Recent content by JimLes

Teams that are bad are either bad because they want to be bad or because they can't be helped. In the old days, it was usually later. Hence the 90s Clippers or the original Grizzlies or the Kings for like a decade. These teams certainly didn't lack in draft picks, but when you keep picking...

It's simple. Just stop giving good draft picks to teams with bad records. You don't need talks, you don't need experts, you just need to stop rewarding teams that are bad by design.

How do you let a guy like Bane just walk to the rim on a game-deciding play?

75%. Sitting Lauri when he's not hurt is the other 25%.

Every single person who voted for him, evidently. You can see plenty of examples on this board.

It's terrifying to contemplate that with the exception of a man out of the season and Nurkić, there probably isn't a player on the Jazz who will ever be a net positive on defense. I mean, holy crap the last 4-5 drafts.

Up against the worst defense in NBA history. Seriously, we can't stay in front of anyone.

Damn. Just imagine our ceiling if we could've drafted someone like Terrence Jones.

It's why Jokić is the greatest player of this generation. He seems to always pick the correct choice from multiple options available.

Break a leg, LeBron.

In the league where 35-year olds are still dominating, we have a legit all-NBA player who will not turn 29 until the next season, and we have a huge chunk of this board wanting to trade him because he doesn't fit some imaginary timeline and because draft picks. I swear, some of you need to be...

Nurkić would've been an All-Star had he not broken his leg back in the day.

It's pretty ridiculous that in 2025, our strategy seems to be to hope that the other team will miss open threes. This defensive scheme is from the 2000s.