2015-16 Utah Jazz - The tanking is over!

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Jazz coach Quin Snyder knows Favors will be Davis' primary defender. He also knows guarding Davis will take a village, meaning he's prepared to switch up on Davis. He's willing to run double-teams at him, and to shade his defense towards Davis whenever he has the ball.

Hopefully Rudy will be on him if he goes off. He might not play hopefully!

"There's a lot to think about with Anthony Davis because he's so multi-dimensional," Snyder said. "He's another one of those guys in the same conversation as LeBron James and Chris Paul, one of the best players in the league at his position. There's so many things that he can do, he can shoot, he can post up and he can score in a number of ways. There's no way you're going to be able to completely stop a guy who's that good."
So what do the Jazz do against Davis?


One option is letting him have his points, minimizing the impact of his teammates while trying not to allow him to completely take over the game.
The Pelicans were just 4-11 as going into Friday, and one reason is that Davis' supporting cast is missing Tyreke Evans. And while Jrue Holiday is healthy, he's still on a minutes restriction.


As a result, Davis has had to do a lot by himself, especially without Evans, who provides a lot of the perimeter offense. Davis has gotten used to the extra defensive attention he's received, and has increased his production as of late. It's a big reason New Orleans has won three consecutive games and is looking more like the playoff contender it was projected to be when the season began.


"Davis is just a great player," Utah forward Gordon Hayward said. "He's big, he's athletic, he can shoot it, pass it and handle it. He's talented enough that we're all going to have to guard him, it's not going to be all on one person. We just have to be ready, and we have to figure out a way to play well."


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The chatter makes sense. The combination of Gordon Hayward, Rodney Hood and Alec Burks had produced 118 points per 100 possessions in their 93 minutes together going into Wednesday, per nbawowy.com. While the defense needs some fine tuning1, the trio has been effective. Even when the third guy is Joe Ingles, it really works2.

Johnson should be getting Ingles minutes. I like him more every time I see him. Ingles has been struggling. Millsap actually looked good last time he came in too.


[QUOTE]The lineup has been discussed primarily as a means of keeping a traditional point guard off the floor. But here

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[QUOTE]Utah Jazz rookie Tibor Pleiss recently got a new accessory for his wardrobe. His teammates, by the way, aren

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Another argument for the Jazz trading Favors and going smaller. Gobert/Booker has looked great together the past two years. Let's hope this gets him going shooting wise.

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Derrick Favors has been one of the elite players in the NBA.

I just looked at his stats and they are pretty much the same as last year. I think he has started to live up his rep at the defensive end a bit finally but without Rudy not sure how good he'd be there either.[quote]Yet it is his improved shooting that has made him arguably the most important offensive cog in Quin Snyder

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[QUOTE]Chris Reichert: The Utah Jazz have assigned Tibor Pleiss to the Idaho Stampede of the NBA D-League

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