 What's the word y'all welcome back to call game Kenny frill whatever you want to call it. I have decided today Just for this episode specifically. I want to try to stay as positive as possible Honestly, this is my only negative thing. We had like a 10 game slater. So not a lot of stuff happened today It wasn't like super close games super interesting games We had a couple but overall just kind of a weird mid day of basketball But you know what I'm always here to talk about it Leave it like subscribe if you are new and let's get into it I want to talk about start off this video talking about the Utah Jazz Which is going to be interesting to look at the analytics here Because I'm going to have the Utah Jazz as the title and in the thumbnail and as a smaller market team with no Real superstar. I wonder how many people are actually click on this video. Let's talk about them They've been a team that has been under the radar for most of the season As of right now, they're still planning against the Dallas Mavericks, but they have about 25 So I'm just assuming they're going to put this one away But they beat the Dallas Mavericks um two times this week without Don Vamichu in the lineup because he's in concussion protocol And and the team is on an 11 game win streak the best record in the league But somehow all that being said with them being a top offense and then being a top defense Not many people are talking about them or or let's be honest Even if you are talking about them You probably aren't putting them in the upper echelon of the LA teams or the Milwaukee's out east or the the Brooklyn Nets You know I'm saying for some reason they're still on this second tier On the NBA fans and that's under that's understandable because we see them do these things where they go on these win streaks But you know what? I think that this time is different. I don't I'm gonna say this right up top I do not know if they are contenders. I don't know just yet But a lot of the things that that are better this year Points of like man, this team might be really good This team is on an 11 game win streak best record in the NBA without McDonough It's even really fine in himself just yet Just yet today. He was great today has 27 points eight of 12 shooting He was great today But then this he was shooting like 35 from the field from the field and he was averaging like 12 points They have put together this amazing win streak without one of their top offensive guys playing well I mean last year was a 20 point per game score y'all So a lot of things have changed for them while a lot of things have it like the roster Is completely the same they did not do any rotational things different But the numbers tell you and the eye test tell you this team is shooting an absurd amount of Threes in comparison to anything they've ever done before I really I really enjoy coaches that are able to Even without having roster moves adapt their team to play better And that's basically what quince snider has done, right? They're shooting an extreme an extreme amount of threes at a high high clip And maybe that's what's maybe a little bit scared for me still because they're shooting so officially I can't imagine them doing this for the whole 72 game season and then in the playoffs Especially with a guy like jordan clark said cannot miss He's always been a streaky player or streaky shooting his career But as of right now, he cannot miss and part of me is like, okay Is it even a streak anymore if we're About 20 games in a year and he's still playing this on fire Could it still be a strict 20 games in or is this just really the player that he has He has lost him in so you don't really know but as of right now He's got to be leading as far as six man of the year goes because even today There were so many possessions in this first half where the man just dribbled up court And shot the ball quince night is running out rotations and lineups. So this is a team that has four shooters and I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna classify Royce in here a little bit in there four players on a perimeter that you absolutely have to defend at the perimeter We're talking about people that can hit it off the dribble We're talking about people that can hit it and catch and shoot They have a very very lethal team. They have a very very lethal team and that opens the game I'm so much more if we go bear it. I know his counting stats Maybe down from his last year where he was an all-star His impact might be even greater right now Which is crazy to say because of his counting stats or so now It is it is a joy to watch if you're not watching utah jazz right now You're really missing out um And one of the things that has changed dramatically between last year and this year is my collie has found himself Right one of the reasons I was so high on the utah jazz last year is because they traded for one of my guys My collie and right before they traded for him. He was coming off like back to back Seasons where he was playing his best basketball. So him and Donovan Mitchell in the backcourt I'm assuming this is about to be great and he didn't find his footing at all last year The best he played was a couple games in the bubble But he pretty much with the whole year of being like this, right? He was he was a wave This year so far. He is he has been clean. He has been solid and he honestly Could be an all-star conversations, but it's