Game 13 : Utah Jazz (8-4) @ Denver Nuggets (6-6) - 8:00PM

[Richard Miller]

When is Malone going to learn that the 4 guard lineup does not work?

I'd say what doesn't work is Harris and Barton combined for 3-17 shooting, 2-10 from three and Millsap adding 4 points. If they hit like 3 more wide open threes or whatever this could've been routine win. Clarkson alone scored nearly double compared to those three and he's their bench shooter.

[THE J0KER]

I remember few times at beginning of the season and preseason MPJ's father was in the reduced crowd. My Porter-COVID speculation is that his father with which he is obviously in contact gets positive tests first which is the reason for the first quarantine protocol for MPJ and because his test is negative no other Nuggets player was involved. A week later when Porter should be cleared to play with another negative test, that test was positive, and that is the reason why in the day that day before was announced that he will back on the roster they announced a new (this time a minimum of 10 days) quarantine. That is just my theory based on how NBA protocols (and virus himself) works. That approved MPJ contact which permanently tests too who was first tested positive instead of his father can be his girlfriend or personal trainer. In all these cases it is not Porter's fault for sure. We can *blame* him only if that initial reason why NBA him put into quarantine 1st time despite he was still negative is his eventual COVID-risky behaviour (if he visited some no-mask crowded party, disco club, public gym... etc...).

Regardless HOW he got it, he and the team are being penalized for getting it. Can't say I've heard anyone being quarantined this long, but I know first-hand how contagious this crap is.

My question for our own The Joker, .....Do they STILL have Disco Clubs where you're from ??? an, you are dating yourself with that one, my Brother !!

Not, of course, terms like "Disco club" or "Discoteca" are barely used like elsewhere in this century, but here in Europe, not just in Serbia, nobody uses US term "(sports) franchise" and instead "(sports) team" in terms of a sports organization much often is used term "(sports) club". FOOTBALL CLUB in British English means SOCCER TEAM in American English, and in other European languages (French, Spanish, Italian...) word "Club" is used separately from "Team" to describe whole team organization (stadium/arena and other facilities, fans, ownership structure, management... etc) not just players and coach. Partly it is because to divide national teams competitions from "clubs" competition, but that is just one of the reasons. So when in Europe you say about some pro athlete that he gets COVID in a Club the first thought will be what Americans say "in team facilities" (during the game, practice, team meeting...) so with my not impressive fund of English words I chose to add that "disco" part just to be clear about what kind of "Club" I mean

[THE J0KER]

When is Malone going to learn that the 4 guard lineup does not work?

I'd say what doesn't work is Harris and Barton combined for 3-17 shooting, 2-10 from three and Millsap adding 4 points. If they hit like 3 more wide open threes or whatever this could've been routine win. Clarkson alone scored nearly double compared to those three and he's their bench shooter.

Sometimes they shoot 3-17 sometimes but sometimes they are better, while 4-guard rotation NEVER worked so far, except when the opponent using (very) small-ball too or that 5th man was Jokic, which is not the case yesterday because Utah coach when noticed 4-guard rotation put Gobert with their 2nd unit. 3 or 4 minutes is not a big deal, but if that produces a -6 net rating in a game in which we lost -4, of course, it deserved to be noticed.

[The Rebel]

When is Malone going to learn that the 4 guard lineup does not work?

I'd say what doesn't work is Harris and Barton combined for 3-17 shooting, 2-10 from three and Millsap adding 4 points. If they hit like 3 more wide open threes or whatever this could've been routine win. Clarkson alone scored nearly double compared to those three and he's their bench shooter.

Of course it woulld be nice if our starters could do their job, but the only starter with a negative plus minus was Barton with a -2. Nobody on our bench was a positive in the game.

[Richard Miller]

When is Malone going to learn that the 4 guard lineup does not work?

I'd say what doesn't work is Harris and Barton combined for 3-17 shooting, 2-10 from three and Millsap adding 4 points. If they hit like 3 more wide open threes or whatever this could've been routine win. Clarkson alone scored nearly double compared to those three and he's their bench shooter.

Of course it woulld be nice if our starters could do their job, but the only starter with a negative plus minus was Barton with a -2. Nobody on our bench was a positive in the game.

Not sure that's too important, Utah had more negative players than positive ones as well yet they won, they hit their shots and executed better in general.