When the Trade was made, I knew nothing about Toumani. Now I know that Toumani is everything.
TheLetterOh
I wouldn’t be surprised if Toumani Buckets was starting at the three by the end of the year. He’s a straight up Dawg.
Also Anfernee looking mad impressive. Better defense, better finishing, and still got one of the best threes in the league.
Y’all as stoked for this season as I am?
bljh7
Toumani hive tap in!
Piano9717
My takeaways (since people on the last thread wanted me to keep doing them)
The positives:
* Everyone loves an Anferno night. Love it. Not much more to be said here lol. He looks like he’s a bit stronger on defense as well, he walled off THT and forced kickouts multiple times and stopped a Markannen postup. Good to see. * Scoot didn’t have a great shooting night but I still thought he looked poised and his decision making was good overall. None of the shot attempts were forced, they were all the right shot but just didn’t fall (which will probably happen a lot this season). I was impressed with his court vision and how he never seems to get sped up or out of control. * Camara has gamebreaking potential on defense. He’s long, has great timing in the passing lanes, covers a TON of ground on closeouts and just vacuums up loose balls. But I think the most surprising thing about him is how well he can move his feet and contain smaller guards (staying in front of Collin Sexton is pretty hard to do as a big). And he was guarding Kessler for stretches – being so versatile on defense as a rookie is really rare and you love to see it. * I like Jabari’s hustle. It’s great to see, and he has an uncanny ability to be wherever the ball is. * Sharpe’s handle is a bit loose but I love him being used as a PnR ball handler more in this game. I really wanna see what he looks like in a little bit of a creation role as opposed to exclusively being a play finisher. Even a few times a quarter I think it would be good for him. * Grant looked really bad in the first half but I thought he was much more decisive in the second half in how he attacked the basket. Less mid post ISO and more north-south movement towards the rim. It’s definitely going to be an adjustment for him, going from playing with Dame and now this.
The negatives:
* Grant has always been a bit of a ballstopper but it’s so much more noticeable without Dame orchestrating everything in our halfcourt offense. We also went to a Grant direct postup out of a timeout and I just hate that as a primary option in any given possession, and it seems like getting grant involved in the mid-post is a priority for Chauncey and one that I really don’t like. Like I said earlier, he’s going to have a huge adjustment to make in how he gets his points this year. * This zone defense is awful. It’s not confusing anyone and it just gets eaten up pretty much every time we run it. There was one possession in the second quarter where the Jazz had 5 shooters on the court and Chauncey STILL called for the zone and surprise surprise it resulted in a completely uncontested shot. I know it’s the preseason and we aren’t trying to win per se, but yikes. Just yikes. * The man defense is also awful but that’s to be expected with a team this young. Still though, it’s gonna be really hard to play as fast and transition-heavy as Chauncey likes if we are constantly taking the ball out from under the basket. * Moses Brown didn’t look like a rotation player at all today. He gets blocks here and there but it feels like he’s perpetually out of position defensively. It’s like watching a lower IQ Hassan Whiteside play defense where he’s perpetually in the paint, yet somehow always out of position. * Jabari is going to have a hard time cracking an NBA rotation if he doesn’t figure out his shot. 2 wide open airballs today after shooting 28% last season. Woof.
NevermoreSEA
Welcome to the rotation, Toumani.
likpoper
This toumani guy is going to be in the rotation
bigboicarrots-
really excited about Toumani, his potential is crazy.
Bieberkinz
I would like to thank the single Suns fan for telling us he could be like Mikal after the trade.
This game was so entertaining at the end that you almost forgot the Jazz shot 45 free throws
Krustykrab8
The jazz took 44 free throws and won by 5 haha. Also Camara is the truth and should have leapfrogged both murray and jabari with this game
Handcuffed
was this the game on local tv or is it the next one?
Own-Fish-7634
Why at the end we started playing selfish? Especially jabari and mays pass the ball for god sake
Own-Fish-7634
Jabari and mays need to pass not he selfish
clumsy_aerialist
The day afta tomorra we get more Camara.
dms_99
Gotta get a Camara jersey asap lol
SubtleCosmos
44 free throws to the Blazers’ 19
Gritty_gutty
So is Camara a 3 or a 4? Or can he play both?
Scalmaa
Pretty telling that neither Brown or Reath played late in the game. Haven’t really been impressed with either. I’d like to see Conditt or Badji next game.
Camara should be in the rotation from day one, just a solid all around player that’s ready to play.
beatrailblazer
he’s gonna have Toumani rings by the end of his career
GaviFromThePod
Scoot Shae Toumani everyone will crumble at the knees of our greatness
alandwarinasia_
toumani dawgs in him, gotdamn
ToughMatch4803
So many soft calls to the Jazz since the beginning of the game…other than that super entertaining. Make Toumani a starter so I could cop that sweet 33 jersey
SupremeNBA
So with Billups contract being for 5 years and the last year being a team option, we will most likely see him removed in a year or two, so enjoy the tank for now and then once we draft high a few times bring in a more successful head coach. I see no way that we are cutting him at 2 million a year even though it doesn’t count against the cap. We are at least stuck with him for this season
MaReddits509
Mama Jody said we have pippen at home
pdxLink
Go full youth. Trade Grant and Thybulle imo for more picks. Moar.
