Jazz @ Kings 3/22/12 8PM MT Game Thread

[LifeOnaPlate]

Hey did everybody forget Burks' clutch layup? What the hell...I thought there'd be like 20 threads about how he's now the star of the team and can lead us in clutch time.

word!

 

[Qman]

I find it amusing that everytime you two repeat this argument, you never talk about losing a valuble asset, that could be a critical building block in building this team. You always talk about how this team doesn't need any more youth, which really isn't true anyway, and isn't the only possibilty in how the team utilizes the asset. Adding one or two more pieces to develop with our core would be great, and the sooner the better if we're gonna do it. It's not like we can't afford to lose a spot to CJ/Bell/Howard/Carrol to make room. Or we could package the picks with a vet for a star player. Lots of possibilities, and yet you guys stick to the same old line.

By the end of this season, this team will be who they are, regardless of whether the can extend the season by 4-5 games. If they could somehow put themselves in a position to get to the second round, then I'm sold on the playoff experience being worth the loss of an asset. But if you want this team to squeak into a 7th or 8th seed, only to get their asses handed to them for 4-5 games, then I must say you don't have a clue as to the kind of value an 8-9 pick in this draft would represent to this team.

After watching our meltdown in the 4th quarter against the kings, I see nothing to indicate that we aren't still a bad road team, and likely nothing more than an easy 1st round exit.

Losing an assest? I think you mean defering an assets. GS pick next year is top 7 protected next year. Once Curry and Bogut get hurt again next season they'll be a lottery team again.

 

[Qman]

Man- Millsap was killing us. I can't remember a positive play he made in the whole 4th quarter. He had no energy.

 

[Deleted member 365]

This has got to be one of the most baffling things I've seen posted here. I'll take an actual victory over a moral one any day.

Um no.

A one point victory and the way we got it against the conference's second worst team doesn't prove to me that this team will be anything more than a punching bag for the first round of the playoffs.

Give me a lotto pick over that any day of the week.

Jazz fans want championship runs NOT first round exits.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Man- Millsap was killing us. I can't remember a positive play he made in the whole 4th quarter. He had no energy.

The play that play that really made me upset was when Evans took Hayward one on one, near the end of the game. Evans drove to the hoop, Millsap just stood there and watched as Evans got the and one play. He looked a lot like Al on that play. He just didn't seem to care.

 

[BYE]

By the end of this season, this team will be who they are, regardless of whether the can extend the season by 4-5 games. If they could somehow put themselves in a position to get to the second round, then I'm sold on the playoff experience being worth the loss of an asset. But if you want this team to squeak into a 7th or 8th seed, only to get their asses handed to them for 4-5 games, then I must say you don't have a clue as to the kind of value an 8-9 pick in this draft would represent to this team.

Minnesota has been a lottery team for the past seven years, eight including this year (you never take winning for granted--picks are gambles). If this team is good enough to make the playoffs, they should do it. The experience that the youth would get is hugely important.

 

[Deleted member 365]

WINNER!! It is SOOO obvious, yet hard to grasp for some I guess.

And yet... You fail to grasp something so obvious too, Jazz fans would prefer getting better and truly constructing a team capable of making a championship run via the draft rather than being booted out of the playoffs in the first round.

It's not that difficult to understand.

Can we just admit that you have your own opinion and many other on this board have one contrary to it? And that no matter what they say you will still have the same opinion?

 

[Deleted member 365]

Minnesota has been a lottery team for the past seven years, eight including this year (you never take winning for granted--picks are gambles). If this team is good enough to make the playoffs, they should do it. The experience that the youth would get is hugely important.

Minny drafted 10 PGs with those lotto picks.

Look at what a team like OKC did with theirs...

So there goes your argument up in flames.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Um no.

A one point victory and the way we got it against the conference's second worst team doesn't prove to me that this team will be anything more than a punching bag for the first round of the playoffs.

Give me a lotto pick over that any day of the week.

Jazz fans want championship runs NOT first round exits.

Your right! We should just drop out since we will never win a championship! I guess there is no reason to even play the game anymore. I get the feeling you would be complaining about a ten point win.

News flash! Any NBA team can beat any team on any given day.

 

[BYE]

The play that play that really made me upset was when Evans took Hayward one on one, near the end of the game. Evans drove to the hoop, Millsap just stood there and watched as Evans got the and one play. He looked a lot like Al on that play. He just didn't seem to care.

I have no idea what was happening to him out there. It was like the mafia was threatening his family and he needed to throw the game.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I have no idea what was happening to him out there. It was like the mafia was threatening his family and he needed to throw the game.

I think it was a case of him being tired and not taking the Kings seriously. Seemed like he was taking the day off to rest to battle his clone, Kenneth Fariehd.

 

[BYE]

Minny drafted 10 PGs with those lotto picks.

Look at what a team like OKC did with theirs...

So there goes your argument up in flames.

The draft is a gamble. KOC is talented, but no one gets it right 100% of the time. My point is that you don't take winning for granted. Just because OKC got very lucky with their picks, means nothing. Injuries, team chemistry etc. can always throw our perfect OKC model out the window. If they're a playoff team, then they should win, and go from there. Use trades, but don't lose on purpose. 100% energy, winning in close games, playing D, making big shots will improve the youth more than anything. OKC doing it has little to do with us.