Tough game - proud of team, but where are our shooters?

Nursing injuries.

 

wish we had kyle korver

 

I hear you. But any chances of being sharp kinda dwindle a bit when an injury is in the back of your mind... even at the line.

McGrady taking a cortisone shot during a game for a knee, has a knee and wrist taped and wearing a compression sleeve on a shoulder...

Skip having a hammy needing more rest, injured right before the playoffs...

Shane with a bad ankle...

There's three of the best, potentially best, shooters right there...

So given the odds, they're still out performing.

I look for B-Jax to be traded this summer...

 

They are on other teams DaDakota. Just wait until the off-season. Morey will continue Operation Get More Talent.

 

yeah we all saw what happened last year

mike james,francis and bonzi

HOURRAY

 

Morey proved a shrewed GM in picking up landry and scola this past offseason, I'm sure he's already prepared for this offseason. I'm looking forward to seeing who Morey goes after this offseason, with the expiring contracts and excess bodies the team has right now, there are going to be lots of options for Morey.
I just have to say it again, Mike Miller would be perfect for this team.

 

im pretty sure we were all elated to find out stevie franchise would be coming back and mike "microwave" james as well. both those guys should have been huge for our bench and ability to score, but they both fizzled and came up short. don't fault morey for bringing in 2 guys who would've been perfect for this team if they did their jobs (or didn't get hurt).

the guy did get us landry, brooks, and scola. and ill let the mike james and francis deals slide since francis was low risk and we quickly corrected the mike james mistake by dealing him away for bobby's expiring.

 

Until Novak learns how to defend, we have to wait till the offseason =(

 

i agree that novak needs to know how to defend, but korver was never a good defender and still isn't. but somehow utah can mask his weaknesses with their fouling scheme. it's unfortunate the rockets don't cheat the way the j*zz do so we can have novak on the floor.

 

Good thread.

We just need somebody who can shoot the ball like Novak or for example Korver but can also play defense because you don't wanna give up on defense to upgrade offensivly.

I think Utah improved a lot with that Korver's trade. They are not great shooting team (from long range) but Korver fits them reall well adding that 3pts shots

 

Bobby was 1-10 with decent open looks.

 

tmac: bad shooting year but it's worse with the shoulder AND knee
battier: no lift b/c of his leg
alston: bad shooter anyways but worse b/c of hamstring
luther: 0% shooter in the playoffs
novak: no D -> no play

yao is not playing. what's worse is 3-4 of our main guys are not even close to 80%. i'm pissed off b/c of all these damn injuries.

but on the other hand, you're so proud of them for taking a fully healthy team that is more talented and making them work their hardest to beat us (with some luck from the refs).

i can talk to my friends who other non-rocket fans and be proud of this game and their effort.

 

We need Mike Miller!!!!

 

I totally agree. But Charles just loves Utah and hates Houston...

I feel like Jazz played a lot better last year. This year it is all about Deron. Of course Korver gives them a lot off the bench but Boozer has been easy to shut down

 

The few shooters we have were practicing for a basketball game; but unfortunately the refs thought it was an MMA match....

 

I agree, if we could have picked up Mike Miller with expiring contracts when Memphis was unloading, we'd be in much better shape. I realize that's part of why Morey converted what we did have (James/Wells) into something he could use next year (BJax/Francis), to grab that kind of deal.

And yes, we ARE injured, and playing way above ourselves, and still every game is only a few points apart.

But, to me, the most obvious thing is our free throws. If we'd have hit our free throws at the clip we did during the earlier part of the streak, we'd have won every game so far.

... and that is very correctable.

The one game that we hit them at a better clip, we won.

They should have Calvin Murphy in there with every one of the guys practicing between now and the next game, and getting them consistent. If we did that one simple thing, we could still win this series, and not have to "wait until next year."