1) Worst thing? Not really. But saying it 100s of times, to the point of stupidity, yeah. Locked up? That would be nice. But only if you don't have access to JFC
2) Yup. I root for this team, year after year, with the ultimate hope of getting a chip. 1st round exit? WCF? At the end of the day, every fan wants a championship
3) Your logic is always one-sided. Sure, you offer one 1st rounder for Conley and guess what, that trade doesn't happen. We all know Memphis was playing hard ball. We overpaid for him? Maybe (although not if he help us win a chip). But once we used the assets in June for Conley, Grant became off limits. Oh and Woods, yeah, your Center was not coming to Utah with Rudy Gobert on the team (and not for they money we had). So forget that stupid narrative.
DL/Zanick look like they got played by the Knicks. But it's also the TWolves fault who paid more than needed had they contacted the Jazz. But let's examine this in context. The year before the 2nds' price skyrocketed during the draft. We acted before anyone else to get a high second rounder and traded down. It's reasonable to expect that at the time, the Kicks was the best offer available (at leas that they knew). The Twolves entered the picture on draft day, when they saw a player they liked slipping. At that point, the Jazz had traded down already and the Knicks capitalized on the Wolve's need. You take a calculated risk based on a lot of moving factors. The problem with you is that you just look at the outcome to judge the process, your analysis never goes past what is obvious...but you act like it does, which is lame.
Relationships matter in the NBA. That's why you might be able to get intel through agents, players or guys like Woj. But not all GMs talk to each other. There is assimetry of information, leading to a non-efficient equilibrium. GMs try to gather as much intel as they can, but as I said, it's not possible to have information about all scenarios.
1) I thought you were trying to teach posters here to "put things into context"?
Was i saying it 100s of times, or was Conley sucking 100s of times last season that frustrated the jazz fans who sent out mad posts or tweets during games? You talking like I'm just on a mission of bashing Conley, doing nothing but send out 10 posts a day dedicated to hating Conley.
But if you just open up a game thread, any of the thread, you will see jazz fans posting things like "DM sucks", "get Bogey the **** out of the game", or "Favors is done" multiple times, and many of them come from the same posters. So are they also on the point of "stupidity" that you are referring to?
How about playing better? I mean what has Bogey, Favors, (or even Clarkson) done in recent games that deserve anything but criticism and bashing from the fans? Their poor performance are now a problem to this Jazz team and have been a problem ever since this recent Jazz struggle begin. So why not post about it?
I was one of the first "niang haters" here at JFC and i absolutely hated his play. Sending out quite a few "hating" posts during games "to the point of stupidity" when he played poorly in his limited minutes. But since he picked up his D and playmaking, I've said nothing but praises in my recent posts and even called for his extension.
Same for Conley. When was the last time you saw me bashing Conley since his 2-13 performance in G7 against the Nuggets?
If a player starts playing better, hate will stop, and replaced with love and encouragement.
That IS how fandom works, my friend. If you don't like it, just put me on ignore, or anyone else that matters. Stop checking on JFC cuz it might give you PTSD.
2) Fans want a championship. Yes. And getting Grant or Wood while keeping most of your trade assets going forward CLEARLY gives us a better chance at achieving it than locking ourselves with three more years of Bogey and Favors.
Nuggets fell short of winning the chip. yes. But at least they came close. They had their own set of problems which the Jazz don't have and I've already explained the reason that Grant would be more inclined to resign with the Jazz had we acquired him from OKC. We can afford to offer Grant a bigger role on offense from day one which he wouldn't ever get in Denver with MPJ and Will Barton on their roster. The numbers he's been putting up for Pistons, imagine he doing it for us while playing some respectable D. Who needs Bogey?
Same for Wood. you are underestimating how much of a gap we have on offense during summer 2019. We were letting Jae Crowder chucking up over 10 shots a game. Wood and Grant will easily find themselves plenty of opportunities here.
3) GMs jobs are judged upon the outcomes, not the process. my friend.
Who the **** care about the thinking process behind Ted Stepien or Billy King when he gave Boston 4 unprotected first round picks for washed Pierce and Garnett? They ****ed up and will always be remembered for their failure and stupidity.
If DL only screwed up once, yes. Maybe it's not his fault. But like i said, what we have here is a history of cringe moves made by this FO that involve multiple teams.
You are saying T'wolves overpaid Knicks rather than us getting played and exploited. sure.
What about Sixers giving the Pistons a draft pick to get Bradley, right after DL sending a pick the other way just to get rid of him?
What about DL giving Cavs a pick just so they can help waive Tucker, when teams like Clippers were clearly interested in him and signed him to a deal immediately after he got cut?
You said it yourself. It's championship or nothing. Of course GMs won't have access to information about all scenarios. That's why there's only one champion every year. Jerry West had his hindsight on Kobe and Lakers won't the three peat. Simple as that.
Teams won't give you an excuse because you don't have the information or "hindsight" when they knock you out of the playoffs. Do better.
