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I don't have a magic number of vets. To me, it's more the type of vet than the number. Probably a mixture of good locker room vets who don't necessarily play much but who are good, steadying and mentoring influences together with some who can help manage the play on the floor and help keep games...

Well, hyperbole is what we all do here. For me, the question is how to optimally balance player development with being able to pivot back to competitiveness in a reasonable period of time. I'm not convinced fielding a team largely of prospects is the best way to do this, although arguably...

The logical implication of this is that you'd be ok with all 13 roster spots being prospects. Do you really believe that? I can easily imagine several reasons why a team may to limit its number of prospects. Here are just a few: 1. Tanking teams want their prospects to actually improve. Having...

True, but with only 2.2% of people saying so. This hardly seems like a ringing endorsement, although I don't find this poll very useful or enlightening. For this to be a useful gauge on how the Jazz are perceived by its peers, it would be useful to see the breakdown of the poll results with more...

Ok, fair enough. But, assuming we do get rid of the vets for next season, what's the plan for pivoting back to competitive status with a roster stocked largely with youngsters? My #1 fear is that what was hoped to be a moderately-long rebuild turns into an interminable one. Even San Antonio...

I am not convinced that the best way to develop young players is to send them out to be slaughtered game after game without a core of solid vets to provide mentoring and stability. Plus, assuming you do hit on a core of youngsters capable of forming a competitive nucleus, without a strong...

I said earlier that I'd refrain from offering my opinions on college players since I don't watch the college game. However, I'm going to break this pledge by saying that IF the Jazz draft Kon at 5, I'll rent my clothes and cover my head with ashes. I watched him during the tournament, and...

No, Jazz need THE guy, not guys. We tanked in the hope of getting a transformative player. If there's a player the Jazz think is this player, or close to it, and may be there at 5 but perhaps less likely to be there at 6, why take the risk for yet another prospect to add the to six prospects we...

Interviewers have an unearned and irrational confidence in their ability to discern character, performance, etc. from personal interviews. Anyone who thinks s/he can accurately and consistently "read" people in interviews is self-deluded. Here's one source on the topic...

I haven't seen anyone so determined to die on a certain hill since Custer and the Little Big Horn.

Are "that's what she said" references appropriate here?

Reading through the comparisons offered by other posters, the difference between the two appears more marginal than immeasurable. (The play on words would have been that the two were so similar that the differences aren't really that material, thus "immeasurable.") You seem to adhere to a...

I'm all for offering opinions on draft prospects. It's what makes this fun. I don't watch or care about college b-ball, so I try to avoid offering completely uninformed opinions on draft prospects. I only note in passing the irrational confidence people have about different prospects while...

I can't decide whether this is a tongue-in-cheek play on words or you're being serious. If the former, Bravo! If the later, WHAT?

So, a typical BYU player?

I'd argue instead that most fans want to watch competitive, meaningful basketball over an 82 games season with hope of making a deep post-season run. Basketball is an entertainment product, and people who consume it want to be entertained. It's true that the Jazz continue to sell out games, but...

Well said.

You realize that this quite feasibly means an indeterminate period of multiple years of non-competitive, non-playoff basketball? As I previously indicated, it's not unlikely that this stretches to 7 years (more or less) all told. You're willing to endure that for WHAT, precisely? What's the...