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5 Teams With The Best Young Nucleus In The NBA

The only piece I'd argue is that the Lakers shouldn't be there yet. Randle was gone pretty much all of last season while Russell hasn't played in a single game yet.
 
Avery said:
The only piece I'd argue is that the Lakers shouldn't be there yet. Randle was gone pretty much all of last season while Russell hasn't played in a single game yet.
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And I would put Minnesota higher, maybe even higher than Utah with the addition of Towns.
 
Yeah, this thing is sneaking up on many casual fans. My brother goes on and on about what terrible moves the Jazz have made in recent years. His proof is that so many other teams are starting our former players. He's certain we would have been much better if we'd held on to those guys. He cannot comprehend the change in philosophy from signing journeymen to drafting and developing talent, and he absolutely refused to believe that we were purposely tanking or that teams would benefit in any way if they did. It will be interesting to see how he reacts as they rise to the top. My guess is that he will simply jump aboard the bandwagon and won't even remember or understand that he ranted against virtually every move they made in order to reach this point.
 
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Avery said:
The only piece I'd argue is that the Lakers shouldn't be there yet. Randle was gone pretty much all of last season while Russell hasn't played in a single game yet.
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They don't belong on the list, and they wouldn't be if that same situation was taking place in a small market. NO has messed some things up, but they still deserve to be ranked higher on this type of a list than LA.
 
Ellis269 said:
1. Utah
2. Minnesota
3. Milwaukee
4. Orlando
5. Philly (but only because they needed 5 teams)
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I'd take Philly off and put New Orleans #1 because the brow is that good. He took NO to the playoffs last year. I'd trade any three players of Gobert, Favors, Hayward, Burks, And Hood for the Brow.
 
I am glad that most of the up and coming teams are not the same old title contenders. Utah, Minny, Nawlins, Milwuakee, Orlando... will all add a fresh spin to the playoffs.

Maybe we will get lucky and it'll be Utah/Minny and Orlando/Milwuakee fighting for the right to face each other for the title.
 
green said:
I'd take Philly off and put New Orleans #1 because the brow is that good. He took NO to the playoffs last year. I'd trade any three players of Gobert, Favors, Hayward, Burks, And Hood for the Brow.
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Good point. He doesn't have much help around him. . . but he is that good. Nice call.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
Yeah, this thing is sneaking up on many casual fans. My brother goes on and on about what terrible moves the Jazz have made in recent years. His proof is that so many other teams are starting our former players. He's certain we would have been much better if we'd held on to those guys. He cannot comprehend the change in philosophy from signing journeymen to drafting and developing talent, and he absolutely refused to believe that we were purposely tanking or that teams would benefit in any way if they did. It will be interesting to see how he reacts as they rise to the top. My guess is that he will simply jump aboard the bandwagon and won't even remember or understand that he ranted against virtually every move they made in order to reach this point.
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Yep.
Whenever I go to a party, people will talk jazz with me cause they know im a huge fan.
They are always down about the jazz and say that we will just develop our players and then give them away to be good others for other teams. And they always bitch about us losing kanter for "nothing"
I try to explain that the jazz re-signed Hayward, Burks, and favors and that rudy will not be going anywhere any time soon and that the jazz have very good young players under contract for multiple more years.

They never understand and just assume that all our good players will leave and do well elsewhere.

Dumbasses
 
I'd trade any three players of Gobert, Favors, Hayward, Burks, And Hood for the Brow
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I'd have to take off Gobert off this list......Exum at 6'6"defending PG's and 7'1" Gobert at Center is going to have Utah in serious contention year after year purely on their defensive talent ,just wait til their offensive talent matures.
 
str8line said:
And I would put Minnesota higher, maybe even higher than Utah with the addition of Towns.
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The Pesky Timberwolves will need to win more than 20 games with their young core in a season before you go placing them above the Jazz. Acquiring talent is one thing. Turning that talent into a cohesive team is another entirely. Wolves have shown they kind of suck at that last part for almost a decade now.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
Yeah, this thing is sneaking up on many casual fans. My brother goes on and on about what terrible moves the Jazz have made in recent years. His proof is that so many other teams are starting our former players. He's certain we would have been much better if we'd held on to those guys. He cannot comprehend the change in philosophy from signing journeymen to drafting and developing talent, and he absolutely refused to believe that we were purposely tanking or that teams would benefit in any way if they did. It will be interesting to see how he reacts as they rise to the top. My guess is that he will simply jump aboard the bandwagon and won't even remember or understand that he ranted against virtually every move they made in order to reach this point.
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Is your brother's name Ian, by chance? ;-) I had this exact same conversation with a friend of mine named Ian a few weeks ago. Like, he literally said the exact same things you're quoting your brother as having said. And he's even a college bball player so he ought to know better! (He did have nice things to say about Trey Lyles, though, when I told him the Jazz had drafted him.)
 
fishonjazz said:
Yep.
Whenever I go to a party, people will talk jazz with me cause they know im a huge fan.
They are always down about the jazz and say that we will just develop our players and then give them away to be good others for other teams. And they always bitch about us losing kanter for "nothing"
I try to explain that the jazz re-signed Hayward, Burks, and favors and that rudy will not be going anywhere any time soon and that the jazz have very good young players under contract for multiple more years.

They never understand and just assume that all our good players will leave and do well elsewhere.

Dumbasses
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Maybe you should stop going to those parties.
 
green said:
I'd take Philly off and put New Orleans #1 because the brow is that good. He took NO to the playoffs last year. I'd trade any three players of Gobert, Favors, Hayward, Burks, And Hood for the Brow.
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Dude, New Orleans has a pretty decent team outside of Davis, 5 guys averaging more than 13 points a game with Asik providing a strong bench big. Only Davis and Holiday are under 25. They don't have a "young core" outside of Davis. They are a playoff team mostly in their prime. It just sucks for them they are in the Western Conference. I don't think, however, Davis is good enough by himself to push that crew into the top 4 in the West, and they are kind of screwed for surrounding him with more talent or squeezing much more out of what they have outside of Davis. The Jazz, on the other hand, can still expect developmental progress from several different players which is the definition of "young core."
 
framer said:
The Pesky Timberwolves will need to win more than 20 games with their young core in a season before you go placing them above the Jazz. Acquiring talent is one thing. Turning that talent into a cohesive team is another entirely. Wolves have shown they kind of suck at that last part for almost a decade now.
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Good post
 
framer said:
The Pesky Timberwolves will need to win more than 20 games with their young core in a season before you go placing them above the Jazz. Acquiring talent is one thing. Turning that talent into a cohesive team is another entirely. Wolves have shown they kind of suck at that last part for almost a decade now.
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True, maybe I'm reading too much into Wiggens and Towns.
 
colton said:
Is your brother's name Ian, by chance? ;-) I had this exact same conversation with a friend of mine named Ian a few weeks ago. Like, he literally said the exact same things you're quoting your brother as having said. And he's even a college bball player so he ought to know better! (He did have nice things to say about Trey Lyles, though, when I told him the Jazz had drafted him.)
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My brother is not Ian, but it does not surprise me that you had this conversation with someone else. There are a ton of people who have never looked beyond the surface and therefore they have no idea what is going on. Once the word gets out that the team is a contender these people are going to hop onto the bandwagon in droves. Winning is the only thing most fans care about.
 
My measure for growing a successful core is winning road games. The Jazz won 17 last year. Orlando won 12, The Lakers won 9, Minnesota won 7, and Philly won 6. Milwaukee won 18, but I still give the Jazz the nod because they had to get wins in the Western Conference. New Orleans got 17 as well.
 
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