Report Card Time (team grades)

[JAZZGASM]

We were confident as fans the whole season that we could keep him. Anyone acting like it was always a forgone conclusion is rewriting history.

Disagree. I knew for years he would go to Boston or Indiana.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Disagree. I knew for years he would go to Boston or Indiana.

Congrats. Your guess happened to turn out correct.

 

[Siro]

Congrats. Your guess happened to turn out correct.

I'm unimpressed. Hayward did not show interest in going to Indiana. His reasons for going to Indiana would have been completely different from the reasons he went to Boston (fame whore). So it wasn't even a good read of Hayward's personality, despite the accidental hit.

 

[gregbroncs]

A+ to Thabo for this lol.

Thanks for this thread Fish. Agree with most of your grades. Maybe a B+ for Exum (not to be picky but I would like to see him hitting some off the dribble jumpshots...like in preseason).

And what about Udoh? He was great when Rudy was injured. Extremely limited offensively with his rocky hands but what a player defensively. Cheap contract and great teammate. B+ for him.

Why would you want him to take more lower efficiency shots? I honestly wish the entire team especially DM would take less of those type of shots.

 

[gregbroncs]

What does Lindsey need to do to get an A? Lol

Best player in the draft at #13 (and he traded for that pick!). Every single signing and trade from last offseason (and mid season) has worked out.

Not allow your franchise player to leave for nothing? Everything he has done outside of that has been spectacular though.

 

[gregbroncs]

You would have traded Hayward in the middle of the season when we were playing great, for a draft pick when there was no reason to assume that we didn’t have a good chance of keeping him???? Really??

Good cheap contracts giving us good minutes. What free agents would have been better pickups at similar deals?

Nobody is really blaming him. He's a victim of circumstance. But he was still the GM that watched the franchise player walk for nothing. Hard to call him perfect in the year that happened. Frankly it's a miracle his grade is not a C after that and the reason it's not is because all the other moves have been great.

 

[Shad]

I would give Mitchell an A-, he has been great in many aspects but I want his understanding of the game to get better. When his 3pt shot isn't going then take it to the basket or pass it to an open teammate. Needs to watch turnovers late in the game.

Exum, I would give a B, he has played well but his sample size is too small.

Crowder, his grade is a C+ for me. He needs to know when he isn't making shots to move and pass the ball.

Rudy Gobert - gets an A- for me simply because he is Rudy Gobert. Watching him play defense against Minnesota was like watching a true artist perform. Rudy doesn't complain about not getting a lot of shots either. He plays hard on defense and should be the DPOY.

Derrick Favors - B+- almost an A- minus, when Favors plays well the Jazz are a far better team. Doesn't complain and his offense is overrated.

Jingles - gets an A from me especially most recent games. Best passer on the team, plays great defense and is more aggressive offensively. Besides he is the player that gets under other players skin.

Rubio- has played out of his mind lately. Was really bad at the beginning but I think he was just adjusting to have a new team. Still needs to work on his chemistry with Rudy, but I give him an A for improving his shot and working his butt off on defense.

O'neal - D on offense and an A- on defense so I give him a C+ overall.
Thabo - better than expected, sucks that he got hurt, I give him a B+.

Udoh- A on defense and a C- on offense. He always seems to play well when he plays.
Jereko - I give a B-, for the most part he delivers when he plays.

I actually agree with this list.

With fishes list, I'd swap Exum's and Crowder's grade. I don't feel you can give Exum an A- with only played 7 games (?)

 

[Watcher]

Ya I considered giving hood and jj a grade.
C- sounds right to me. For both of em

Last night I was skimming through a game from a couple months ago on my DVR deciding whether to delete it. It was so weird to see Hood and then Joe Johnson out there. It feels like the team is completely different now.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Nobody is really blaming him. He's a victim of circumstance. But he was still the GM that watched the franchise player walk for nothing. Hard to call him perfect in the year that happened. Frankly it's a miracle his grade is not a C after that and the reason it's not is because all the other moves have been great.

That’s like saying you’d blame the president if an asteroid hit Earth during his time in office. Why would being a victim of circumstance apply to how he is graded for what he CAN control?

 

[gregbroncs]

That’s like saying you’d blame the president if an asteroid hit Earth during his time in office. Why would being a victim of circumstance apply to how he is graded for what he CAN control?

He could have traded him. It did not seem to be in his best interest but he could have traded him.

 

[JazzForLifee]

started A with denver win to F with hawks lose then A again. crazy season lol


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[David Stern]

It's DL's fault that Hayward left a year earlier than he should have. DL royally screwed up that contract. Would he still have left? Probably. But, we let our best player walk for nothing and some of you guys are acting like he's the slam-dunk executive of the year. He's done a good job this year, but he's been a really average GM outside of drafting.