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[Ron Mexico]

Aside from the long prevalent, history of professional basketball players not wanting to be in Utah and publicly saying so one guy even refused to come here after being traded lol

Plenty of players have stayed here, wanted to be here, and stated so publicly, so that logic is not really great.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Plenty of players have stayed here, wanted to be here, and stated so publicly, so that logic is not really great.

Deron left, Hayward left, boozer left, Mitchell wanted out and got traded. Ronnie Siekaly got traded here and out right just refused to come here which would’ve been a way better situation on a contending team

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Deron left, Hayward left, boozer left, Mitchell wanted out and got traded. Ronnie Siekaly got traded here and out right just refused to come here which would’ve been a way better situation on a contending team

The only top level players that didn’t want to leave were Stockton and Malone who were just built different who wanted to play with each other and Gobert 30+ years later. Who are these other top players that wanted to stay?

 

[LogGrad98]

Plenty of players have stayed here, wanted to be here, and stated so publicly, so that logic is not really great.

Plenty of players sure. But all players are not created equally. How many star players with potential to carry a team to playoff success chose to come here or stay here at the peak of their career? Deron forced his way out. Mitchell made it clear he wanted out. I can think of 2: Gobert and Okur, besides our Big 3. So yeah, the logic holds as long as you accept the fact that there are indeed different tiers of players out there. It is tough to say how many top players we may have missed out on because they didn't want to come here, but my bet is the number is not zero. Another way to look at it is how many tier 1 or even tier 2 FAs have we signed outright in the past, say 30 years? 1? Boozer? I guess he chose to come here but was "quiet quitting" on the team long before he forced his way out. More than one besides that? Do you imagine it is completely a lack of trying, or just that in 30 years the timing never worked out?