"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[smokymountainrain]

Let's just say this about Quin Snyder as a basketball coach, he may be one of the best offensive minds in the game right now.

that and the whiteside acquisition as an upgrade to favors was a genius move on the part of zanik.

[Donuthole]

Good to see the Jazz making some hay in December, because their January sked is pretty brutal: 11 road vs 5 home games, 2 games each vs PHX, GSW, and DEN.

[Pelado]

that and the whiteside acquisition as an upgrade to favors was a genius move on the part of zanik.

Was that by trade or by free agent signing?

[Pelado]

Good to see the Jazz making some hay in December, because their January sked is pretty brutal: 11 road vs 5 home games, 2 games each vs PHX, GSW, and DEN.

They beat the Clippers, but LA didn't play Kawhi or Paul George.

[falafel]

Was that by trade or by free agent signing?

FA.

[Commando]

Good to see the Jazz making some hay in December, because their January sked is pretty brutal: 11 road vs 5 home games, 2 games each vs PHX, GSW, and DEN.

Denver's pretty shorthanded right now-- hopefully we get them before Jamal Murray gets back. In any case, our offense is humming right now and I cannot believe we got Hassan Whiteside for the vet minimum. He's made such a difference this year and I think he and Rudy are good influences on each other; you haven't seen Hassan work this hard in years and you've never seen Rudy dunk the ball like he's mad at it the way he has this year.

[smokymountainrain]

Denver's pretty shorthanded right now-- hopefully we get them before Jamal Murray gets back. In any case, our offense is humming right now and I cannot believe we got Hassan Whiteside for the vet minimum. He's made such a difference this year and I think he and Rudy are good influences on each other; you haven't seen Hassan work this hard in years and you've never seen Rudy dunk the ball like he's mad at it the way he has this year.

Yup. Rudy is having his best season. Not sure exactly what that is - maybe just by chance or general improvement, tbh - but it could have something do with having a capable back up out there.

[Commando]

Yup. Rudy is having his best season. Not sure exactly what that is - maybe just by chance or general improvement, tbh - but it could have something do with having a capable back up out there.

He works extremely hard in the off season and invests in himself heavily-- he has his own private chef, trainers, etc., so he's always improved every year. But he looks GREAT this year and is even in the MVP discussions. Having a capable counterpart has to be energizing and also challenging to stay on his game. Also, teams can't key on him like last year when they knew that if Rudy got in foul trouble Favors would come in and our entire playbook was altered. This year, Hassan just might come in and bust that ass twice as hard.

[YOhio]

NO!!!!!

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[Commando]

SLC Stars vs. the Toronto Raptors tomorrow!

[Donuthole]

Good to see the Jazz making some hay in December, because their January sked is pretty brutal: 11 road vs 5 home games, 2 games each vs PHX, GSW, and DEN.

A 4-12 January. I mean, I tried to warn you.

[smokymountainrain]

just insufferable to watch. at least some bad teams have some young, promising, players with bright futures playing 30+ minutes a game that could make some of their games intriguing and fun. with the jazz, get to watch guys like royce and clarkson running around out there.

[Applejack]

A 4-12 January. I mean, I tried to warn you.

I blame Danny Ainge.

[Commando]

Oh man- we may have seen Joe take the floor for the last time. If not for covid/injuries, that might not have been a bad January. Only got blown out in a couple of those and the Ws/Suns games were competitive down to the wire.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I blame Danny Ainge.

I blame him as well. Things took a bad turn when he came on board.