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Posted by: Zach on January 25th, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.Tonight was more than disappointing. You can’t fault the effort of Millsap, Bell, and Harris (at least offensively). This team basically proved that we couldn’t even have beat the pathetic Raptors if we had started out with a 20-point lead. It’s so frustrating because just when you think we might be for real and we’re finally getting a little respect, we have some catastrophic collapse and regress right back to where we were before. And just when you think we’ll finally have everyone healthy, someone new goes down. This looks like the same team we saw at the beginning of the year. No defense, no ball movement, no shot-making. Just some points or complaints or whatever:
- Without Millsap I’d be surprised if our record was was better than 3-13.
- I’ve tried to be patient, but I’m seriously starting to wonder if Hayward’s good games have just been flukes and he’s been taking lessons from CJ. I don’t know if he can become a reliable player. He seems out of control and I’ve started to flinch whenever he gets the ball.
- Defense is no longer a team effort right now.
- Free Burks?
- Finally getting in some practices seems to have made everyone forget everything Ty seemed to have instilled in them.
- Why can’t Harris do more offensively like he did tonight every game? I feel like he tries when he feels like it.
- Did Al’s absence make the difference tonight? Is this what we’d look like without him?
- There’s no one on this team besides Millsap that I really trust at all.
- I’m by no means overly impressed with Favors. He did alright, but has a long ways to go.
- Ronnie Brewer and Deron combined for 54 points, 14 rebounds, and 16 assists tonight. Matthews has 13.
- The Jazz may be the worst outside shooting team in professional basketball.
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Hayward will never be more than a role player. He should not start and showed why tonight and doeas most other nights as well. The JaZz are the worst outside shooting team in the NBA and have been for a long time…..
Why can’t Harris make a !@#$% free throw?
…for real, Hayward needs to become a 3 point specialist already … that is his niche, even though he somehow plays 30 some minutes a night as a starter
We need a TRUE wing! Yo Corbin! Hayward is not a SF, he’s a SG! We need another wing to create a shot, Hayward is too soft at SF but perfect at SG. Still think the Jazz should make a push for Augustin and Henderson.
You say that about Ronnie and Deron but both had the best nights of the season.
Yes this is what we look like without a huge man in the middle of the court. Defensively, Al may not look like much but he causes teams to change it up. He contests shots and forces teams to adjust to a tall big presence in the middle. Without Big Al we are a VERY small team down low.
Hayward continues to struggle. I would expect him to keep shooting and within the next few games if he doesn’t get better I hope he begins to ride the bench and Coach Ty gives Burks more playing time.
Jazz do need some outside shooting help. I don’t know who they would get tho via trade. Deadly shooters are tough to come by… we should have tried to keep Korver.
You guys. I agree that Hayward makes a better SG. I agree that we need better outside shooting. But thats where our agreement ends. You guys want PG’s and SG’s but our struggle is out of the SF position. Bell and Harris combined for 35 points tonight and 7 assists. Not great, but not worthless either.
SF woes, Howard 0-5 fg, Hayward 1-9 fg, and Miles 4-ll fg’s 7 of the combined were 3 pt shots. That means we missed 7 more 3 pt shots from elsewhere within the team.
Al missing tonight didnt help us since he is the other go to guy besides Millsap. I like what I see from Favors all except one thing, there is no Hunger. Thats scary since that is not something taught, its something that comes from within. The difference between Favors and Boozers from the Millsaps and Westley Mathews are Hunger. The Millsaps and Mathews play with a chip on their shoulders, even though they may not be the biggest or most talented. The Boozers ooze with talent but never push to see how high they will go.
I hope I am wrong with my observations of Favors. He has the potential to be a multi yr All Star, but if he doesnt get a fire building soon he may never make it even one yr. All the talent in the world wont get you anything if you dont have desire.
I wanted to say that too, Patrick but thought maybe I was wrong – Favors at times, although aggressive doesn’t show that passion you see in others. I’d like to see him get fired up a little bit cause he could use his athletic ability and some attitude to put guys…guess we got spoiled with Malone for all the years
I agree with the point of SF needs to be addressed eventually, but disagree with looks like a real lack of patience in the fans. Favors is what twenty years old? He is still learning the game, which is the problem with most players coming out of college so early. Remember how K. Malone (although hunger and work ethics were never problems with him) took years to develop his game. These guys will be alright, but it will take time. They’re getting a lot of experience now, and that’s good.
Outside shooting. It’s the Jazz’ weakness right now and Toronto exposed it.
So its because hayward is playing sf why he cant make a shot.. stfu .. he is just an overrated bum by jazz nation.. Favors need to know what to do with the ball when he gets it.. damm.. cant just jump into someones chest and expect a foul..wait.. yes.. offensive… Howard coming off the bench before burks should not have happened .. look how they were playing when he wasnt there .. ease him in..