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And maybe they are, but you don’t give away your leverage right at the very start. I’m not convinced that they’ll trade out of #2, or that the Jazz should give up what it likely takes to get there.

Jazz are in no position to reach to fill a specific need. Draft the best player on your board, period. Assuming they keep their pick next year, they’ll have 4 opportunities to address needs, plus trades. Draft the best player at every pick for now and when guys actually start developing or...

Good. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Let him take some time to learn English. Still think he’d be a great pickup in the 2nd round.

And yet, I’m still fully convinced that Flagg, Harper, Bailey, Edgecombe and Johnson are the 5 best prospects in this draft. I’m happy with any of them at this point. What stresses me out, is that at 5 it’s too easy to go off script.

The nice thing about an unprotected pick that far out though, is that IF the Jazz can turn it around AND the Suns are garbage then, you give yourself the potential to add a top draft prospect at a time that you have no business being in that position. I’d much rather own other teams draft picks...

Yep. They’ve drafted well, signed key free agents, made a couple of key trades, churned the roster and made a couple of coaching changes to get to this point. Originally, they turned PG13 into Sabonis and picks, then they turned Sabonis into Tyrese Haliburton and picks. They traded for...

Going BPA - Bulls select PG: Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma

Probably the most obvious pick in this draft (after Flagg/Harper) with how the last 24 hours have gone.

Ace Bailey, VJ Edgecombe or Tre Johnson Any of these guys should be the pick at #5

Spurs draft Dylan Harper @Basketball Novice is otc

I think you have to weigh that against losing value even more than they already have. Collins and Sexton (and Clarkson) are all expiring. You can’t get value for them if they leave as free agents. I’d much prefer to trade them this offseason than have that happen. As for Lauri, I think you have...

This is my vote as well. If the Jazz could get #3 while still keeping #5. . . that’s ideal and I’d be totally fine taking back PG if that’s what it takes to make that happen.

I disagree. Just trade all the vets and let the young guys struggle through the extended playing time. Push the window to 2027, open up cap space and look to make opportunistic trades over the next two years to fill those roles. As much as I like Lauri, Sexton and Collins, they have more value...

Me too, but I can see the results of this lottery making Ryan Smith gun shy on that strategy. If DA/JZ truly believe in that pathway, they should go all in and burn it down like many of us wanted back in 2022. Trade Lauri, Collins, Sexton, Clarkson (if you can), and try to free up a crap ton...

If the Jazz can get up to #3 without having to give up #5, then I’d be all for that. Disappointment has passed for me, and now I just want the Jazz to pick a definitive direction. Tank? Don’t tank? Go full fire sale? Just pick a lane.

I will say that I can absolutely see San Antonio putting together a godfather package to move up 1 spot and nab Cooper Flagg while Dallas gets Harper and a haul to rebuild with. I actually think that’s more likely than them trading for a win now veteran.

No.

But did he? I mean, the tank job by the Jazz was masterful, but does anyone honestly believe the Jazz were the outright worst team in the league? I doubt they could keep the team intact and replicate it.

I don’t disagree with this, but I think the bigger issue is not committing to one way or the other. I love some of what DA has done, but his half-in / half-out schtick has grown stale. I’m totally fine with him curbing the roster and looking for the right deal. . . but he also needs to pick a...

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