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Saint Cy of JFC said:
I mostly agree with you here.

I'm high on Sexton. I wish he was a more cerebral defender, because unlike most, I believe in him as a lead guard, especially with an offense formed around drive/kick with Lauri.
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He's a flawed player and I certainly have my doubts....but there's a chance he's so good on offense the other stuff doesn't matter much. There are a lot of tiny guards out there with similar flaws, but the offense they provide still makes them super valuable players. Sexton was honestly playing at that level for a good chunk of last season. As somewhat of a skeptic, the only way for me to become a full believer would be to see him continue to do it as a starter in big minutes. I think it's logical for potential buyers to feel the same way. I hope he gets that chance. If not, I feel as thought it's a waste to have him here.

This is especially true given the opportunity cost. It's like we have a crazy log jam. Starting Clarkson or Williams+Hendricks instead of Sexton shows such little belief in him....That is what could actually tear down his trade value.

Start Key, Sexton, Lauri, and Kessler. Pick one of Hendricks/Williams, whoever earns it in camp. That's how things should go.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I mean, that's what they have shown they want to do to an extent. They want to put a lot on Keyonte's plate. Not like winning is the goal, so anything is technically feasible.
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Sure but pushing too much on his plate doesnt necessarily lead to the best development curve.
 
HermanG said:
Sure but pushing too much on his plate doesnt necessarily lead to the best development curve.
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I agree, but not sure how the Front Office/Will Hardy feel about it.

The one major drawback to our current position is that we are not really able to be super patient with development. We won't have enough roster spots for all of our incoming picks and so we need to know who are keepers and who are not. I assume that Lauri isn't going to be eternally patient either, and so sooner than later we need to know who matches his timeline.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I agree, but not sure how the Front Office/Will Hardy feel about it.

The one major drawback to our current position is that we are not really able to be super patient with development. We won't have enough roster spots for all of our incoming picks and so we need to know who are keepers and who are not. I assume that Lauri isn't going to be eternally patient either, and so sooner than later we need to know who matches his timeline.
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But if we push too much on a guy (Key or whoever) there is a high chance he will look bad just because of the waters being too deep.

What do you do then? Pay him or give up?
 
HermanG said:
But if we push too much on a guy (Key or whoever) there is a high chance he will look bad just because of the waters being too deep.

What do you do then? Pay him or give up?
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There is probably a balance we'll have to figure out. This is one of the consequences of picking almost entirely from the 19 year old pool of prospects while we have Lauri in his prime.

The good news is that Key is likely going to play major minutes with Lauri and Sexton, so he won't have to be the entire offense like he was for stretches of the season last year. I think we should get a pretty good look at him.

We also don't need to make a decision on him after next year, but probably the year after that. I do think we'll need to make some decisions on Kessler and at least one of our second year guys though.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
Here you go:


View: https://x.com/utahjazz/status/1836537134360203481


I do love the idea of having Sexton around with all the young guys if nothing else for his work ethic to rub off.
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Love Sexton - would love to see him stay this year.

Sexton/Collier
Keyonte/Clarkson
Williams/Hendricks
Markkanen/Filipowski
Kessler/Collins

Sprinkle some minutes in there for Mills, Juzang, Sensabaugh, Svi and Eubanks

Make trades (JCx2, Svi, Eubanks) as available. I’d enjoy this team regardless of immediate on court success.
 
Cptgrnlngs22 said:
I haven’t watched Cody play other than some highlights. I read an article talking about the potential for the jazz to have a very big lineup if they played Key, Cody, Hendricks, Lauri, Walker
Is this something that is feasible or is Cody too slow to play the 2 guard position?


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They think Cody can guard 1-3 currently.
 
Cptgrnlngs22 said:
I haven’t watched Cody play other than some highlights. I read an article talking about the potential for the jazz to have a very big lineup if they played Key, Cody, Hendricks, Lauri, Walker
Is this something that is feasible or is Cody too slow to play the 2 guard position?


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I would be happy if that was the most used lineup this season (though I would be sad to not see sexton as much. It would help the tank/teams future)

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Saint Cy of JFC said:
I mostly agree with you here.

I'm high on Sexton. I wish he was a more cerebral defender, because unlike most, I believe in him as a lead guard, especially with an offense formed around drive/kick with Lauri.
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I too am unlike most on this topic apparently. Been believing in him as a lead guard for a long long time

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Saint Cy of JFC said:
I dont think they think he can guard 1's. He's more of a strict wing/forward defender who provides overall length.
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You know, I had a distinct memory of someone in the Jazz organization saying that Cody could guard 1s. So I did some googling and it turns out I was right, someone in the Jazz organization DID say that.

Unfortunately, that someone was Cody Williams. I withdraw my take. We’re going with yours.
 
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