THE OPPONENT
The last game for the Jazz was a TNT Thursday dissembling of the mighty Spurs, who actually don't look too mighty allofasudden, with losses in Chicago, Salt Lake and Portland. The Jazz jumped on S.A. from Go, running up a 32-22 first quarter lead. Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer shared focal point duties, a familiar story. D-Wil is at 23/9 early on, while Boozer is rolling with 15/10. The team offense hasn't fully come together yet, and surprisingly Paul Millsap is only at 24 minutes per game.
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THE KEY BATTLE
The question Ailene fairly poses is that if Evans performs better as a two-guard, will all the "Tyreke is a point guard!" posturing be for naught? The catch that Ailene doesn't mention: it's pretty much a given that Evans will perform better over the next two months … because he has been pretty bad so far, at least by the numbers.
Unless Evans continues to shoot 36 percent with few assists and rebounds, the next two months alongside Beno will look better on an individual level. So this is almost a foregone conclusion, with the only question being team performance. And while I think Evans can make it sharing a backcourt with a true shooting guard like Martin, I'm not in the business of rooting against the team's success for that point to be proven.
We can't assess how that will all go down until the day comes. Suffice it to say that no matter what position Evans is playing, we hope for a load of improvement. That starts tonight, with a truly elite player in Deron Williams at the point, and a feisty troublemaker in Ronnie Brewer at the two. Another big challenge for Evans.
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