Post Game Thread: Utah Jazz (14-13) @ New Orleans Hornets

That’s really all I’ve got to say.

Devin makes 9.3 million, 2nd highest on the team, and plays 19 minutes. How can he still be around by the deadline?

Also glad you gave some credit to Ty, Diana. From reading the game thread, everything that happened tonight was Ty’s fault.

They gave them their 5th win of the season…Terrible

I haven’t been as high on the rook as many others on the dunk. I felt like the times when he was on the floor he was putting up decent numbers in garbage time against guys that were not 100% focused on the game.

I think tonight he proved that he certainly deserves some more time. I know NOH isn’t the most talented bunch in the league (especially w/ the injuries) but the minutes that he got tonight were good, solid minutes that will help develop him as a player.

Hopefully he gets some more time in the near future.

Ah well, Go Eric!

This was a tough loss for the Jazz tonight. The Jazz just didn’t seem to want it as much as the Hornets did. Kaman walked all over the Jazz and had his way in the paint. It didn’t help that he was hitting 15 footers as well.

I wrote some comments that you should check out on www.jazznation.net. Let me know what you think about the analysis.

- I think Hayward is the best shooter on the team by a pretty wide margin. I think I saw him miss two shots in a total 30 minutes of shootaround. There is no excuse why he only had 6 shot attempts. He should at least get 12 – 15 attempts.

- Al Jefferson’s footwork in the paint is simply amazing. Unfortunetely, after the first quarter, he started to struggle against Kaman.

- Despite this, the Jazz seemed to insist on running the offense through Jefferson, and hayward seems to be caught in transitioning the ball to him. Why not run a few plays to set Hayward up for a few shots?

- Kanter:

The good: Jefferson certainly is further advanced basketball skill wise, but Kanter, in my opinion, is superior to Jefferson from a physicality standpoint. Kanter may be slightly taller, but the biggest difference are their hands. Kanter’s hands are noticeably humongous, and you can see why he is able to wrestle away many loose balls that seem to slip big Al’s grasp. His ability to move on defense is also a vast improvement over what Jefferson can provide.

The bad: Something the Jazz do with Kanter that bothers me a little bit. They will pass the ball to Kanter on the elbow, but it seems that Kanter’s only option here is to pass. He will look inside, but usually just passes it back out to Watson, who usually then has to conjure up some low percentage look because the shot clock is winding down. I’m waiting for Kanter to get there and just take that jumper.

The Ugly: I got a good look at his bunny miff off a nice feed during the second quarter. Kanter looked like he rushed it a little bit and really didn’t gather himself to jump with enough force to dunk. He just needs to get a little more explosive. Sometimes I wonder if he is a little tired after not playing much basketball before this season.

Derrick Favors at times looks like he can do anything he pleases on the court. His touch looked very good tonight. Sometimes, he tries to do too much. I saw him drive himself into a triple team and he was stripped.

- Millsap had a bad night, but one thing I noticed is that he is getting doubled as soon as he touches the ball. It was evident that the Hornet’s defensive gameplan was to not let Millsap beat them.

- Lots of easy baskets missed by the Jazz tonight.

- Really fun watching how intense Raja Bell and Earl Watson are live, especially from a defensive standpoint. Unfortunetely, the refs called a lot of cheap handchecking fouls this game.

- However, you can’t give them a cheap and one on that fast Break, Raja.

- Burks is back! Best of all, he may be back for good. Some things that stood out too me.

- Despite being whistled for a couple of very questionable calls, Burks was solid defensively. I think I remember this being a conern about him during the draft. His athleticism clearly bothered Belenneli tonight during the 4th quarter.

- The hornets really could not guard him without fouling. If he continues to get minutes, I think we will start seeing him turn lots of these fouls into and ones.

- What is it about ex Mavs players struggling for the Jazz? Howard and Harris have certainly seen better days. Harris made some nice assists tonight, but he has to take care of the basketball better for the Jazz to have a chance to win.

I’m actually visiting him in Mississippi, and we went to the game last night at the hive, (side note: first time I saw the superdome with the Mercedez Benz upgrades. It looks awesome!) I did play baseball, but I didn’t play after college (I played at Belhaven in Jackson, MS). I’ve been in the military for the past 4 years. In fact, I just got back in the country a couple weeks ago. I’m currently living in tampa, and really want to see if I can catch the Jazz when the come to Orlando. I asked him if he remembered that name, (Nagels), and he said he thinks he remembers that name.