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Offensive and Defensive Schemes
Posted by: Chase on July 19th, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.Alright my fellow Jazzoholics this upcoming season should tell us a lot about our beloved Utah Jazz players and staff. What type of adjustments do you think that the Jazz will make with their offense and defense this season? I hope that we can start to see better rotations defensively and a more thorough understanding of our FLEX offense. It seemed as if we had far too many possessions that ended up with a forced contested three at the end of the shot clock or just dumping it down to Big Al for the Wheezy. I’m really hoping to see better execution out of our team (this should obviously come with a full season and training camp). From a basic offensive standpoint it would be refreshing to see the pick and roll or pick and pop game progress with Kanter and Favors, they both have the ability to knock down the 15 footer.
From an individual standpoint I’ve listed a couple of things that we need to start to see from a few of our most promising players (and things that are realistic)
1. G-Time…consistency-specifically with his J. It’s time Gordon starts to show he’s one of if not THE man on the team…
2. Burks…He too needs to start knocking down his jump shots but it would also be nice to see him get others involved a little more
3. Favors…be the beast that he can be…no disappearing for quarters at a time and staying out of foul trouble is a must. There’s no reason Favors shouldn’t average nearly 15 and 10
4. Kanter-Learn the damn plays and understand your defensive rotations.
5. Milsap-BE THE LEADER OF THE TEAM-it’s ridiculous that this team didn’t have a captain last year. Note to Paul Milsap: Thank you for being the hard-working, blue collar player that defines who the Utah Jazz are…( I wish you were taller my man)
6. Big Al…Keep working on passing the ball out of the post, the Jazz, and you for that matter are much more dangerous if we move the ball as a team…NO BALL STOPPERS
What from a technical offensive and defensive standpoint would you all like to see
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Millsap should definitely NOT be the leader of the Jazz. You don’t make a team captain out a player that shouldn’t be a starter. If Favors is the future of the franchise, then make him the leader. Further, Millsap doesn’t have a Leader’s personality. He is a humble blue collar worker, not a leader. Boozer was a dud when it came to delivering in the playoffs, but there wasn’t any question when you saw Boozer and Millsap in the same room, which of them was the Alpha Male.
I think Hayward should be the captain. Sounds like Corbin is not planning to change much of the offense (idiotic). He says he is going to try and fix some of the P&R issues that we had last year (AL). The defense has got to be better in every aspect. But is has to start in the paint. Every good team has a defensive big man anchoring the paint. As much as we think that Favors can make up for Al it will not. The experts have said this as well. Not just me. Some defensive effort has got to come from all the players not just 1 or 2.
The ONLY way we are going to beat OKC,Lakers,Heat is to be ELITE defensively. We have the personnel to do that. But we also have some personnel that do not do that. We need to get our philosophies and ideals set and build the team around that. If we are truly saying the future is the youth that is who the team needs to built around not someone who is going to be gone next year.
Hayward should definately be the Captain. His passing gets all players involved and it may get him to really step up and play to his poyential. The captain doesnt necessarily have to be the face of the team so I think Favors can be the face of the team.
Dallan we dont have the coach that will allow us to achieve to our potential
GOOD POST. I think Dallan said it well in that “Defense” is going to be paramount and we can’t afford to keep a high salaried player who is as weak defensively as Al. With our new additions and a trade and next years draft, with luck we can create a formidable defense. I hope that Ty has a similar vision.
@disco I agree fully
@Disco Yup
Totally agree with every comments thus far!
Jazz have to ask themselves a serious question:
Are Millsap and Al part of the Jazz future? If they are then sign them to extension at the price Jazz management is willing to pay them that doesnt interfere with locking up Core Four. If they are not coming to resign them, or if their future role is a supplementary role, then CHANGE the damn offense and make Millsap (easily) and Al (not easily) adapt to the new FUTURE offense. Same goes for the captaincy, if the core four are the future then one or two of them need to be captains.
Experience comes from playing time not from years in the league, a player needs in game experience, so when Kanter averages less than 10 minutes a game, and Al gets offered a 17M dollar contract and leaves, dont expect Kanter to jump in and not have some growing pains. Differences will be at the other 3 CF members will have had more in game experience than Kanter, cuz we wasted a whole year on Al who is not part of the Jazz future.
Well said Omar
What the Jazz lacks is a truly emotional player who can get everyone engaged emotionally in the game. Many of the players are fairly even keel. They don’t seem to get overly excited except on rare occasions.
Certainly, we don’t want players who will go “over the edge” on the drop of a hat but someone who can inspire with words and actions. Players who can get angry but convert that energy into positive actions.
I do agree with all the comments. But I do have a question. OK, if the Jazz trade Big Al who do they trade for that will be that inforcer in the paint? That player would need to beable to collect repounds, change shots in the paint, and beable to score some. What player do you think fits that billing and (here comes the hard part) wants to come to Utah? We have talked about the problem now lets focus on the fix to the problem.