I'm probably not saying much that hasn't already been mentioned, so I'll just throw in my additional two cents.
Even if Big Al had a solid performance tonight as opposed to that hot mess he produced, I'd still be advocating for trading him. It's more strategic than game-to-game performance. This is an exciting yet tremendously lopsided roster - you have four guys who could start for over half the teams in the league, and a starting PG who is in the bottom 15% of starting PGs league wide.
You move the oldest bigman - which also happens to be the one with the best offensive numbers and looks to be the most impressive on paper. The kind of guy who can take an established team to the next level, yet who hinders the growth of a team like Utah.
This thread comes down to who understand basketball and who doesn't
people again with the aj-hatin'.
for all his limitations he is clearly the best offensive option we have on the team. as pointed out elsewhere, our terrible 3-point shooting means he is constantly double-teamed and often enough he still finds a way to score.
he may not be a guy who can single-handedly deliver us a championship but why is everyone convinced he is the main problem with our team? his defense? (never mind the fact that over the past week our guards have been lit up by not only the likes of kobe, paul and tyreke evans, but also curry/ellis, roddy beaubois and the inestimable jeremy lin.)
puh-lease![]()
don't know if you guys are just hung up on today's game (which i haven't watched yet) or having a hard time with al overall. reeally though it doesn't sound like i'm going to be able to show you anything to convince you (do i really need to convince you about our guard play/shooting?)
if you're stuck on my original comment, i can only really see an argument for millsap *maybe* as our alternative #1 scoring option. i love sap. no doubt he has improved again this year and gives 100% on the floor every night but he still is a scrapper foremost and like anyone when his jumpshot isn't falling he starts looking quite limited offensively.
or perhaps i've got it all wrong. please tell me who the jazz's best offensive option is. I'LL wait.