Conley could miss multiple weeks with hamstring injury

[Jingled]

Would it be irony or justice if the jazz miss the playoffs but Phoenix sneaks in?

Justice for what? Trying to upgrade the roster and improve the team? Look, it sucks that the trade hasn't worked out so far but I don't blame Lindsey and Zanik at all for pulling the trigger on it. Conley has been a far superior player to Rubio throughout his entire career. Even this year Rubio is only shooting 38% from the field and 29% from 3 and has also missed a few games with injury. He does some good things on the court but he also has some serious flaws. There's also a very good chance Bogey wouldn't be on the Jazz right now if Rubio was still the point guard.

 

[dakidmas]

Freaking play Dante already, even if only to give Donovan some rest. It's overdue

Not going to happen, Quin seems to be going with a smaller rotation currently with majority of bench DNP.

Unless Mudiay also picks up an injury I'd expect rotations to remain consistent with what we've seen in the last couple weeks Conley was out, only problem is the last few wins have been against trash teams so not sure if this is good or bad.

 

[infection]

It's Exhume time!

 

[outerspacefan]

Getting to the point where the team is not good nor fun. Starting to entertain the idea that's something fundamentally wrong.

 

[Kyoto]

We'd never do it... but I still think a three team deal where Conley went to NY and CP3 came here would still be viable.

Time to see what Exum can give us... maybe NWG gets some run... this ain't great... 3 weeks is 10ish games... if it lingers then we are looking at like 15ish games.

There used to be a clause about not being able to trade injured players. There used to be anyways I'm not sure if it's still a thing

Edit: now that I think of it, it's not being able to cut an injured player not trade. That's how John Starks got his career in the NBA. In the final pre-season practice on the day the Knicks were going to cut him he got injured and was forced to keep him. Their starting guard got injured early on in the season so they played Starks. The rest is history
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[jope]

OKC would ask for picks. Jazz have no more picks to give, the future is already mortgaged. But it would be totally the most Dennis Lindsey thing to do to trade more first round picks for another pg.

Paul signed a four-year deal with the Rockets last season worth $159.7 million that has the team on the hook for a whopping $38.5 million for next season, $41.3 million the season afterwards, and finally $44.2 million in 2021/2022 at the age of 36

They'd get out from that insane contract for only between 0.5 and 1.5 years of Conley. Not sure picks would be necessary.

 

[str8line]

Wow, totalling wasn't expecting a 32 yr old who missed 50% of games in the last two season due to injury/physical condition to get injuried like this. Poor Dennis Lindsey.

It was still worth the gamble though. Bummer it hasn't worked out and it may not but there is still plenty of time for the team to gel for the playoffs. But the reality is even at our best we're probably too small and not tough enough. We need an enforcer.

 

[oneye]

Not the case with Indiana or Toronto. Both would beat us handily in a 7 game series right now without their best player in Oladipo or Lowry. Because of better management.

Payroll. You think if Harden sits out Houston is okay? You think if Lebron sits out the Lakers are okay? Golden State looks fine without Curry and Thompson don’t they? Milwaukee would look great without Giannis. Should I go on? Or should we just hush?

 

[oneye]

It was still worth the gamble though. Bummer it hasn't worked out and it may not but there is still plenty of time for the team to gel for the playoffs. But the reality is even at our best we're probably too small and not tough enough. We need an enforcer.

Other teams will give them a pick. The Jazz won’t come close to being the highest bidder.

 

[jom2003]

Justice for what? Trying to upgrade the roster and improve the team? Look, it sucks that the trade hasn't worked out so far but I don't blame Lindsey and Zanik at all for pulling the trigger on it. Conley has been a far superior player to Rubio throughout his entire career. Even this year Rubio is only shooting 38% from the field and 29% from 3 and has also missed a few games with injury. He does some good things on the court but he also has some serious flaws. There's also a very good chance Bogey wouldn't be on the Jazz right now if Rubio was still the point guard.

Conley > Rubio, yes. But is Conley>Rubio +Crowder+picks? I don't think so. Plus Conley is a good player, but not a superstar/game changer in which you can simply ignore the fit/chemistry. And Rubio is way superior than Conley in that department. Better players don't necessarily produce you the better result because basketball is a game of 5, not 1 on 1 on every possession or else Melo would still be the star in this league.

You need players who can do the dirty work so our star players can shine. People made arguments against the Conley trade even prior to it happens and their reasonings have been justified thus far. It doesn't make our team better. It actually made us tread water, if not worse.

 

[SCS]

We'd never do it... but I still think a three team deal where Conley went to NY and CP3 came here would still be viable.

Time to see what Exum can give us... maybe NWG gets some run... this ain't great... 3 weeks is 10ish games... if it lingers then we are looking at like 15ish games.

Exum and NWG won't play. We'll start DM/Ingles/Oneale/Bogey/Gobert. Mudiay will stay the backup PG. And Quin will play his man crush Niang as much as possible so our bench can suck ***.

Hello darkness MY old friend.

 

[jom2003]

Payroll. You think if Harden sits out Houston is okay? You think if Lebron sits out the Lakers are okay? Golden State looks fine without Curry and Thompson don’t they? Milwaukee would look great without Giannis. Should I go on? Or should we just hush?

Funny you are talking about payroll and we are paying Conley more than anyone who is currently on the Raptors/Pacers roster