Seeing as we’re clearly at what will be the end of an era of Jazz basketball this offseason, likely bleeding into next offseason, what is the legacy of this iteration of the Jazz and what is the legacy of Rudy and Donovan if this is where it ends and Rudy is traded this summer, and Donovan is traded this summer or next by demand? Is it a fond legacy? Soured legacy?
For the team(and the stats share some of this) I’d just say I’ll remember them as probably the biggest disappointment/underachieving iteration of a Jazz basketball team ever.
As for the stars, some of that with both of them. Clearly I don’t like the one dude at all. Imo, he pissed most of what he did down the drain, and will finish it off with a trade demand in the next year or so. Rudy is more complicated. Individually I think Rudy became the best of what he had the capability of being as a player. I think he tried to make it work. Rudy has given some disappointment to, but overall I think he’s safely in a good legacy category. I wouldn’t say Rudy has done anything to warrant anything like a jersey retirement or anything like that tbh though. Maybe I’m wrong there, he does have 3 DPOY awards and multiple All NBA selections but it feels like the team never made it where it needed to go for something like that.
Thoughts on what the overall legacies will be with the franchise?
For the team(and the stats share some of this) I’d just say I’ll remember them as probably the biggest disappointment/underachieving iteration of a Jazz basketball team ever.
As for the stars, some of that with both of them. Clearly I don’t like the one dude at all. Imo, he pissed most of what he did down the drain, and will finish it off with a trade demand in the next year or so. Rudy is more complicated. Individually I think Rudy became the best of what he had the capability of being as a player. I think he tried to make it work. Rudy has given some disappointment to, but overall I think he’s safely in a good legacy category. I wouldn’t say Rudy has done anything to warrant anything like a jersey retirement or anything like that tbh though. Maybe I’m wrong there, he does have 3 DPOY awards and multiple All NBA selections but it feels like the team never made it where it needed to go for something like that.
Thoughts on what the overall legacies will be with the franchise?