Sepanol, you truly are an insufferably childish blowhard. It's sad.
Again and again, you continue to make blanket statements, broad assumptions and feeble connections to mask an obvious agenda (giving your boy 30+ mpg).
You filled the Jefferson offseason workout thread with countless accusations and straw man arguments, but it's not really about Jefferson. It's about players from Turkey. Jefferson just happens to be the guy getting the lion's share of Center minutes. Okur is on the wrong side of 30, suffered an injury that can be career ending, and is slated to make over 2/3 what Jefferson does this season yet you are perfectly happy to see the team continue to pay him the remainder of his contract. This is not due to any "player evaluation" or projected production of the player, but nationalism. Simply put, you'd like to see Turkish players favored by the team. Which would be fine if you could only admit it. If Utah drafted an Idaho Vandal (lol, I know) I'd be stoked and talking about that player a lot. But if somebody called me out for being a homer I would be happy to concede that.
But, no. Everyone else is just picking on you and has nothing to add but criticism. PKM is an obvious homer for UK yet is capable of putting that in context. In this way it is possible to discuss players with him without having him become jealously protective like you do. If you could stop pretending you are just a victim and maybe take a step back, get over yourself a little you might find out that people that disagree with you DO have something valid to say, and it's even possible you might find yourself having adult conversations with people you presently think are awful.
Here's a recap of some of my takes since you can't remember me posting aside from calling you out (LOL!)
1. During the draft I did want a center, just not the one we took. The reason being, I like my center to be the last line of defense and adding another mobile guy with length and hustle is just what the Dr. ordered. If you think about it you might realize this means I don't see Jefferson as the future at C. I liked JV because, aside from playing more basketball at a higher level, having preferred (by me) physical tools and having the work ethic to improve, he's going to be playing this year while all the other picks cry over their lost season. The main thing I hold against Kanter is that he is in fact not a center in the way I envision the position any more than AJ is. Therefore he is redundant and requires Favors to be the only defensive anchor. IMO Bargs and JV will be a more formidable defensive pair than Favors and AJ/Kanter/Okur. It is also my opinion that JV will develop faster due to the huge advantage he continues to have with regard to experience and competition.
2. Millsap has to play two positions in order to retain his minute load. He is just barely more valuable at PF right now than Favors IMO, and the team has no SF. He's got to refine his 3pt'er, guard skills and work on his quickness/anticipation on perimeter defense. Sap will be able to post up almost any SF in the league and has a sweet, sweet step back J so offensively he is pretty good already. It is not hard in the Flex to get the ball to any player at any spot you want. Not everybody believes Sap can make the transition but I wouldn't bet against him based on how far he has come already. Nobody works harder than him. Ideally I would like the 3 to be manned by Sap, CJ and Hayward in that order with Paul logging about 20-25 at PF and 10-15 at SF to start out, then reversing those numbers as he, Favors, and Kanter prove themselves in their roles.
3. Al Jefferson could be the perfect mentor for Kanter. This player was the personal understudy of Kevin McHale for several years, was coming around in the offense and is reportedly working his body into prime shape. I am 100% certain Kanter cannot beat out Al at the 5 in his first year. Practicing with/against Jefferson every day hopefully will give him a head start going into his career defending one of the elite low post scorers, and learning that footwork first hand. In fact there is probably no player I would rather have him model considering Kanter reportedly already loves contact. Jefferson's moves combined with aggressive banging would be fun to see. In a year and half or so a decision will have to be made and one of these guys would be kept, but probably not both unless Kanter's growth is hampered by some injury. This is why I don't want Jefferson moved.
4. Burks looks like he could be really special. I liked him at #6 before the lottery. One of the fun competitions to see will be Hayward vs. Burks to see who ends up the starter. Also looking forward to seeing Burks man the 1 at times.
So there you go. My gift to you, Sepanol, proof that I'm not just here to blow up your posts.
Edit: I'll add one more.
5. "Tanking" the season on purpose to get yet another high draft pick (there are 4 already) would do irreversible damage to the Utah Jazz. That might work for a team who had just assembled a bunch of older guys but our young players HAVE to learn how to win, and more importantly they have got to grow together and buy into the system and coach. Fans always hate players that quit on the team, with good reason. Well, players hate teams that quit on them too. When it comes time to re-sign they very likely would be tempted to simply go somewhere they feel their own talents and ability to contribute are valued, rather than marginalized in favor of the next big thing. Whatever happens, happens but if I was one of these young guys I'd want to feel like my organization backs up my competitive desire.
