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Collier just looks to me like a player who dominated in HS simply because he had the strong body of a grown man among the boys. All of his skills are built along utilizing his physical advantage over weaker players but there are few weak players in the NBA. So far he has been showing very few...

Are you from the future?

Cody is probably the best perimeter defender for the Jazz, which is wild.

Yes, and if you look closely you would see that he used his body to keep the defender on his hip and away from the basket.

I did not expect Cody being the primary defender at the PG. And he has been doing quite well, actually. Going forward, this may take some pressure off Keyonte .

It's not so much of being fast but rather he really knows what he is doing on offense. Brice is uses his body well, understands and uses angles and has a variety of moves. He plays more like a wily vet who does not need to be super-fast or bouncy to be efficient. Now, if his new body helps him...

But the picks are determined by the regular season standings and for the regular season the Wolves actually added some depth in DiVincenzo. It's a wash, at least for 24-25.

Most-likely, the Wolves regular-season record would be unaffected: Di Vincenzo, Randle and more Nazr Reed are pretty equal to Towns. It does lower their playoff potential but it has no bearing on their picks. Long-term it can go either way: on one hand, Towns is a big who could age poorly, on...

Some interesting responses. I agree that Lauri is not the quickest thinker and that he often commits to a specific play (drive or shoot) ahead of time and sticks to it. However, I looked at the videos of Lauri's assists and saw clear progress in his passing ability. In his first months with...

Here is an old, but good article documenting the transition of two big men to become playmakers: How Passing Is Increasing The Value Of NBA Big Men Julius Randle And Thaddeus Young Another article makes a point that big men need to become good passers because it is getting increasingly hard...

I know he is the Finnisher and is good at that. However, most of the elite teams now have a secondary or even a primary playmaker among their forwards/centers in addition to a passing guard and it opens so much. The Jazz also thrived when they had Olynyk. And I am not asking for much...

Also, for anyone who is interested there was a good podcast where Paul George and DeMarr talking about what motivates the NBA players and they are in agreement that many/most/some NBA players do not care about basketball and put in a minimum required effort only. Sometimes they say "many"...

"These guys" or "all of the guys"? I am sure there are plenty of NBA players who are crazy about the game and/or highly competitive. I am also sure that there are many who are putting in the minimum effort for the money. You know, like in any work place. I am just surprised that EVERY SINGLE...

Again, how do you know that? Because they say so? What makes you think that most of NBA players are not doing it simply because of all the money they can get? Especially the forwards and bigs. If you are 6'7" or taller and have a decent athleticism you are heavily pushed since the middle...

Again, what makes you to be so sure about it? Do you have a lot of first-hand knowledge about the life of the NBA players? Where all of this certainty is coming from? If you are talking specifically about the millionaires I know really well two of them (my relatives). One is a business owner...

You know I would have no problems if I heard the report that 8 or 10 Jazz players are practicing early. And that other guys may come in later or just for the official start of the camp. Someone mentioned #culture. You know, the Jazz culture in the last 2 years was that the team ruthlessly dump...

You know at one time I knew really well a couple of folks who did a seasonal work for something like 6 months of the year (think fishermen, gold miners). They flew in, worked hard and then chilled for a half of the year. I really do not remember any of them coming back to work 2 weeks earlier...

Why have you decided to go after me, though? I think we all came here because we want to talk about the Jazz: discussing if a random internet nick is stupid is pretty boring. You could have just said that based on your experience you believe that all 15 Jazz players decided to cut their free...

I really did not like this news. They should still have almost 2 weeks of vacation. And I understand that some players want to start the season early...but all of them? People have families, all kind of things going on and I really, really doubt that every single Jazz players was chomping on the...

That is exactly what I was saying: players like Turner and Ingram make you you a pretty good team (6th-8th) fast. And then you get stuck being a pretty good team because going forward you will not have high picks or a lot of cap space. Your only hope at landing a true superstar who can power...