my collie. So, you know, he won't actually get it But he could be getting a couple votes here and there He's playing to that level Joe Engels last year was trying they were trying to figure out Is he our six man now or is he gonna be in the rotation and they kind of threw off his little his fire a Little bit congratulates to him for passing John Stockton on all-time threes at Utah Jazz But I think he knows his role now I'm going to be that guy coming off the bench as long as we're completely healthy and I'm going to come in I'm going to play that lethal ass pick and roll Rudy Gobert and I'm going to hit spot up threes As long as he knows his role and he's playing that it is amazing And like I said by Donovan's hasn't found his footing just yet This team is really really scary But the reason why why I believe that maybe they just aren't there just yet Because in a series against one of the LA teams who the hell is guarding the perimeter other than Royce O'Neill Now Joe Engels has been a good defender in his career. I think he's maybe taking a little step back recently Because he's getting older same thing with Bogdanovich I remember the series with LeBron versus Bogdanovich Bogdanovich played pretty solidly Guarding LeBron, but they don't have multiple wing defenders that I would trust in a playoff series against some of the better Wing players in the western conference, right? That's the main thing and even though the counting stats may not say this Don't mention hasn't played this week But like when you watch him play his decision making has got dramatically better this season in comparison to even last year And those are all promises signs because if you ask check his playmaking is what puts him to the next level So i'm excited about this team. I need to see a little It's crazy to say this about a team on 11 game win streak that are blowing out teams I need to see a little bit more before I put them in like a real contender But i'm super excited that Utah basketball is is at this point right now Wow, that was a lot of talk about the Utah Jazz, but I had to do it I don't know how many other platforms out there talking about the jazz and they deserve a ton a ton of love I said I was going to keep positive So I will not talk about the Dallas mavericks today But if they lose their next game, they may be the topic of the next video because I'm keeping positive So i'm not even gonna talk about it the next game that I got to watch portion of was um the horn is beating the paces Um speaking of positivity Malik muck has been in a rotation for the past week or so and that's always promising I know Malik muck was kind of in the doghouse With some of the things that happened off the court I don't of course, we don't know the actual specifics of it But obviously uh jays brago wasn't confident with playing them But recently he has gotten to that lineup. Um, you didn't get a lot of business But yambo menace was just promising because you're going against the indiana paces who are such a dominant team down low They didn't necessarily need to play their bag bigs, which is great. I'm still waiting for the day They put um, um, who's the other rookie that they drafted a big guy verney carry Well, is that is that the guy either way? I want to see him No martin brother minutes was always good And they hit some timely timing threes tear rozier hit a big one and then uh diva tegram hit a big one And they got a they got another one. They got another one next the ellen hawks beat the washington wizards positive thing Um russia westbrook looked more like russia westbrook today than he had looked in the first nine games of the season for him So that's promising for the washington wizards I know he ended up getting ejected, but he was aggressive. Um, he had some shots I think he had three threes in the first half and i'm like, oh Oh, okay. Okay. They lost though rehash more is back in the lineup But on the other side of things straight young he's getting that magic back and that's all you can really ask for Um rondo his counting stats may not have looked like much eight and four But I promise you when he was on the court things look look fluid And that's basically what they've been missing in the backup point guard since rondo had been out So it's good to see him out there and I think we got an updated timetable on chris dunn There was like two more weeks So eventually chris dunn will be on that court. That's all I gotta say Let's talk about immanuel quickly thibodeaux In the new york nicks. Oh my god quickly 25 5 and 3 for immanuel quickly and now now let's let's be honest I'm thibodeaux. I know he's a guy that loves his veterans But you gotta start quickly at this point bro. He is literally out playing alphapain on every account Every way every way possible. He's out playing alphapain. There's no way. He shouldn't be starting Um, but another great game from him. It is so amazing How much tom thibodeaux Can change a culture Right, and I had I had forgot about it that he did it to my team and I still forgot about it when he signed the nicks I didn't have an opinion on I was like, uh could be good could be bad I should have been all positive because I know he's an amazing defensive minded coach and he can legitimately change the culture as of right now My dog hobo walked into the room But as of right now they have the these young players are the player where rj beard another big game Emmanuel