless he's going to play he should be in Idaho I'd think.
[QUOTE]The one positive for the Jazz is that they had a better record than last November when they were 3-15.[/QUOTE]
Might have more to do with injuries and schedule. They are certainly a worse team this year. Tank is looking successful so far! :rolleyes:
[QUOTE]Perhaps a new month will revitalize the Jazz, who begin December with five of six games at home, beginning with the Denver Nuggets Monday night at EnergySolutions Arena.
Right now, the Jazz are in a funk, with slow starts most nights and inconsistent play, particularly on the defensive end, which has kept the team from getting in the winning column for nearly two weeks.
In all five games of the losing streak, the Jazz have lost the opening quarter, averaging just 17 points, while their opponents have averaged 30. The average 13-point differential after one quarter has left the Jazz in a hole most nights.
As coach Quin Snyder said,
[QUOTE]Although Gobert seemed to make a big difference for the Jazz defensively, Snyder said he wasn
[QUOTE]The Jazz have already changed the way starting small forward Gordon Hayward is used, alternating between leaving him in for the entire first quarter and bringing him out at about the midway point of the opening period.[/QUOTE]
They alternated it between him and Burks at the first of the year but it's been all G for many games now I do believe.
[QUOTE]Utah has experimented with how it uses starting guards Alec Burks and Trey Burke with the second unit as well.
The Jazz subs have been struggling to score this season. Coming into Monday
[QUOTE]Two players that Jazz fans figured would see more time on the floor have barely played at all so far this season.[/QUOTE]
Where at the 3? The addition of Booker pretty much assured this unless they can play the 3 which apparently they can't or hit a 3 which apparently Jeremy can't. Novak is an end of the bench guy. Evans might be too though I thought he was solid last year and could help someone.
[QUOTE]Fifth-year player Jeremy Evans averaged 6.1 points and 4.4 rebounds last year in a career-high 18.3 minutes per game. However, this year, he
[QUOTE]After Friday night
[QUOTE]Victor Claver is very close to leaving Portland. Superdeporte
The Spanish forward can't take it anymore and has given orders to his agents to work a way out of Portland. Superdeporte
His priority is to get traded to another NBA team, but if it's not possible he could return to Europe to play with a Euroleague team. Superdeporte[/QUOTE]
Jazz could use help on the wing. Didn't shoot that well last year when he played though.
In the first 9 games of the season the Jazz defense with Gobert on the floor allowed 108.2 pts per 100 possessions. In the last 9 games it has allowed just 96.7 pts per 100 possessions.
The answer may be rebounding. In the first 9 games of the season with Gobert on the floor the Jazz garnered just 69.8% of defensive rebounds. Over the last 9 games the Jazz have grabbed 79.9% of defensive rebounds with Gobert on the floor.
In the first 9 games of the season teams shot 67.9% in the restricted area with Gobert on the floor and took 34% of their shots in the restricted area. Since then they have shot 61.8% in the restricted area while taking 39% of their shots in the restricted area.
Moreover, in the first 9 games of the season the Jazz were -8.8 per 100 possessions Gobert was on the floor. In the last 9 games the Jazz are +2.5 with Gobert on the floor and -11.3 when he is off.
Over the last 5 games the Jazz defense with Gobert on the floor has allowed 98.5 pts per 100 possessions and with him on the bench has allowed 117.1. Some of this is because Gobert has not been playing against the other teams starters, but nonetheless it is obvious he is having a huge impact.
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[QUOTE]Every good defensive team has a 7 foot holding down the middle of the floor. The five best defensive teams in the NBA this year are the Warriors (Bogut), Rockets (Howard), Spurs (Splitter/Duncan), Memphis (Gasol) and Wizards (Gortat).
Most of the best rim protectors in the NBA are 7 footers, Hibbert (38.5%), Dalembert (38.9%) Howard(39.5%) and Bogut (39.7%)
The Jazz have a remarkable 7 footer in Rudy Gobert. Not only is Gobert listed at 7
[QUOTE]A shoulder injury will keep Alec Burks out of the Jazz
[QUOTE]Snyder recently said he wouldn
[QUOTE]"It starts at the defensive end," Trey Burke said. "Defense is what wins you games. We have to be willing to, first and foremost, guard our own man when he's attacking and when he doesn't have the ball, we have to know where we are, know where we're supposed to be. Concentration and communication are the biggest areas where we have to grow to take the next step. Just talking to each other. When a guy's going iso, you've got to have the other four guys talking, letting him know he's all right, he's got their help. The more you talk in pick-and-roll situations and in transition, the better you're going to be as a team. Communication is everything."[/QUOTE]
might keep you from staying in the league too
[QUOTE]Late in Monday night's game, after the Jazz fought back from a large deficit to tie the game at 83, the Nuggets tore off seven quick points to surge back ahead. It was one of those significant stretches Burke said they must eliminate. If they are good enough to fire back from 22 points down, can't they be good enough to not fall behind like that, or sustain a high level of play once they do catch up?
