Off-Season Rumblings

[Saint Cy of JFC]

A lot of decision makers in the NBA are swayed by analytics and Sexton's analytics crushed Monks this year and he proved it as a starter. There value isn't close and Monk will get a bigger contract for the next two seasons.

 

[JimLes]

No he didn't. There was no reason to come into that season with Conley, Clarkson and Olynyk on the roster. Remove those 3 pieces from the get go and it gets ugly early rather than after the trade deadline.

I have serious questions about you actually watching games the past couple of years if you believe that keeping Clarkson was conducive to winning in the long run.

And as I and other have pointed out, that team looked terrible already. No one, and I mean no one, thought that keeping Conley would lead to the Jazz being a playoff team. Or that Olynyk would develop into some kind of a stoned man's Magic Johnson out there.

 

[HermanG]

I wish people would just stop with the "trade Lauri with the sole purpose of tanking better".

Its so far outside the box of what our FO has been signaling that its not smart to waste time discussing it.

If you make projections that we trade him, at least back it up with some package which could cause our FO to change their tune.

 

[gomretat]

I wish people would just stop with the "trade Lauri with the sole purpose of tanking better".

Its so far outside the box of what our FO has been signaling that its not smart to waste time discussing it.

If you make projections that we trade him, at least back it up with some package which could cause our FO to change their tune.

Not only has the FO never even hinted as such a move, it makes zero sense.

 

[My2Cents]

People had their names chiseled on the Larry O Brien before the season started.

Well I guess those people were wrong. Turns out they might'a had a better chance if they hadn't done the trade. I'm just not that excited about adding Laurie to very young 57 win team. Or trading Laurie at all for that matter.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Well I guess those people were wrong. Turns out they might'a had a better chance if they hadn't done the trade. I'm just not that excited about adding Laurie to very young 57 win team. Or trading Laurie at all for that matter.

I'm not either... but they have a great team, cap space, lots of assets. Someone will help them and benefit from it. If they want to give us a haul then maybe it should be us.

 

[infection]

I would try to include John Collins in any deal.

Fixed.

 

[stitches]

I've been thinking about a statement Ainge made a while ago - he said something to the effect that when we make moves it won't be with the goal of just being a playoff team, it will be with the goal of a championship. And now I'm looking at those new rumors about Ainge looking to make big moves this off-season and a lot of the ones that are being floated around just don't make sense. If anything to a large degree they lock us into playoff contention rather than legit championship pursuit. Unless we really think Trae Young-Brandon Ingram-Lauri is a championship trio. I don't see it. I'm sorry, I just do NOT think this is anywhere close to enough. A team built around those 3 likely loses in R1 of the Western conference playoffs.

So... here's the question... is there a player we don't know is available but might be... if you give a godfather offer? Is he probing about Giannis? I know it's a super long shot. But MKE is in a weird spot where they have aging core where most of them won't be getting better but worse and they don't have avenues to improve(they are kind of like we were the summer we traded Gobert and Mitchell). Again... really long shot... but maybe?

Who are other similar really high end players, who seem like a pipe dream, but there might be a glimmer of hope?

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Why the hell does Locke seem to be entertaining the idea of whether the Jazz can trade for Giannis? Did anyone listen?

Listing Trae, Ingram, and Giannis together like that is just wild lol

 

[stitches]

Why the hell does Locke seem to be entertaining the idea of whether the Jazz can trade for Giannis? Did anyone listen?

Listing Trae, Ingram, and Giannis together like that is just wild lol

Locke did entertain that idea? I swear I didn't listen when I made that post above...

 

[sip]

I have serious questions about you actually watching games the past couple of years if you believe that keeping Clarkson was conducive to winning in the long run.

And as I and other have pointed out, that team looked terrible already. No one, and I mean no one, thought that keeping Conley would lead to the Jazz being a playoff team. Or that Olynyk would develop into some kind of a stoned man's Magic Johnson out there.

We are talking about 2 years ago and Clarkson was a big part of our hot start along with Olynyk and Conley. If the idea is to be bad then there is no point in having a bunch of solid vets hanging around to provide quality depth. Yeah no one thought that keeping Conley around would lead us to being a playoff team but there were plenty of people that thought keeping those vets around could keep us from the bottom of the west and giving us from improving our odds in the Wemby sweepstakes.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Why the hell does Locke seem to be entertaining the idea of whether the Jazz can trade for Giannis? Did anyone listen?

Listing Trae, Ingram, and Giannis together like that is just wild lol

Locke did entertain that idea? I swear I didn't listen when I made that post above...

I wouldn't say he entertained it really... he mentioned it as a question or something. Its not a thing. He has some weird theories about stuff too. Some of the stuff I'm like "huh?". Its stuff that sounds smart and real but doesn't make sense.