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2017 Exit Interviews

I was already nervous about paying Hood his next contract, so this just convinces me further that he may be the odd man out. This team won't be able to keep everybody, so to me it will be Burks, Favors and Hood on the trade block in the offseason. Probably have to keep Burks until he can raise his value, but wouldn't be surprised to see the other two involved in a trade.
 
Regarding Hayward, it's possible his agent told him not to say anything and to let him (the agent) handle the discussion, rather than turn it into something that plays out in the media.
 
Really stuck by the positive tone of these interviews. Hill, and Hayward in particular. Hayward wants to stay. Whether he ends up staying is another story.
Maybe it does depend on who we keep/bring in. Or maybe he can be more enticed by another situation. But as of now his heart is here. He is ours to lose.
 
Revolution 9 said:
Really stuck by the positive tone of these interviews. Hill, and Hayward in particular. Hayward wants to stay. Whether he ends up staying is another story.
Maybe it does depend on who we keep/bring in. Or maybe he can be more enticed by another situation. But as of now his heart is here. He is ours to lose.
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Also didn't he just buy a house recently? Why buy it so close to Free Agency if your heart's not at least in the city you're living in?
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Exum and Hood both sounded a bit frustrated. Sounds like the pressure of their contract year coming up is getting to them since they are both kind of trending down on the Jazz's priority scale.
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My prediction is that the Jazz will regret the summer they resigned Hayward, Ingles and Hill .... and didn't extend Exum.
 
green said:
I don't disagree. I'd be pissed if I was Mack as well. The only PG who shouldn't be pissed is Neto, because there was not a single good reason to play him.

But, back to Exum. It's easier to say "play better" but the reality is, we tanked three freaking years for Exum. If Exum doesn't pan out, then all that was a failure. We should have kept Millsap and Marvin and made plays for the playoffs instead of tanking.

What I don't get, is that you spend three years trying to get Exum then you don't develop him. That is what is crazy. That being said, I've been told that he is a head case and don't be surprised if the Jazz try to move him this summer.

IF that is the case, then Lindsey has failed at his job (unless he can get an upper level player for Exum...like McCullom/Lillard/Bledsoe/etc.

2012 - no draft picks
2013 - Trey Burke, over McCollum, Giannis, Gobert, Snell and Schroder. Lucked out with Gobert.
2014 - Exum...man, that draft sucked. We should have tanked harder that year.
2015 - Lyles, over Booker
2016 - George Hill, we should have taken Teague.

Lindsey hasn't drafted well. Not at all. Gobert was his best pick, and seeing how he passed on Gobert three times (the original two Jazz draft picks then the one they picked Burke with), I'm not sure I'm giving Lidsey a ton of credit there. If he loved Gobert that much, he'd never traded for Burke.

Trade wise, he traded for George Hill over Jeff Teague. That was a mistake. Teague is younger, healthier and costs roughly the same. Had we had Teague, we may have finished third in the West, avoided GS until the next round and had a real PG in the playoffs. His other big trade was getting Trey Burke. That was a terrible trade when you find out that the Jazz were planning on taking Gobert and Giannis with the two picks they moved for Burke.

Free Agent wise, Joe Johnson was a great find. Ingles was luck. Joe Johnson was great. Other than that...not too much there.

So, what exactly has Lindsey done, other than luck out with Gobert and have Hayward develop?
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If you are breaking down lindsey draft and free agent acquisitions then you should include diaw and hood.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
The Jazz starting Ingles over Hood tells me their priority isnt making Hood the long-term starter anymore.

The Jazz trying to extend Hill during the season and letting guys like Neto/Mack over him at times tell me his development isnt the top priority.

Basically, the Jazz are more concerned about the lineups that they feel work the best and help them win rather than the development of Hood/Exum. If that continues, that means they are no longer guaranteed minutes or a set role, which during your contract year could hurt your value. That's a lot of pressure on them. Hopefully they respond well.
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I think Exum will get roughly a dozen NBA teams interested in him. Regardless of how Q uses him next year.

Hood is harder to gauge, cause it feels like he was reduced to a streaky shooter. I think his potential is far more than that. I hate to say this, but the only beneficiary of Hayward leaving might be Hood. Technically he has been playing SG, but he showed in large patches last year, he has some fundamental tools of the SF. He was adept at finding midrange spots and could bully his way to the rim at times. He was a 3 dimensional scoring threat last season (15-16).
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
As a starter he shot 38% from 3

Off the bench it was below 20%.

I think with the starters he is able to spot up a lot more around Hill/Hayward and get 3's that he is willing to take (a lot of which Ingles tends to pass up). Off the bench he seems to force too much.

Of course this is on him to figure it out, but I also think he just performs way better with the starters. Ingles was probably the right choice in the Clippers series because he was absolutely locking JJ down, but I felt in the Warriors series Hood would have made more sense in the starting lineup.
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Except that Ingles spent at least half his time on Klay. And Klay never really got going.
 
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