J
Years ago
Seems the Jazz took the wildcats pretty seriously. Doesn't mean other teams didn't scout their aussie opponents but says alot more to me than an of the cuff gsw like comment.
https://thewest.com.au/sport/perth-wildcats/nblxnba-jazz-coach-quin-snyder-backs-wildcats-nbl-pre-season-clashes-ng-b88976698z
ME
(he/kangaroo)
Years ago
Yeah, well, they may have. But a lot of what happened was Perth shooting themselves in the foot. They got plenty of open jumpers so their offense wasn't completely broken, but I don't think I've seen a pro team shoot that poorly before.
I think they will do better against Denver. Or at least I hope so. I'm done making fun of them for the loss for now. There are a lot of reasons why what happened, happened, and I think they can do better.
AK-47
Years ago
Purely from an outsiders assessment of the coaches, it does not surprise me at all that one (Quin) would scout and the other (Doc) would not.
Hogwash
Years ago
Perth need to redeem themselves against Denver, not so much for the people on here laying crap on them but for themselves and the NBL.
Nogg
Years ago
People are forgetting that along with playing a great NBA team, they were playing at altitude as well. Probably contributed to a lot of misses
Train
Years ago
@Nogg - After reading your post I checked out the altitude in Salt Lake City compared to Perth. Never really thought of that impacting a basketball game. 4100ft in Salt Lake City compared to 103ft in Perth CBD.
FM
Years ago
I hate Perth, it's part of my Sixers DNA.
West Coast Eagles won the most significant sporting event in our country. The vast majority of the team are supporters of everything Western Australian.
They played like they had planks of wood attached to their legs. It was embarrassing, however like other posters said. They got open, they just couldn’t hit anything all night. I don’t blame them after the 40 hour travel there, 1 day feel for the venue and then to sit and watch the Eagles claw their way back into the game and eventually win it
Mind probably back in the game for Denver.
Nogg
Years ago
@Train, altitude just means the air is a bit thinner. If you're not used to it, you don't have the red blood cells to get enough oxygen to your lungs. It's why Denver (even more altitude) has such a massive home court advantage
PeterJohn
Years ago
"I don't think I've seen a pro team shoot that poorly before"
It was even worse than the stinker 5 years ago: Perth vs Townsville 25/1/13
Perth 31.9% field goal percentage
Townsville 39.1%
Todd
Years ago
It's not hard to scout the horn sets and flex offense.
Nuggets going to drop Nuggets on Pearth worse than what Jazz did, can't wait.
It's not hard to scout the horn sets and flex offense.
MACDUB
Years ago
Quin Synder is an unbelievably good coach - and very professional. Im not surprised he scouted Perth - takes his job very seriously.
Denver is higher than Utah I believe.
LOL! Philly scouted Melbourne, I think most teams would do some scouting for a pre-season game and practice executing their scouts.
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