sorry, I much rather have guys with potential playing the 2...Burks and Exum. Hayward should only play the 3 or come off the bench. With his ridiculous contract though, unfortunately I think Coach Q will be forced to play Gordon Koncaks *** more. ****!!Hayward has played the bulk of his minutes at SG. I think having depth at multiple positions and guys who can play multiple positions is a good problem to have. If Snyder truly means what he says that players will earn their playing time, this could be a really good time to be a Jazz fan.
He's made a couple of (for now) questionable moves, but his good has far outweighed his bad.
Getting Hood for just taking the Warriors scrubs for a year may look like an absolute genius move very soon.
If Snyder truly means what he says that players will earn their playing time, this could be a really good time to be a Jazz fan.
I'm not going to be critical of DL's draft choices as he's done pretty well. No GM bats 1.000 and DL has been pretty solid.
I'm not critical of the trades he's made, either. He tends to only make trades that are low-risk.
DL doesn't tend to make a splash in free agency. That can be something a fan can criticize.
Though I think his biggest valid criticism is the fact he let some of our former players walk instead of trading them for something - ANYTHING. Guys like, Millsap, Jefferson, etc.
At the moment, I don't think he should be fired. This offseason will be very telling. DL MUST improve the depth of the bench. Getting a #1 scoring option would be great but as I've said prior, if we don't upgrade our backup PG, Ingles & Johnson and our bench continues to be this weak the Jazz will have trouble getting out of the first round of the playoffs.
Getting Exum and Burks back will be great but injuries happen. Our bench needs major help so if there is an injury we don't stink to high heaven. And DL must make it happen.
He did that with Kanter and the board loves him for that, right?
Hood could conceivably be better than Barnes. Not like Barnes has been tearing the league up as a SF or anything. Had a good playoff series as a stretch 4, and that has been the highlight of his 2 year career thus far.
Pretty excited about hood. I think he could turn out to be a good starter.
The OKC pick is lottery protected. And the 2nd-rounder comes from Detroit, not OKC.Personally, I'm not critical of that particular trade as we got something. Kanter is a cancer and we got 1st and second round picks out of him and if Durant leaves those 2017 picks could be nice.
Oh boy!DL has one more chance for me before I want to see his head roll.
That's this summer. He's got to make magic happen in both the draft and free agency.
No more sitting on your *** twiddling your thumbs hoping that Hayward becomes Lebron or Ingles becomes Dirk.
The OKC pick is lottery protected. And the 2nd-rounder comes from Detroit, not OKC.
I could be wrong, but I think the earliest OKC's pick can be conveyed is 2018 due to the "Stepien" rule (can't trade all 1st round picks in successive drafts). But hey, don't forget DL also got Pleiss in the trade and signed him to a 3yr deal. Oh yeah, Garrett too. Pure GENIUS!
Basically every championship team drafts their best player... Very few teams actually acquire them in free agency or through trade. .
No doubt the draft is key, but three of the last eight champions did not draft their best player.
Going back, Lakers traded for Shaq, Kareem and Pau (I know, I know, Kobe and Magic were better, but I think we are talking about stars needed to win a title), Sixers traded for Moses and Wilt, etc.....
Pretty far cry from "basically every"
I don't want to make my own thread for this, but does anyone think Memphis would entertain trading Marc Gasol for Rudy Gobert?
I'd pass... If we decide to move favs or Rudy I'd rather get something that allows us to space and be a 4 out type of team. I'm not sure favs can hold down the middle like Rudy can... I'm not sure Rudy can catch and finish enough not to drag the offense down. Some tough choices ahead.