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Utah Jazz: Revue leaves youngsters far from satisfied
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it must not have been the best news for almond, that cj was retained. but i think almond has a future with the team, and tirelessly working doesn't seem to discourage him, he has a great attitude-
fez can learn something from that.
fez would be a huge addition to the team, he's the player the jazz need most, fez has a style of play that would make the jazz a much better team.
koufus is a rookie, but he seems to have a great attitude, skipping the olympics? i wouldn't advise him to do that, i hope he takes the chance to represent greece.
It is a matter of much better defense at the SG position and much better interior defense. It is also a matter of improving the eff of the second team. That means improvement at back up PG and better eff across the front line and more points from the SG position.
The Jazz are not likely to trade any of the starting 5. Boozer and Brewer could improve on defense.
For the most part, the better defense and improved second team efficiency has to come from Korver, CJ, Price,Almond, Fes and Koufos. Harp and Collins are not likely to improve a lot.
If Fes can get to the point where he is a great shot blocker and rebounder and Koufos gets to the point where he can back up both Boozer and Okur we will win the West.
My advice to Fez is to spend some time with Mark Eaton If you can do what what he did you will have a successful carear (provide good interior defense, rebound, great outlet pass, block shot and throw up an occasional hook shot) that will give 30 minutes a night for a nice 14 year carear.
I think kufus should go play in the Olympics this will give him some international experience and I think he will always regret not representing his contry. I can't see how practiceing your hook shot will prepare you for the NBA more than playing on a team.
Finally it takes big men alot longer to develope, the fundamentals of rebounding and interior defense is what you are paid for.
If we had a real C/PF back up all 3 of them could play defense and not be as worried about picking up fouls.
We have too many good Gs and not enough good bigs. The Gs are not great defenders and that puts a lot of pressure on the existing bigs.
To bad Koufos does not have 3 years of NBA experience.
I'd almost rather watch the Flash than the Jazz now because I doubt the Jazz will do any better than last year. Other teams have improved but it seems like the Jazz are happy to win 45-50 games and bow out in the playoffs every year.
Flip Saunders, Avery Johnson, and others get fired for this kind of thing, meanwhile Larry H. Miller and this market couldn't be more thrilled with Coach Sloan's 'success'. I don't get it, I've seen this kind of mediocrity for more than 20 years and it's disappointing and frustrating to watch.