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If you ran the Jazz, what would you do?

juds101

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I would shorten the rotation to 8. With Watson, Evans, and Fez, being the 6,7,8 man. Play Bell 15 to 20 minutes. And turn the team over to DWill and tell him to go to work. Run it, Play half Court. Just win me some games! So what would you guys do?
 
Deron
CJ
AK
Jefferson (or possibly Millsap)
Fes

I'd give Fes about 15-20 minutes per game, and give the rest to Sap/AL. I'd give Hayward and Evans significant burn, and reduce Bell's minutes by 75%. I'd also find a way to unload Okur, and possibly AK (even though I'd ideally like to keep for 5-6m a year).

I would take advantage of mismatches, and go with whatever lineups work at the time. Instead of random robotic substitutions and plays.

I would play Deron at the 2 for 10 minutes a game, with Watson at the point.

I would have no problem with someone losing their starting position after an injury, if someone else steps up.
 
At this point I would start playing my rookies more to get them some developmental time and see if we can't shake things up a bit, and I would be working the phones.
 
Trade AK as soon as possible for anyone who wants him. He is the biggest wuss in the NBA. Every time he gets hurt he has to take a minimum of a week off and the Jazz are the only organization that allows that to happen.
 
Force Sloan into retirement

https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=467ccyu

Save 1 million dollars which the Millers would love for luxury reasons. Boobie is a more consistent threat from 3 than Miles is. We have Hayward and Evans who we all want to play more. This also moves Bell to the bench and we can keep him fresh.

D-Will cannot guard PG's he is too slow for some reason laterally. But he played very good defense against Kobe and Brandon Roy (healthy) and other players very well. He has a long wing span and is strong enough to stop them. Play D-Will at the point 80 percent of the time still and let Boobie and Watson play the other 20 percent.

D-Will plays PG on offense but SG on defense. Boobie is a great spot up shooter and would thrive having D-Will hit him for 3's. Have boobie play PG on defense though. Or switch off depending on match ups.

D-Will - Watson
Gibson - Bell
Hayward - AK - Evans
Jefferson - Millsap
Fesenko - Elson - Okur

Than move Millsap back to the bench not because he isn't deserving of starting but the fact that we cannot spot penetration. Guys like Russell Westbrook get into the paint whenever they want. Fesenko clogs the paint and Jefferson is a good weak side shot blocker so they would complement each other well on defense.
Start Hayward because we will need to spread the court with Fesenko and Jefferson is the game. Hayward can spread the floor better than AK can.

D-Will, Boobie, and Bell share the guard minutes

Hayward and AK share the SF minutes (Evans won't play much this year)

Have a rotation of Jefferson, Millsap and Fesenko at the PF and Center position.AK will play some PF when we need to play a quicker lineup
 
Unload AK... For anything...

Try small ball at times with Deron at the 2....
 
Trade AK as soon as possible for anyone who wants him. He is the biggest wuss in the NBA. Every time he gets hurt he has to take a minimum of a week off and the Jazz are the only organization that allows that to happen.

Damn, for a minute there I thought you were talking about our favorite son, Carlos.
 
...wait for the lockout, save millions on salary I won't have to pay, bank the money, sell the franchise.....and get out of town!
 
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