Anyone who is anti DL is a moron. It's that simple. Look what he's done:
Drafted the best player in the 2013 draft late in the first round in Gobert.
The very next year, he drafted an elite defender, a great passer and a kid with an elite ceiling with the fifth pick. How many more wins do we have with Exum this year? Our defense is TERRIBLE the last five minutes of the game. We have 5+ more wins with Exum this year.
Also, Exum was hurt in August, the worst time to get injured. There is nobody to go after and sign at that point. It was just bad luck.
Anyways, back to the 2014 draft. If it was redone today, Hood would be a top 3 pick.
That means in two drafts, Lindsey found a top 5 player late in the first round. Kind of like SA...
Weird.
What this team needs is easily fixable.
1- they need Exum to play. There is 3-5 wins right there. We will say 4. That puts us 7th in the west.
2- we need a bench. That would be another 2 wins. That right there puts us sixth in the west.
3- we need Burks. That is worth a win. That would put us fifth in the west.
The plan all along was to go young this year and let the young people play to see what we have. The bench was purposefully thin to allow Exum, Hayward, Hood, Burks, Gobert to play as much as possible.
When Exum went down, that all went out the window. Burks injury stinks as well, but he is like How Brewer was around here...not nearly as good as jazzfanz experts think he is.
I LOVE the direction the team is headed. Offseason moves:
Dump Burke and if possible Burks. Let Booker walk.
Sign a real backup PG. Someone from a winning organization with playoff experience. Same with the C position. Try to find a Foye-type player to play backup SG. Draft another wing.
We are headed in the right direction. We have the core of a 50 win team. Whether or not we compete for titles comes down to Exum. If he is an all star, we compete for titles. If not, we become Memphis.
The cake is baked. We just need some frosting this summer (bench/vets) and a figurine to go on top (Exum to develop).