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What do you consider a "failed" offseason for the Jazz?

NUMBERICA said:
They virtually ran it back in all of the go-nowhere years of Hayward, until they felt they had to be proactive and ended up making the jump then.

But only because they felt heat.
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Nah, not really.

They made several rosters changes every year.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Nah, not really.

They made several rosters changes every year.
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What major pieces came and went? Kanter, who they got cents on the dollar for AFTER he forced his way out?

The boldest thing Lindsey has done in 7 years was let three really nice players walk in free agency (all so we could end up with Dante Exum). Trading up for Mitchell and Gobert were absolute no-brainers. Trading up for Burke was a no-brainer at the time, and he didn't have to trade a player. Most of his moves are trading draft picks.

He falls in love with his own players, and he sits on assets too long.
 
Ostertag>Duncan said:
I feel in order for Donovan to take a step forward he needs more help on offense. So what happens this off-season in free agency is critical.
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I think for him to step forward is to master that mid-range shot like CJ McCollum because he can get that whenever he wants, and it will open things up for him to get higher percentage shots from 3.
 
NUMBERICA said:
They virtually ran it back in all of the go-nowhere years of Hayward, until they felt they had to be proactive and ended up making the jump then. The cakk bakkd but the middle collapsed (sorry about the figurative language).

But only because they felt heat.
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They failed to address the biggest and most obvious roster issue and in fact complicated it by adding Ricky to the mix... and then waited it out another 2 years. The Hill move was nice and worked out pretty well until he became a little bit of a turd... his toe was obviously another issue but on court that worked.

They haven't run it back for five years, but they have punted using cap space over that period for band aid signings (Booker, Johnson, Udoh/Jonas/Thabo) or taking in guys like Diaw and Novak. They could have signed guys to long term deals but wanted flexibility... flexibility hasn't turned into anything... so that is where we have grown impatient and the organization stagnated imo.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
I think for him to step forward is to master that mid-range shot like CJ McCollum because he can get that whenever he wants, and it will open things up for him to get higher percentage shots from 3.
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Asking, expecting, or demanding Mitchell to carry the burden better than he does is unrealistic and really unfair.

This team is really cool, but what they bring to the basketball court is quite mediocre outside of Mitchell and Gobert (and he isn't a player you can ask to do anything on offense but pick the lowest-hanging fruit). Both of those pieces would do well if we had a third serious piece.
 
One Brow said:
If that were true, Denver would have kept both picks.
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Nah, Denver demonstrably had no brains.

Furthermore, on the topic of boldness; In those two moves combined, the Jazz traded one player on the roster who didn't want to be here.
 
The three rotation players Lindsey has traded since he's been here have all either publicly stated or made it clear otherwise that they didn't want to be here. Getting rid of players that are causing team-chemistry issues by doing their bidding isn't bold.

Someone get me a thesaurus.
 
infection said:
I'm afraid this may be the summer of 2019 in a nutshell.
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I knew that you, as the king of analogies, would like this... I mean "like" in a sad way.
 
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