Purposed new rotation for the Jazz.

[Jazzfan12]

First half of first and third quarters:

PG: Earl
SG: Deron
SF: Gordon
PF: Jeremy
C: Al

This will prevent teams from geting a ton of easy baskets on the Jazz early with PnR, and will allow the Jazz to get some easy baskets off Evans dunks as well as transition plays since Gordon is excellent in transition and the wings won't have to go for too many rebounds with this lineup considering that the bigs rebound very well. Deron and Earl has worked well to go along with it.


Second half of first and third quarters:

PG: Deron
SG: CJ
SF: AK
PF: Millsap
C: Al


Statistically, this is the team's best lineup and should play. Want to bring them in a little after the beginning of the game so Deron and Al can get in more of a groove.


First half of second and fourth quarters

PG: Earl
SG: Price
SF: CJ
PF: Millsap
C: Fes (Elson while Fes is out)

Standard bench unit, but replacing Elson with Millsap. Allows Millsap to get a good amount of minutes so he's happy.


Second half of second and fourth quarters

PG: Deron
SG: Raja
SF: Gordon
PF: Millsap
C: Al


The Jazz's best unit but altered at the wings. Replacing CJ with Gordon because CJ is a disaster in the clutch whereas Gordon is pretty clutch. Replacing AK with Raja so Raja doesn't get upset about not playing and because his superior (If still not good) shooting is more needed in the last five minutes as most teams collapse the paint.


Minutes breakdown:

Deron-36
Al-36
Millsap-36
Hayward-24
Earl-24 (This may be too much)
Evans-12
Fes-12
AK-12
Raja-12


Thoughts?

[king everything]

I stopped reading at the part where we moved our disrespected potential HOF PG to the starting SG spot.

We're gonna miss him when hes gone.

[BringtheD]

And the land of Zion will rise from the ashes, like a phoenix being reborn....Dwill will quit playing basketball so he can fight in the war of armaggedoeon too.

[The59Sound]

I stopped reading at the part where we moved our disrespected potential HOF PG to the starting SG spot.

We're gonna miss him when hes gone.

I think that, at the moment, he and Earl in the backcourt really is our best combination. I wish that weren't the case, but it is. I'm not sure, we should start them together, but I'm not opposed to trying. We need to find what works best for the team, not coddle Deron. If he wants to leave at the end of his contract, that's his decision. But we've seen how useless giving a superstar exactly what he wants can be.

[king everything]

I stopped reading at the part where we moved our disrespected potential HOF PG to the starting SG spot.

We're gonna miss him when hes gone.

I think that, at the moment, he and Earl in the backcourt really is our best combination. I wish that weren't the case, but it is. I'm not sure, we should start them together, but I'm not opposed to trying. We need to find what works best for the team, not coddle Deron. If he wants to leave at the end of his contract, that's his decision. But we've seen how useless giving a superstar exactly what he wants can be.

I don't think letting a top 3 PG play his natural and preferred position is exactly coddling and giving a superstar exactly what he wants, but hey... whatevs.

[The59Sound]

I stopped reading at the part where we moved our disrespected potential HOF PG to the starting SG spot.

We're gonna miss him when hes gone.

I think that, at the moment, he and Earl in the backcourt really is our best combination. I wish that weren't the case, but it is. I'm not sure, we should start them together, but I'm not opposed to trying. We need to find what works best for the team, not coddle Deron. If he wants to leave at the end of his contract, that's his decision. But we've seen how useless giving a superstar exactly what he wants can be.

I don't think letting a top 3 PG play his natural and preferred position is exactly coddling and giving a superstar exactly what he wants, but hey... whatevs.

I'm just saying there's evidence that that combination has been successful for us. If we start them together, the experiment may very well fail, but our reason for not doing it shouldn't be to avoid upsetting Deron. We should do what's best for the team, whatever that is.

[king everything]

I'm just saying there's evidence that that combination has been successful for us. If we start them together, the experiment may very well fail, but our reason for not doing it shouldn't be to avoid upsetting Deron. We should do what's best for the team, whatever that is.

Theres evidence Matthews and Deron was a succesful combination.

IDK, I don't see how starting an inferior player at your strongest position is ever a good idea. Watson has never been a totally successful starting PG. Theres a reason for that, and its why he is what he is and thats a pretty decent backup.

How we get better by making Deron play out of position and try to guard 2-guards like Kobe and Wade and starting a PG who WILL get burned by the Westbrooks, Pauls, Roses, TP's, etc of the world is lost on me.

[The59Sound]

Pick your poison, I guess. It solves some problems (pushing the ball, energy) and creates others (bad match-ups for Deron). Not saying it would work necessarily; just saying it's worth considering.

[king everything]

Pick your poison, I guess. It solves some problems (pushing the ball, energy) and creates others (bad match-ups for Deron). Not saying it would work necessarily; just saying it's worth considering.

It also creates TERRIBLE matchups for Watson. He would straight EXPOSED by the starting PG's in the league, so it creates 2 position defense problems, while giving us another non-scorer in the starting lineup.

[The59Sound]

Pick your poison, I guess. It solves some problems (pushing the ball, energy) and creates others (bad match-ups for Deron). Not saying it would work necessarily; just saying it's worth considering.

It also creates TERRIBLE matchups for Watson. He would straight EXPOSED by the starting PG's in the league, so it creates 2 position defense problems, while giving us another non-scorer in the starting lineup.

Watson isn't THAT bad on defense. Not great, but not atrocious. And he's replacing Bell in that hypothetical situation; I'd take Watson pushing the ball over Bell possibly being able to make one jumper in five.

Again, not what I would choose probably. I'd try Hayward over Bell. But if Jerry decides to try Earl/Deron, I won't be upset about it.