"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[MarkGrace]

Didn't get to see the game. Based on the result I'm fearing some type of vindication for Ty.

[Eddie]

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=283550009

Hardin could trip over his own feet with no one on the same end of the court and he'd end up shooting FT's.

[Blueintheface]

Didn't get to see the game. Based on the result I'm fearing some type of vindication for Ty.

Not at all. Ty lost that team and by all acounts the players appear to be having a lot more fun. They competed for 3 1/2 quarters, they just don't have enough horsepower at this point. A decent showing against a playoff team under a new head coach.

[MarkGrace]

Not at all. Ty lost that team and by all acounts the players appear to be having a lot more fun. They competed for 3 1/2 quarters, they just don't have enough horsepower at this point. A decent showing against a playoff team under a new head coach.

Getting drubbed at home when the other team is on the 2nd night of a b2B is not very impressive. 103.9 offensive efficiency and 111.6 defensive efficiency for the game is not too bueno. Obviously H-town is good, but 111.6 is really, really bad and from what I read the team was as oblivious to the fact that there's a 3pt line out there as ever. It's game 1, obv, but even in the early going I was hoping to see some real improvement on that end. Hopefully they learn and pick up as they go, but losses start to compress on a team and I'm worried this year is going to look a little too much like last year.

[Blueintheface]

Getting drubbed at home when the other team is on the 2nd night of a b2B is not very impressive. 103.9 offensive efficiency and 111.6 defensive efficiency for the game is not too bueno. Obviously H-town is good, but 111.6 is really, really bad and from what I read the team was as oblivious to the fact that there's a 3pt line out there as ever. It's game 1, obv, but even in the early going I was hoping to see some real improvement on that end. Hopefully they learn and pick up as they go, but losses start to compress on a team and I'm worried this year is going to look a little too much like last year.

A little role reversal going on here...

Watch the first quarter and you'll see the intent was there. They were chasing them off the 3-pt line and forcing them inside. Snyder mistakenly left Kanter 1-on-1 with Dwight (mistaken in that it was Kanter and not Go Bear, not that they didn't double) and Dwight took advantage but they really seemed to have been coached to force them inside. Why that changed in the final 3 quarters is anyone's guess (fatigure, muscle-memory) but they did none of that last year.

[MarkGrace]

I don't know what the role reversal is, but I haven't been this unenthused about Jazz basketball in years.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

"We are not going to skip any steps." - Dennis Lindsey

So just as we thought: Gobert can't catch, Exum can't really do anything, and working through a new offense is tougher when the other team cares about winning.

Burks was solid tonight. I think at one point he was 5-7 for 15 points, but then threw up a few bad shots and missed his last 4 FGs. Took 35 3's and made 40% of them. Just mostly bad, bad defense in the 1st half and too big of a hole to dig out of in the 2nd on a back-to-back. It will be interesting to see how the shot distribution works itself out over the course of the season. Lots of guys getting looks now, but probably not enough for Hayward and Burks and too many for Trey.

[Blueintheface]

So who are we tanking for this year? I have only watched BYU preseason and haven't been paying attention to the hype machine.

[Donuthole]

So who are we tanking for this year? I have only watched BYU preseason and haven't been paying attention to the hype machine.

Flaws for Haws.

[TripletDaddy]

Which team will be worse this season: Jazz or LAL?

Meanwhile fisher is 1-1 as a head coach!

[smokymountainrain]

Which team will be worse this season: Jazz or LAL?

Meanwhile fisher is 1-1 as a head coach!

The Jazz don't have anybody as good as Kobe, so I have to go LAL at this point.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

Alec gets paid.

4 yrs, $42 M. Chance for total payout to be $45 M if incentive thresholds are met (Woj didn't comment what those incentives are)

[smokymountainrain]

Alec gets paid.

4 yrs, $42 M. Chance for total payout to be $45 M if incentive thresholds are met (Woj didn't comment what those incentives are)

Good deal for both sides, IMO.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

Good deal for both sides, IMO.

It's similar to DeRozan's deal, right? I think a bit higher, which makes sense having a small bump based on the new TV deal and where the cap is headed.

[smokymountainrain]

It's similar to DeRozan's deal, right? I think a bit higher, which makes sense having a small bump based on the new TV deal and where the cap is headed.

Yeah, I think DD's was 4 yrs, $38 M.