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Dwill quote - seriously?

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udflyer

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""I don't like being in the spotlight," Williams said, "and this put a lot of attention on me and I don't like it.""

I've been thinking about this since Sloan resigned.

IMO we need to rebuild with a different leader than Dwill

From day 1 when ripping Hayward in public to always whining about the team after losses he doesn't want to say anything to anybody or he will be the bad guy

This quote blows my mind especially when he was a major factor, IMO

Dwill is a great #2 guy, like Pippen who needed Jordan
 
Did Stockton and Malone like being in the media spotlight? I have no doubt in my mind Dwill wants to be in spotlight for one thing, winning. I interpret this quote as he doesnt feel comfortable in the media for negative things. Lebron James can handle it, but Dwill cant.
 
Maybe i am too old, but I do not like the NBA being led by players. When players can dictate where they go like melo, small smart teams like Utah will not have players. The NBA will turn into large market teams only.

Hate to see that happen.
 
Hard Cap, Franchise Player, and 10,000,000 per year max salarys. Solves basically all the NBA's problems.
 
udflyer said:
""I don't like being in the spotlight," Williams said, "and this put a lot of attention on me and I don't like it.""

I've been thinking about this since Sloan resigned.

IMO we need to rebuild with a different leader than Dwill
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That was a pretty random association between the two. "I don't like all of this (negative) attention" = Not a leader. Not sure how you wound up there so quickly.
 
Yep. If not, the NBA will become what MLB is. We would become the Kansas City Royals of the NBA.
 
udflyer said:
""I don't like being in the spotlight," Williams said, "and this put a lot of attention on me and I don't like it.""

I've been thinking about this since Sloan resigned.

IMO we need to rebuild with a different leader than Dwill

From day 1 when ripping Hayward in public to always whining about the team after losses he doesn't want to say anything to anybody or he will be the bad guy

This quote blows my mind especially when he was a major factor, IMO

Dwill is a great #2 guy, like Pippen who needed Jordan
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To me this is good for the Jazz. Because he definitely has less spotlight on him here than say if he went to the Laker's or Knicks. Dwill is not the best personality to have as the leader of your team. You need an outgoing guy that has respect of the players and can also communicate with them.

That said he can still be the #1 guy on a team if you have another 1A guy that can be more of the leader off of the court and in the locker room.
 
GoJazz said:
Hard Cap, Franchise Player, and 10,000,000 per year max salarys. Solves basically all the NBA's problems.
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I agree. But it will never happen. The league likes giving the advantage to big market teams. It's good for their bottom line. And that is all that they care about.
 
GoJazz said:
Hard Cap, Franchise Player, and 10,000,000 per year max salarys. Solves basically all the NBA's problems.
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Agreed.

Plus if you miss more than a certain amount of games, you should only get 1/2 your salary for those game. Almost like LTD in corporate America.

I have no problems with challenging your coach, i do have a problem with blatantly not running his plays.

Coach will be accountable And get fired, at leasy show him respect.

If I did this at my job, i would be written up then fired. I do not care how good you are, if there was a progressive discipline path that led to bein ousted from the league, I think players attitudes will change. It is an honor to be in this league and it is not treated as such.

Look at Hayward. I think we agree he will at worst be a solid player, maybe not an all start but solid.

He got his chance due to his visibility at butler, a tiny school.

There are a bunch of kids who i think can play in this league but are never given a chance because small school no exposure
 
udflyer said:
But anyone can be a leader when things go well.


True leaders lead when times are tough.
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udflyer said:
Maybe i am too old, but I do not like the NBA being led by players. When players can dictate where they go like melo, small smart teams like Utah will not have players. The NBA will turn into large market teams only.

Hate to see that happen.
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GoJazz said:
Hard Cap, Franchise Player, and 10,000,000 per year max salarys. Solves basically all the NBA's problems.
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These 3 said it all. Well done.
 
Tough thing about the NBA and other professional sports is that it is simultaneously a tv show, a sporting event, and a business. The players are the stars and are who we pay to see (tv show), the game must be played at a high level or we won't pay for the entertainment (sporting event: think of the cavs this year or about the clippers any year they didn't have Griffin), but it has to be run like a business so the company makes money and it does not devolve into just a great big production of and1 (the coaches and F.O.). That is a tough thing to balance. But in the end, if it isn't run something like a business the product (the sporting event) will suffer and ultimately the show will be canceled. They have to take care of the stars of the show but not to the detriment of the business or the sporting event product. However, just like a TV show if the actors control everything there won't be a coherent story line, and the series will crumble.

The NBA in the next CBA definitely needs to get a salary structure and some protection for teams from player collusion, just like the players need protection against team collusion and deserve fair proportion of profits. That is a tough assignment. I hope they get there. Recent precedent with the Miami Sell-outs and Carmello-gate do not bode well for the NBA in the future under the current parameters.
 
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