Pick or Trade: Zach Lowe on Jazz Future

[Saint Cy of JFC]

https://grantland.com/the-triangle/pick-or-trade-what-should-the-jazz-do-to-make-the-leap/

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I like the idea of adding George Hill even though he is a little older than I would like.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Kyle Lowry would be great too.

 

[Deleted member 848]

Shout-out to Dal for telling everyone to trade Kanter for Bradley at the beginning of the season-- and all of y'all being like "EWWW noOO!!""

He was and is a perfect fit.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Shout-out to Dal for telling everyone to trade Kanter for Bradley at the beginning of the season-- and all of y'all being like "EWWW noOO!!""

He was and is a perfect fit.

I still hate the idea of getting Bradley tbh.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If we could nab Holiday on the cheap and he stops being injury prone, that would be a steal. The injuries doe.

 

[Deleted member 848]

I still hate the idea of getting Bradley tbh.

For an 11th pick? Me too.

I think Zach Lowe is a year off from making an article of this nature. If we were to miss the playoffs again next year, that's the sort of considerations we would need to be making. At that point in time we'd probably know what we have with Burke, have a better idea of what we have with Exum & Hood, and Hayward + Favors would probably be peaking at that point in time.

In my opinion, you only trade the 11th pick if you can pick up a perimeter defender who can bomb threes better than Elijah Millsap. Otherwise, I'm quite comfortable with a SG rotation of Burks and Hood pending that both stay healthy for most of next year. They complement each other well.

Offseason goals for us are 1) internal development (strength, conditioning, skill); 2) sign backup big (Tomic, Pleiss, or some random journeyman).

I really, really am comfortable with Dante Exum the player. I still expect Burke to make the jump into respectable shooting percentages (#TheExorcism). It would be unwise to go after an FA PG this summer. Next summer makes more sense for re-tooling of this nature.

 

[Deleted member 848]

Let''s look at a potential 10 man roster for us that we'll have under contract next year.


Exum/Burke
Hood/Burks
Hayward/Millsap/Ingles
Favors/Booker
Gobert

Gaping hole 1: backup 5 -- sign Tomic

Gaping hole 2: backup PG/SG/SF (if Ingles plays the 2) -- either draft a wing, or sign/trade for a pretty good shooting one

That brings us to 12-- we can use the rest to maybe pick up Brock Motum, Jack Cooley, or whoever we want as a 5th big. Or maybe hang onto Jeremy Evans (unsure when his contract ends).

 

[NAOS]

Zach is good, man.

The deal has to be perfect. I would hate to see our pick + Hood get dealt for a 29-year old guy who would put Dante deep on the bench and bury Trey.

Of the guys that Lowe mentions, I like Bradley and Holiday best.

 

[NAOS]

For an 11th pick? Me too.

I think Zach Lowe is a year off from making an article of this nature. If we were to miss the playoffs again next year, that's the sort of considerations we would need to be making. At that point in time we'd probably know what we have with Burke, have a better idea of what we have with Exum & Hood, and Hayward + Favors would probably be peaking at that point in time.

In my opinion, you only trade the 11th pick if you can pick up a perimeter defender who can bomb threes better than Elijah Millsap. Otherwise, I'm quite comfortable with a SG rotation of Burks and Hood pending that both stay healthy for most of next year. They complement each other well.

Offseason goals for us are 1) internal development (strength, conditioning, skill); 2) sign backup big (Tomic, Pleiss, or some random journeyman).

I really, really am comfortable with Dante Exum the player. I still expect Burke to make the jump into respectable shooting percentages (#TheExorcism). It would be unwise to go after an FA PG this summer. Next summer makes more sense for re-tooling of this nature.

repped.

 

[davidbenoit]

For an 11th pick? Me too.

I think Zach Lowe is a year off from making an article of this nature. If we were to miss the playoffs again next year, that's the sort of considerations we would need to be making. At that point in time we'd probably know what we have with Burke, have a better idea of what we have with Exum & Hood, and Hayward + Favors would probably be peaking at that point in time.

In my opinion, you only trade the 11th pick if you can pick up a perimeter defender who can bomb threes better than Elijah Millsap. Otherwise, I'm quite comfortable with a SG rotation of Burks and Hood pending that both stay healthy for most of next year. They complement each other well.

Offseason goals for us are 1) internal development (strength, conditioning, skill); 2) sign backup big (Tomic, Pleiss, or some random journeyman).

I really, really am comfortable with Dante Exum the player. I still expect Burke to make the jump into respectable shooting percentages (#TheExorcism). It would be unwise to go after an FA PG this summer. Next summer makes more sense for re-tooling of this nature.

Tend to agree, especially with the PG position. Jazz know they can be patient with Exum and like Lowe says in the article, the Jazz want to peak in 3 years. Another quality draft pick who will start hitting their stride in 2-3 years fits perfectly with the Jazz timeline.

Jazz aren't stupid enough to stunt Exum's development for merely 5 more wins next season.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Zach is good, man.

The deal has to be perfect. I would hate to see our pick + Hood get dealt for a 29-year old guy who would put Dante deep on the bench and bury Trey.

Of the guys that Lowe mentions, I like Bradley and Holiday best.

Yeah, I really hate the idea of giving up Hood and the #11 pick for a guy that age. If we got a dude like George Hill I would like to see something like the #11, Burke, and Booker (but I'm sure the Pacers wouldn't do it). Not sure there is a better fit out there for our PG position than George Hill though.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Let''s look at a potential 10 man roster for us that we'll have under contract next year.


Exum/Burke
Hood/Burks
Hayward/Millsap/Ingles
Favors/Booker
Gobert

Gaping hole 1: backup 5 -- sign Tomic

Gaping hole 2: backup PG/SG/SF (if Ingles plays the 2) -- either draft a wing, or sign/trade for a pretty good shooting one

That brings us to 12-- we can use the rest to maybe pick up Brock Motum, Jack Cooley, or whoever we want as a 5th big. Or maybe hang onto Jeremy Evans (unsure when his contract ends).

Gaping Hole 1: Are both are PG's still well below average?