jazzfan1971
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Who are these folks answering these questions? They are terrible.
1 - Trading Deron Williams was the right move: How the hell would we know? We don't know what discussions Deron had with management. We don't know the likelyhood he was likely to bolt. We are guessing in an information vacuum. The best I have to go on, and it's paper thin, is that when someone asked Deron if it was true that he wanted to (something like) play in NY, his answer wasn't yes or no. His answer was to dodge the question by saying the source wasn't credible. To me that indicated that he didn't have long term plans in Utah. (paper thin, like I said, but, when tea leaves are all you have you read tea leaves) Given this opinion of mine that Deron had plans to move on, the Jazz made the correct move. Even if Deron had planned on staying, the last couple months he was here he just looked like he was dogging it to me. Not to mention him helping Sloan out the door. I was ready for him to go. I'm excited about the new guys. I think we'll need 3 more years to judge whether or not this was a good move on the court or not, but, it's got my vote as being a good bet by management given the situation.
Time to say goodbye to AK? Again, it depends. If he's cheap it's not time. If he's expensive it's time. I don't know what his market value is. I don't know if he's willing to 'give back' some of that money by taking less than he's worth. I do know that he's only good for about 30 games a year, the rest of the time he's just a guy limping around with a tweaked back or modeling a suit. I love AK, but, unless he wants to take a Korver like contract it's time for him to move on down the road.
Who should start? Man, I can't believe how wrong those pundits are. It's Jefferson and Favors. Millsap is the 3rd big. Kanter will likely struggle to get more than 12-15 min. But, it's even money that a trade is made. So, until we see the roster on opening day even this question is an unknown.
Burks or Fredette: I can't say. But, how is Millsap a slasher? If I had to bet I'd put my money on Burks he just has a lot more upside with his size, age, and athleticism. I wouldn't bet the house though, maybe a donut.
Brightest future: Yup, it's Utah. On paper it's the Clippers, but, if the Clippers were so loaded how come they couldn't make the playoffs last year? It's the Clippers. If you've been watching the NBA for the last 20+ years you know that bright future and Clippers don't belong in the same sentence. Fool me once shame on you, fool me 20+ times? No thanks. Oh and don't try to sell me that this isn't your father's Clippers. This Clipper team just paid Kyrie Irving to exchange 2 years of Baron Davis for 2 years of Mo Williams. This is still your father's Clippers.
1 - Trading Deron Williams was the right move: How the hell would we know? We don't know what discussions Deron had with management. We don't know the likelyhood he was likely to bolt. We are guessing in an information vacuum. The best I have to go on, and it's paper thin, is that when someone asked Deron if it was true that he wanted to (something like) play in NY, his answer wasn't yes or no. His answer was to dodge the question by saying the source wasn't credible. To me that indicated that he didn't have long term plans in Utah. (paper thin, like I said, but, when tea leaves are all you have you read tea leaves) Given this opinion of mine that Deron had plans to move on, the Jazz made the correct move. Even if Deron had planned on staying, the last couple months he was here he just looked like he was dogging it to me. Not to mention him helping Sloan out the door. I was ready for him to go. I'm excited about the new guys. I think we'll need 3 more years to judge whether or not this was a good move on the court or not, but, it's got my vote as being a good bet by management given the situation.
Time to say goodbye to AK? Again, it depends. If he's cheap it's not time. If he's expensive it's time. I don't know what his market value is. I don't know if he's willing to 'give back' some of that money by taking less than he's worth. I do know that he's only good for about 30 games a year, the rest of the time he's just a guy limping around with a tweaked back or modeling a suit. I love AK, but, unless he wants to take a Korver like contract it's time for him to move on down the road.
Who should start? Man, I can't believe how wrong those pundits are. It's Jefferson and Favors. Millsap is the 3rd big. Kanter will likely struggle to get more than 12-15 min. But, it's even money that a trade is made. So, until we see the roster on opening day even this question is an unknown.
Burks or Fredette: I can't say. But, how is Millsap a slasher? If I had to bet I'd put my money on Burks he just has a lot more upside with his size, age, and athleticism. I wouldn't bet the house though, maybe a donut.
Brightest future: Yup, it's Utah. On paper it's the Clippers, but, if the Clippers were so loaded how come they couldn't make the playoffs last year? It's the Clippers. If you've been watching the NBA for the last 20+ years you know that bright future and Clippers don't belong in the same sentence. Fool me once shame on you, fool me 20+ times? No thanks. Oh and don't try to sell me that this isn't your father's Clippers. This Clipper team just paid Kyrie Irving to exchange 2 years of Baron Davis for 2 years of Mo Williams. This is still your father's Clippers.
