The Jazz have recently attracted attention with "big score lead and painful loss of good game" - 17 points to lose to the Suns, 21 points to lose to the Warriors, 25 points to lose to the Clippers, every CCTV broadcast of the game will inevitably stage a wave of "high open low go".
—— In the last three losses, the Jazz lost 51 points in the final quarter, and the limelight once overshadowed the industry's bright light Rivers guidance.
Outside criticism has finally stopped focusing on the simple and crude "Gobert defensive limitations", but Mitchell has embarrassed him.
The Jazz's reinforcement focus in the offseason is quite obvious, and management has tried to change the passive scene on the defensive end of the past few seasons, with the intention of introducing a full-sized front that can swing to the fifth position, so that the small ball formation after Gobert's game can still ensure continuity.
But from the point of view of the impromptu effect, their dependence on Gobert has not diminished in the slightest.
The three-time DPOY has a pillar of power at the defensive end, and has his own arm span height and the mobility of the same position that is absolutely enough to see, whether it is the protective frame to assist in defense, rebound protection, foul control is blameless, even if there is a famous scene of military training or five shooters targeting when the defense is demolished, but the large sample is always flawed.
The Jazz's defensive configuration is a double short size in the backcourt + the assisted defense of the front group and the elasticity of the change of defense are flat, Bojan is longer than the top defense but has no contribution to the defense, the number one sharpman Reus O'Neal is less than 2 meters, and the athletic ability and height of the front reserve are slightly lacking.
Once Gobert chooses to raise the delay, he has to accept the loss of the penalty area, and the cost of the empty cut man easily going to the back door to steal the chicken can only be compensated by the rotation execution.
In the case of a first-line defense being easily penetrated, Gobert, as the last barrier, will naturally contribute too many illusions of "everyone picking the best defensive player to play", wiping his ass around and having to be scolded.
After the team suffered against the Rockets for many years, the Jazz also tried the magic ball transformation on the offensive end, which also laid the foundation for Salt Lake City's transformation last season.
Chengye magic ball, defeat also magic ball, Jazz rely on "a pie of four shots" to fill the space of the basic plate, the outside of the ball arrow + block demolition down the end + more ball points to take into account the opening of space and instigate the ability to block and dismantle, a wave of flow points can quickly play the opponent, their fault tolerance rate on the offensive end far exceeds the defensive end.
However, the overall proportion of three-point shots is too high, the threat of attacking the frame is limited, and the main attackers are more inclined to end the near-frame throwing than to create damage, which means that they cannot escape the fate of power loss after the sudden drop in hand.
Conley took off the perennial "All-Star Lost Pearl" hat and joined hands with the internal and external Gemini stars, the team basketball call of the whole people is getting higher and higher, and the feat of replicating the 04 Pistons without superstars seems to be close at hand.
In the end, the Jazz, who held a 2-0 lead, were swept down by the Clippers in four consecutive cities, and the year with the best prospects for winning the championship was gone.
In fact, management has long been thinking of trading - trading Ingles, which has obvious signs of aging, to strengthen the front line, but unfortunately it has not been promoted due to the stability of the dressing room.
After the latter season reimbursement, the Jazz also lost the possibility of stop-loss operations, and the arms race before the trading deadline was still inferior.
Now that the regular season is coming to an end, with the Jazz losing 10-7 in the last 10 games, the picture of "Gobert succeeds in getting to the bottom of the line but no one cares" can make a 5-minute highlight, and it's hard not to wonder what's going on in the dressing room.
Coupled with the rumors of the demolition of the team, the discussion about "whether the Jazz's model of building the team around Gobert and Mitchell is correct" has never stopped, and this time it has developed from "how the ceiling is" to "whether the two can continue to coexist".
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