WC | Rd. 1| (1) Jazz vs (8) Grizzlies [Jazz win 4-1]

Bruin · Post #1081 » by **Bruin** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:03 am

BudTugly wrote:Series would be 2-0 if we never drafted Kanter

Lol ok? So we going back that far now? Series would be 2-0 if Memphis never drafted Thabeet. Am I playing this game right?

Catchall · Post #1082 » by **Catchall** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:03 am

SalmonsSuperfan wrote:memphis has a squad but possibly the worst bench in the nba

Their bench is tough and switchy defensively, but offensively they're unreliable.

BudTugly · Post #1083 » by **BudTugly** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:03 am

PrinceAli wrote:
BudTugly wrote:Series would be 2-0 if we never drafted Kanter

Lol ok? So we going back that far now? Series would be 2-0 if Memphis never drafted Thabeet. Am I playing this game right?

Calmer n you are dude

eminence · Post #1084 » by **eminence** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:03 am

Ja is wild, super fun to watch play. Watching Rudy/JV go at it has a pretty classic feel to it, though the refs interject at the oddest times (both ways). Anderson super funky player, love his rhythm. Allen/Brooks not really my types of dudes, but the energy is certainly there.

Grizz have got a lot to look forward to regardless of how the rest of the series goes.

Catchall · Post #1085 » by **Catchall** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:04 am

BudTugly wrote:Series would be 2-0 if we never drafted Kanter

Meaning, Jazz should have drafted Valanciunas ten years ago? :lol:

MTJazzv3 · Post #1086 » by **MTJazzv3** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:04 am

Mk0 wrote:I feel like TNT talks about screen assists like Jehova's Witnessess or Mormons coming to my door.

Hi friend, do you have a moment to talk about screen assists?

Your bigotry is showing. Might want to check that at the door. I was born and raised in Utah as a non-Mormon so don't hit me back on that.

Catchall · Post #1087 » by **Catchall** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:04 am

I'll say it again, Ja is a freaking ninja.

tugs · Post #1088 » by **tugs** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:05 am

So if you're Utah, do you let Ja get his and freeze the rest?

Still believe Jazz lacks that physical perimeter defender to put clamps on quick, athletic guards.

art_tatum · Post #1089 » by **art_tatum** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:05 am

Hope grizz, Mavs, nuggets, suns move on.
Passing of the torch

BudTugly · Post #1090 » by **BudTugly** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:05 am

Catchall wrote:
BudTugly wrote:Series would be 2-0 if we never drafted Kanter

Meaning, Jazz should have drafted Valanciunas ten years ago?

Those arguments were absolutely epic

Dacost · Post #1091 » by **Dacost** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:05 am

I expect the Grizz bench to play way batter at home.

dautjazz · Post #1092 » by **dautjazz** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:06 am

Hats off to Memphis, finished with the 15th best record in the NBA, 9th in guy West, bought they fought very hard first two games and split the games.

MTJazzv3 · Post #1093 » by **MTJazzv3** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:06 am

Catchall wrote:
BudTugly wrote:Series would be 2-0 if we never drafted Kanter

Meaning, Jazz should have drafted Valanciunas ten years ago?

Yeah, JV was the better call. Like Deron Williams v Chris Paul.

drewbreeze · Post #1094 » by **drewbreeze** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:07 am

Grizz coaches act like their bench isn't deep asf

Jazztop · Post #1095 » by **Jazztop** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:07 am

1. Jazz got some calls but nothing that really changed the outcome or flow of the game
2. Ja is the best young PG in the game, followed by LaMelo

John Murdoch · Post #1096 » by **John Murdoch** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:08 am

Warriors would have been down 0-2 by now

babyjax13 · Post #1097 » by **babyjax13** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:10 am

GSP wrote:
babyjax13 wrote:
GSP wrote:Another year another guard putting up Nba 2k numbers on a Rudy Gobert anchored defense in the playoffs

This wouldn't happen to Draymond, Ad, Bam, Giannis or Ben.

I know right? None of those players have ever seen a guard go for a career high against their team, never

Murray averaged Elgin Baylor numbers for an entire series. Ja is on pace to do the same.

Rudy is great in drop coverage and it's won him his Dpoys but teams mostly run that in the regular season

He doesn't have the versatility, speed, coordination or footwork to excel in other schemes like Bam, Giannis, Draymond, Ben, Ad etc.

We switch with him all the time and he does great.

Rudy is in the 83rd percentile in defending isolation plays: https://www.nba.com/stats/players/isolation/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&TypeGrouping=defensive&sort=PERCENTILE&dir=1

and he defends 1.2 isolation possessions a game which is one of the top rates in the NBA.

Bam is 73rd percentile
Draymond is 98th
Giannis is 23rd
Simmons is 78th

Those isolations are usually coming off switches, or when teams get out in transition and reset. Gobert is really good at containing perimeter players, and good at doing it off the switch. Is he the best switch defender in the league? No, he isn't, but he is still really good in that regard, and on PnRs he can contain the ball handler and the roller at the same time on many plays.

GSP · Post #1098 » by **GSP** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:10 am

art_tatum wrote:Hope grizz, Mavs, nuggets, suns move on.
Passing of the torch

Clips and Jazz? Torch? Theyd be lucky to have had flashlights

Mk0 · Post #1099 » by **Mk0** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:11 am

MTJazzv3 wrote:
Mk0 wrote:I feel like TNT talks about screen assists like Jehova's Witnessess or Mormons coming to my door.

Hi friend, do you have a moment to talk about screen assists?

Your bigotry is showing. Might want to check that at the door. I was born and raised in Utah as a non-Mormon so don't hit me back on that.

So the Mormons (and the Witnessess for that matter) that came to my door weren't legit? I am confused.

GSP · Post #1100 » by **GSP** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:11 am

As good as Donovan was offensively his defense is really bad. He has the size, athleticism and wingspan to be far better than he is defensively.

No Wade comp should be attached to him until he can be a good defender at the least. His defense was horrible last playoffs too.

Who wins the series?