"Coach shows us film, shows us what we can be, what we can do," Burke said. "We just have to be more consistent at both ends of the floor. A lot of that starts with the leaders
[QUOTE]Hood's shot is waiting to come back, too. He's only hit 1 of 9 shots
[QUOTE]David Locke: The NBA has rescinded the technical foul on Jazz trainer Gary Briggs. The one point had huge impact on final plays of Jazz v. Nugs Twitter @Lockedonsports[/QUOTE]
Cost them the game. A lot a good that does them now.
[QUOTE]Gobert came into Utah
[QUOTE]22 out of 32 uncontested shots doesn
[QUOTE]The Jazz are not ready defensively for the top level offensive teams.[/QUOTE]
They're ready for low level offensive teams?
[QUOTE] The Raptors, the #2 offensive team in the NBA, surpassed all of the opponents highs set by the Mavericks, the #1 offensive team in the NBA. Second, the Jazz depth is not able to keep the Jazz in games. [/QUOTE]
And anyone should have seen that coming. That's what tanking is.
[QUOTE]The script each night is very similar, the Jazz play fairly well early in the game and then when the substitutions start the game begins to slip away and gets away entirely in the 2nd quarter.
This team needs to learn how to put its will on a game. However, that is much easier said than done. Golf seems to be the most common analogy but it could be anything. If you have failed at something in the past and you are uncertain of yourself it is hard to dive right in with all your gusto. Take a big fall on a ski hill and then next time you come down that same run you are tentative. Pull back to back drives into the trees and how are you feeling on the next tee box? That is where the Jazz are at this point. They lack a confidence to play with the type of vigor they need to play with.
The Raptors are really good. They are 15-4 and the best in the East and with the energy in Toronto that exists after last season they are going to be a tough out in playoffs. What they did tonight is what really good teams do. They were playing a team that is not as good and they came out and put the hammer down. They had not been playing defense well recently and they tightened that area up while dominating the game. Kyle Lowry was terrific.
I admire Coach Casey when he finds a play that works he never leaves it. High pick and roll here we go again.
The Jazz started fine, but the Raptors went on a 9-2 run to close the 1st quarter and a 19-8 run to open the 2nd quarter. Game over. That is the 18 point difference that ruled the night. Everything else was window dressing as they said.
Realize the Jazz opened the night with a kid who has played 8 NBA games trying to guard Kyle Lowry who is an 8 year veteran and heading to an all-star game. The rest of the roster was a point guard who has played 1 year and 19 games, two 4 year “veterans” and a guy starting for his first year.[/QUOTE]
Again a big part of their problem is Burke being anointed as the man without any competition. No veteran mentor this year.
[QUOTE]Players doing things for the first time in the NBA are not usually very good at what they are doing. If a player is inserted in the starting line-up for the first time as a regular it takes a while, if a player is a lead dog for the first time it takes a while. Who are the two players on the Jazz that are handling themselves well. Guys who are doing the same thing for the second straight year, Derrick Favors and Gordon Hayward.[/QUOTE]
Burke started last year too. Not sure he's improved at all and he wasn't that impressive last year as it was despite the hype to the contrary.
[QUOTE]It is not pleasant to be down by 15 or more every night but make sure that we are being realistic to what this team as constructed with its youth is capable of doing.
Lots of good things are happening. Rudy Gobert who has played 63 games in his career is showing signs of being a defensive force in the NBA. He still has a long way to go. [/QUOTE]
But not as far as Favors the so called defensive stopper.
[QUOTE]Trey Burke who has played 88 games in his NBA career got out of a huge shooting slump for one of the first times in his life and will grow from that.[/QUOTE]
And the other teams pg's are just licking their chops at the other end.
[QUOTE] Dante Exum who is 19 and has played 19 games is showing all the signs of why he was drafted 5th and people believe he could be terrific. Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors who have played enough to know what to anticipate in this league have been good, in fact very good.[/QUOTE]
But not the stars that they've been made out to be. If they were the Jazz would actually be competitive.
[QUOTE]Take a second and imagine Gordon or Derrick surrounded by veteran experienced players and they would be fabulous.[/QUOTE]
OK. I'll imagine last year when that was the case and they weren't that fabulous. Why not have some vets around if those two are so fabulous than?
[QUOTE]It is a process. We knew it was a process. And it is not an easy process. There is no magic pill. It doesn’t get fixed right away. There will be many more nights like this and more losing streaks but there is a lot good going on in the midst of this.
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[QUOTE]For the first time in 4 years Gordon Hayward hits December with momentum In the three previous year, Gordon Hayward shot 33%, 41% and 39% in November. This year Gordon has been on fire. He is shooting 49% from the field and has hit on 39.7% from 3.
Prior to this season, Gordon was 35 of 130 from 3. This year he is 27 of 68 in November.
gordon november
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still inconsistent