ElectronicArea
Do the coaches not watch film or look at analytics? Anyone can see this zone shit doesn’t work. We probably give up a dunk or wide open 3 more than 50% of the time we run this shit and theres a 2 year sample size of Chauncey running this. Like man theres a reason no one runs zone in the NBA.
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When the Trade was made, I knew nothing about Toumani. Now I know that Toumani is everything.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Toumani Buckets was starting at the three by the end of the year. He’s a straight up Dawg.
Also Anfernee looking mad impressive. Better defense, better finishing, and still got one of the best threes in the league.
Y’all as stoked for this season as I am?
Toumani hive tap in!
My takeaways (since people on the last thread wanted me to keep doing them)
The positives:
* Everyone loves an Anferno night. Love it. Not much more to be said here lol. He looks like he’s a bit stronger on defense as well, he walled off THT and forced kickouts multiple times and stopped a Markannen postup. Good to see.
* Scoot didn’t have a great shooting night but I still thought he looked poised and his decision making was good overall. None of the shot attempts were forced, they were all the right shot but just didn’t fall (which will probably happen a lot this season). I was impressed with his court vision and how he never seems to get sped up or out of control.
* Camara has gamebreaking potential on defense. He’s long, has great timing in the passing lanes, covers a TON of ground on closeouts and just vacuums up loose balls. But I think the most surprising thing about him is how well he can move his feet and contain smaller guards (staying in front of Collin Sexton is pretty hard to do as a big). And he was guarding Kessler for stretches – being so versatile on defense as a rookie is really rare and you love to see it.
* I like Jabari’s hustle. It’s great to see, and he has an uncanny ability to be wherever the ball is.
* Sharpe’s handle is a bit loose but I love him being used as a PnR ball handler more in this game. I really wanna see what he looks like in a little bit of a creation role as opposed to exclusively being a play finisher. Even a few times a quarter I think it would be good for him.
* Grant looked really bad in the first half but I thought he was much more decisive in the second half in how he attacked the basket. Less mid post ISO and more north-south movement towards the rim. It’s definitely going to be an adjustment for him, going from playing with Dame and now this.
The negatives:
* Grant has always been a bit of a ballstopper but it’s so much more noticeable without Dame orchestrating everything in our halfcourt offense. We also went to a Grant direct postup out of a timeout and I just hate that as a primary option in any given possession, and it seems like getting grant involved in the mid-post is a priority for Chauncey and one that I really don’t like. Like I said earlier, he’s going to have a huge adjustment to make in how he gets his points this year.
* This zone defense is awful. It’s not confusing anyone and it just gets eaten up pretty much every time we run it. There was one possession in the second quarter where the Jazz had 5 shooters on the court and Chauncey STILL called for the zone and surprise surprise it resulted in a completely uncontested shot. I know it’s the preseason and we aren’t trying to win per se, but yikes. Just yikes.
* The man defense is also awful but that’s to be expected with a team this young. Still though, it’s gonna be really hard to play as fast and transition-heavy as Chauncey likes if we are constantly taking the ball out from under the basket.
* Moses Brown didn’t look like a rotation player at all today. He gets blocks here and there but it feels like he’s perpetually out of position defensively. It’s like watching a lower IQ Hassan Whiteside play defense where he’s perpetually in the paint, yet somehow always out of position.
* Jabari is going to have a hard time cracking an NBA rotation if he doesn’t figure out his shot. 2 wide open airballs today after shooting 28% last season. Woof.
Welcome to the rotation, Toumani.
This toumani guy is going to be in the rotation
really excited about Toumani, his potential is crazy.
I would like to thank the single Suns fan for telling us he could be like Mikal after the trade.
This game was so entertaining at the end that you almost forgot the Jazz shot 45 free throws
The jazz took 44 free throws and won by 5 haha. Also Camara is the truth and should have leapfrogged both murray and jabari with this game
was this the game on local tv or is it the next one?
Why at the end we started playing selfish? Especially jabari and mays pass the ball for god sake
Jabari and mays need to pass not he selfish
The day afta tomorra we get more Camara.
Gotta get a Camara jersey asap lol
44 free throws to the Blazers’ 19
So is Camara a 3 or a 4? Or can he play both?
Pretty telling that neither Brown or Reath played late in the game. Haven’t really been impressed with either. I’d like to see Conditt or Badji next game.
Camara should be in the rotation from day one, just a solid all around player that’s ready to play.
he’s gonna have Toumani rings by the end of his career
Scoot Shae Toumani everyone will crumble at the knees of our greatness
toumani dawgs in him, gotdamn
So many soft calls to the Jazz since the beginning of the game…other than that super entertaining. Make Toumani a starter so I could cop that sweet 33 jersey
So with Billups contract being for 5 years and the last year being a team option, we will most likely see him removed in a year or two, so enjoy the tank for now and then once we draft high a few times bring in a more successful head coach. I see no way that we are cutting him at 2 million a year even though it doesn’t count against the cap. We are at least stuck with him for this season
Mama Jody said we have pippen at home
Go full youth. Trade Grant and Thybulle imo for more picks. Moar.
Do the coaches not watch film or look at analytics? Anyone can see this zone shit doesn’t work. We probably give up a dunk or wide open 3 more than 50% of the time we run this shit and theres a 2 year sample size of Chauncey running this. Like man theres a reason no one runs zone in the NBA.