quickly they have all the draft picks from poor zingers train They're looking like they're getting out of that good and they also still have their own draft picks while staying competitive They're building the coach and they have a lot of cap space. So new york nicks basketball. Is it back? Who really knows? speaking of positives, um You know what's a knobby was a big positive today even though the raptors ended up catching l He had a lot of big moments later in this game which which helped them Because this is the thing for the for the raptors so far this season They will have games or one of their players have amazing games and and this today it was pascal siakam third quarter He was lethal. Um, but they haven't been able to put it together for everybody Right, we haven't had a fray van vleet game with the pascal siakam game with a kawlari game And it's one of the main reasons why they're struggling and obviously the center play Um, I think in the first half a guy that was barely in a rotation and hassan waissad had like 12 points They don't have center play and they got dominated down there today Um, but when it comes to the sacramental kings was a three game win streak Three game win streak. I knew it was rough For the raptors today when de urin fox hit a step back three in the corner I was like, yeah, they're not winning this one bro Talk it up. They just getting unlucky today because de urin fox don't do that He ended with three threes bro. When was the last time de urin fox hit three threes in the game? It shot 60 percent from three It doesn't happen and taris didn't even shoot the ball well But he at the biggest shot of the game I saw a lot of raptors fans upset about the ejection and I understand that Um I understand that but when he got ejected cal la we're talking about they were down by four with no timeouts They they couldn't do anything unless you thought cal la was about to hit a four point four court shot Um, but like I said, they can't get their three stars to all put together tonight On the same night and that's one of the reasons the pelicans Is this the re this is a good game for the pelicans obviously because they won but they were running y'all They were running we got the best of lanzo ball because they allowed her to be a point guard He was running. Um, the the thing about the pelicans is I obviously they have a lot of good pieces here, right? And I wish That they didn't have to play like all of their games on national tv, right? I wish they were one of those teams that can grow and like Their own little corner instead of having this big old micro Microfine glass on it because they have xion because they have bread and ingrub and they're always on national tv This is a really good game against a really good team And the best part about it is not just because they won but they were able to stop the storm That was the milwaukee bucks in that second half Um, like I said, I'm sticking to the positivity and y'all is taking over in that second half I mean the pelicans really struggled to guard him, but they did it enough where they can win Steven adams rebounding was absolutely incredible Zion as a playmaker is still getting better. It seems like almost nightly Like things are things are going very well. He was getting he was getting double team And I remember literally he threw like a kind of like a no look curve around past Is steven adams is like if he can play make like that and also be dominated down low The league is really in trouble. Everybody's in trouble It's going to be hard to guard him because as of I mean early in his career He's kind of like head down. I'm getting to the rim, right? He didn't really look at his peripheries and find the open man He's starting to do that so far eric blezzo hitting seven threes against his old team is actually funny And then drew holiday ended up having a bad game against his old team So, you know, it's just the way things work. Um a dmp coach's decision from jj reddick people were speculating that maybe a trade Is going down. We don't really know. He's been struggling this year Um, he was going to be a guy on the bio market I think that's all I really wanted to cover today. Joellen bead had another evp type performance when his team needed it I mean, he's been guarded by ed davis. I expected him to go off and he ended up doing that Um, the clippers consistently stay positive. Um doing doing things I'm going to do a whole episode on the new clippers. Don't get me wrong Um, but I want to see them go against another really good team So it's like a thumbnail and a title and stuff. Um, the net scored 150 points in regulation without kevin a rant so Good good loss for the okc thunder because uh, they on maledon play really well And then the spurs. Oh last thing on the spurs. I want to mention them really quick. Um Might be a top three most fun team to watch as of right now That's all I really want to say I told y'all that I bought all the keldon johnson stocks. I'm a y'all saying I was late to the party my apologies Um damar still playing at a lethal level and then today dj Um, uh, jonte murray was really good the ball moves so well with this team. It is incredible. It is incredible Okay, that's it. Shout out to my boy cobra for barging in on me while I was recording the video and not barking That was the big thing. He didn't bark. Huh? Thank y'all so much for watching. Leave it a like subscribe call game