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Hendricks-Lauri-Ace is a pretty cool trio. I think you’re going to elite passing/playmaking around them to make it work. The Jazz should be a better rebounding team with all this size as well. That’s been a struggle this preseason.

Nurk is a perfect system fit for Hardy's offense.

WAS running Riley at PG.

Fair point.....but the timing is a bit weird with this one. 1) Jazz/Kessler need to "fail" their negotiations 2) Kessler's agent and other team need to successfully agree on a contract 3) Jazz and other team need to agree on trade Knowing the Jazz, I wouldn't put it past them to try to fake...

I unironically think Brice would be a better player if he was selfish. I think he gets himself into trouble when he’s trying to make decisions and especially the decision to pass/score off the dribble. He’s like 21 so we can give him some more time to figure it out, but the best version of Brice...

I thought it was odd that it was announced so early that Kessler would not be signing an extension. I wonder if his agent is talking to other teams right now about what an extension would look like if he was traded. It would make sense that a team trading for Kessler would want to have the...

I could see the FO being eager to move forward....So maybe if Ace looks great right away they start to put together a series of moves that lets them win faster. I don't love it myself, but I could see it. Even if I was 100% sold on Ace I don't think it's necessarily the best idea to rush into...

Idk how the FO feels, but I don't really like Ace's status is the driving factor behind a Lauri decisions. The driving factor in the Lauri decision is that he likely has a very small trade market and wouldn't yield much in a trade.

Eh....I think a lot of this is subjective. I'd say to each their own when it comes to the criteria on who the top shooters are, but if Brice's degree of difficulty is a limiting factor it means that most catch and shoot players/3 point specialists can be considered a top shooter. The degree of...

I don't know if it's ideal for everyone else, but that situation is ideal for him. One of the most ball dominant/reliant players in the league. I initially had the lineup you quoted, but I've come around to the idea that your lineup is my favorite.

I did not think Penda was this chunky. Built like the minivan.

Tre Johnson can't get the ball unless he gets an offensive rebound, but lucky for him there's a million opportunities for them.

If he's going to play minutes at all I think the starting lineup is the best spot for them. There should always be a dribble handoff guy on the court....it seems central to what Hardy wants to do on offense. Kessler did a little bit more of that last year, so maybe he fills that gap.

I did....Like I don't think it's totally ridiculous to call Duncan Robinson a top 6 shooter. If was being highly analytical about it, he probably would not be in my top 6 shooters. But I can see someone saying that, and while it is glaze, I get the spirit of the statement. If Brice can repeat or...

It is completely arbitrary. For example, I was told I was overthinking it because I didn't like Tre's defense. But with Ace it's ok to mention defense. There is no universal thing that decides what counts as overthinking and what does not. I could very easily dismiss all of this context you put...

I despise the "you're overthinking it" talk. It's completely arbitrary to determine what counts as "overthinking" and it's more or less saying "you don't think about it the way I do." People can have their own ways of evaluating things and that's fine, but I really don't understand the policing...

I don't know if I really buy into the narrative that the mid range is more important in the playoffs. There's hardly a difference in shot distribution to begin with and the math doesn't change. It is true that defenses are better and try to force you into more mid range (bad) shots....but it...

Idk....in a Bill Simmons way, top 6 sounds about right. Luke Kennard? Top 6 Shooter. Duncan Robinson? Top 6 shooter. Why top 6? Because I didn't think about it much and off the top of my head there's probably about 5 guys that are definitely better. It's kinda like how there's 10 guys playing...

MEM is going to pack it in 20-30 games in and be our biggest tanking competitors in the West.

Flagg is absurdly good. Pisses me off the Mavs got him.